No Man’s Sky and GTA V see growth, as Fortnite and Overwatch slow.
Mike Capps tells us about his new company, Diveplane, and expresses his pride in Fortnite despite no longer being at Epic.
Epic is raking in serious revenue from mobile in-app purchases. If Google Play isn’t going to give them the same incentives to release Fortnite their store, Sweeney doesn’t see why they should.
In an unprecedented move, Epic is looking to skip Google’s app store and go directly to the consumer.
Fortnite is far outpacing its closest competitor, PUBG, and everyone else, with over 2.2 million unique streamers and nearly 18 million hours streamed in Q2, according to Streamlabs.
According to analyst firm Sensor Tower, the debut of Season 5 in Fortnite has caused spending to spike 12% over the last 10 days on mobile. Meanwhile, Fortnite on consoles could be eating other franchises’ lunch.
Loot llamas are good money.
This week’s “The Buzz” rounds up reactions to Epic Games’ decision to slice Unreal Engine licensing revenue sharing by over half (favoring creators), as well as Nintendo’s plans on releasing 20-30 indie games a week on Switch.
Despite being installed by more than double the audience of its rival, ‘PUBG’ can’t seem to entice its users to spend as much as ‘Fortnite’ players.
PUBG Corp. is taking a swim in its pile of money after a huge upswing in revenue and drops its lawsuit against Epic Games Korea. Corsair acquires Elgato Gaming. Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO weighs in on Sony’s stance about cross-play.