Sources: the White House is debating whether to allow Tencent to maintain stakes in US and Finnish video game companies; Tencent holds a 28% stake in Epic Games
Chinese company's investments in ‘Fortnite’ creator Epic Games and other creators have faced long-running US security review
Xbox President Sarah Bond says that “Apple's new policy is a step in the wrong direction”, in response to an X post by Spotify's CEO about Apple's DMA changes
Apple's new plan to comply with the European Union's tech regulations has already drawn criticism from Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney and Spotify.
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney says Apple's “anticompetitive scheme rife with new junk fees” is illegal under the EU's DMA and an example of “malicious compliance”
or 20% of your sales I will never launch an app in Europe. [image] Tim Sweeney / @timsweeneyepic : Yes, Apple did. Because this scheme worked out so well for John Riccitiello. @dhh : Still trying to u...
Epic Games plans to add IARC age ratings to Fortnite's “first- and third-party playable content” on November 14; creators can start the process on October 16
Epic Games plans to add IARC age ratings to “all first- and third-party playable content” in Fortnite, starting November 14
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Apple has agreed to allow Facebook to process payments for its paid online events feature via Facebook Pay, without taking a 30% cut, until December 31
for now — when Facebook sells online classes Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat : Facebook takes a shot at Apple over stance on paid online events for game creators Bloomberg : Apple to Let Facebook Online ...
Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri says the company needs to “make our case as strongly as we can” against Apple's planned changes to IDFA tracking in iOS 14
@mosseri really is Tariq Aziz of Facebook. I mean, really 🙄 https://twitter.com/... Jason Kint / @jason_kint : I see Zucka's Facebook lieutenant now CEO of Instagram is going full-on propaganda mode t...
Tencent-owned Riot says its broadcasters shouldn't discuss politics and religion on air; Epic, in which Tencent has a 40% stake, says political speech is OK
Epic Games is cool with political speech though — On Friday, Riot Games said that League of Legends broadcasters should “refrain” …
Tencent-owned Riot says its broadcasters shouldn't discuss politics and religion on air; Epic, in which Tencent has a 40% stake, says political speech is OK
Epic Games is cool with political speech though — On Friday, Riot Games said that League of Legends broadcasters should “refrain” …
Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney says Microsoft wants to lock PC game distribution and commerce with Universal Windows Platform, urges industry to fight it
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