Epic Games removed its Infinity Blade trilogy from the App Store Wednesday, as it focuses resources on megahit Fortnite and its collaboration with J.J. Abrams. The first Infinity Blade game hit Apple’s digital store in 2010, having “amazed” the late Steve Jobs, and it made more than $1.6 million in its first four days. The …
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Fortnite’s developer is ready to battle Steam by building its own digital store. Epic Games announced Tuesday that the Epic Games store is coming soon to PC and Mac, with eventual plans to also come to Android as well as other “open platforms” in 2019. Epic Games says more information about the store will be revealed at The Game Awards …
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Apple named its favorite and most-popular apps for 2018. Donut Country and Gorogoa, both games published by Ananpurna Interactive, were chosen as the best iPhone and iPad games of the year by editors at the consumer technology giant. Separate from games, Procreate Pocket, a drawing app by Savage Interactive, and Froggipedia, a biology app by Designmate, were chosen as best iPhone …
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Google may be planning a subscription service for Android apps and games found in its Play Store. Evidence that the search giant is developing a “Play Pass” feature was spotted by the mobile software development community XDA back in June when it noticed code containing a reference to “PLAYPASS_SUBSCRIPTION.” Over the weekend, one of XDA’s members highlighted a Google Opinion …
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In a Hollywood event loft saturated in green light, Razer launched a must-have accessory for serious Android gamers on Wednesday. The Razer Raiju Mobile gaming controller is more accurate than onscreen controls and it adds more functionality than they can provide. “When playing games on your phone, switching to the Raiju almost feels like cheating,” said Michael Weitz Razer product …
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It just got easier to start playing Fortnite on your Android phone. On Thursday, Epic Games announced that it’s opening up the Fortnite beta to all compatible Android devices, no more invites needed. No invite needed – download the Fortnite Beta now on any compatible Android device 📱 Time to squad up: https://t.co/lH95t8qkwd pic.twitter.com/9UZNG7oFXd — Fortnite (@FortniteGame) October 11, 2018 …
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Epic Games just released v5.40 of the smash-hit game Fortnite. With the new update, the company is making Fortnite for Android playable on even more phones. According to the patch notes, Epic Games has expanded support to include Motorola, HTC and Sony Xperia devices. Previously, Epic Games listed the following phones as unsupported: HTC: 10, U Ultra, U11 / U11+, U12+ …
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Samsung and Epic Games teamed up for the Galaxy Note 9 ($230 at Target) release to gift Samsung customers with a custom Galaxy Skin. With the Note 9 now available, along with the Galaxy Skin, those who play Fortnite surely want to up their look. The skin itself is pretty sweet. Your character is covered in stars and various other …
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On this podcast, we talk about: How you can store your cryptocurrency passwords in DNA. Fortnite’s issues with security on Android. The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of the day, brought to you by the CNET News team in New York and producer Bryan VanGelder. Now playing: Watch this: DNA safeguards your password while …
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After watching friends play Fortnite on their iPhones for months, you may have downloaded the game the second it became available for your Android phone. I get it. But doing so could have put you at risk. As spotted by Android Central, Google has disclosed a huge vulnerability in Epic Games’ original Fortnite installer for Android, one that could have taken …
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