Epic Games Store hits nearly 300 million PC users in 2024

Despite overall user numbers rising year-over-year, a freefall in third-party revenue paints a less rosy image for the Epic Games Store.

VentureBeat - 6d

Epic's Store Continues To Grow--And Free Games Aren't Going Anywhere

Epic has published its Epic Games Store Year In Review for 2024, revealing more details about the performance of its PC storefront and what it has planned for 2025. According to Epic, it saw 295 ...

GameSpot - 6d

Go On A Zombie-Slaying World Tour With This Week's Epic Games Store Freebie

The Epic Games Store continues to give away a free game each week, and this week is another nice find with a price that can't be beaten. Every Thursday at 8 AM PT / 11 AM ET, Epic offers at least ...

GameSpot - 8h

Nine years and three million words of script: Acting in a video game epic

What was it like to act in a video game thought to have one of the longest scripts ever written for the medium?

BBC News - Feb. 10

New PC Game Sale Includes Hundreds Of AAA Hits For Low Prices

Fanatical launched a new Gaming Legends Sale today, bringing huge discounts to hundreds of PC games, with some as much as 90% off. The deals include big AAA titles, popular indies, and preorders ...

GameSpot - 1d

The Google/Epic Games app store showdown goes before Court of Appeals | The DeanBeat

We had a rare peek this week into the legal world of antitrust and its enforcement in the games industry.

VentureBeat - Feb. 7

Nearly 300 Detroit residents forced out of homes after water line break

Nearly 300 Detroit residents moved into hotel rooms this week after a water main break flooded their homes with icy water and disabled furnaces amid subfreezing temperatures, officials said.

NBC News - 2d

Nearly 300 deportees from US held in Panama hotel as officials try to return them to their countries

Panama is detaining in a hotel nearly 300 people from various countries deported by the United States, not allowing them to leave while waiting for international authorities to organize a return to ...

ABC News - 1d

Home prices up in nearly 90 percent of cities at end of 2024

Some of the biggest year-over-year median price bumps were in the Midwest.

The Hill - Feb. 8

Trump Media reports $400 million in 2024 losses

Trump Media & Technology Group is worth almost $7 billion, but the company generated less than $4 million in revenue in 2024, according to a new filing.

CNBC - 6d

OpenAI tops 400 million users despite DeepSeek's emergence

OpenAI now has 400 million weekly active users, up from 300 million in early December, OpenAI’s chief operating officer, Brad Lightcap, tells CNBC.

CNBC - 9h

Forge Your Destiny in Avowed With PC Game Pass on Day One

Obsidian Entertainment is renowned for their masterful storytelling, delivering unforgettable RPGs. Now they’re bringing us a new adventure with Avowed , a first-person fantasy RPG set in the ...

GameSpot - 2d

Mobile games can support each other in the race for user attention | Aarki

Aarki's mobile retention report sheds light on the app-browsing habits of different types of gamers, and how devs can keep their attention.

VentureBeat - Feb. 11

Notre Dame's Micah Shrewsberry hits mic, goes on epic rant about fan support after Louisville loss

Shrewsberry vowed to turn things around despite another tough home loss on Sunday night

CBS Sports - 3d

Corsair CEO Believes Grand Theft Auto 6 Will Hit PC In Early 2026

Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto 6 may not have a release date yet, but it's almost certainly going to be one of the best-selling games of the year. However, Strauss Zelnick--the CEO of Rockstar's ...

GameSpot - 6d

Gaming M&A dipped in 2024 but fundraising doubled | Quantum Tech Partners

Gaming mergers and acquisitions were down 3% to $11.5 billion in 2024, but fundraising doubled, Quantum Tech Partners said.

VentureBeat - Feb. 6

One Of The Most Disturbing Games Of 2024 Is Coming To Consoles This Year

Wrong Organ and Critical Reflex have confirmed that their incredibly disturbing horror game Mouthwashing will finally come to consoles in 2025.. Mouthwashing stunned fans of horror games when it ...

GameSpot - 1d

Among Us 3D Is A New Game That Brings Together PC And VR Players, Free Demo Out Soon

Innersloth has made a series of Among Us announcements, including a brand-new game: Among Us 3D. A demo for the game, which shifts the perspective to a first-person view, will be available during ...

GameSpot - 7h

New coal power plant projects in China hit the highest level in nearly 10 years, report says

A new report says China’s power industry began construction on nearly 100 gigawatts of new coal plant capacity last year, the most in nearly a decade

ABC News - Feb. 13

'Saturday Night Live' 50th anniversary special watched by nearly 15 million people

The “Saturday Night Live” 50th anniversary celebration was NBC’s most-watched prime-time entertainment telecast in five years, reaching nearly 15 million viewers.

NBC News - 2d

Amazon Web Services says GameLift can support up to 100M concurrent users per game

Amazon Web Services (AWS) said it has benchmark tested support for up to 100 million concurrent users (CCU) for a single game.

VentureBeat - Feb. 6

MLB Expects Rays’ Steinbrenner Field Expenses to Hit Single-Digit Millions

PHOENIX — Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred couldn’t put an exact price on how much it’s going to cost to bring Sutter Home Park in West Sacramento, Calif., up to Major League ...

Yahoo Sports - 1d

Super Bowl 2025 $15,000 same-game parlay picks, Eagles vs. Chiefs props: Reap an epic return on a $10 NFL bet

SportsLine's computer simulation model has locked in a $10 four-leg Super Bowl 59 SGP that pays over $15,000 for anyone making Super Bowl betting picks

CBS Sports - Feb. 9

Global chip sales rose 19.1% in 2024 and will hit double digit growth in 2025 thanks to AI | SIA

Global semiconductor chip sales rose 19.1% to $627.6 billion in 2024 and growth is expected to grow double-digit percentages in 2025.

VentureBeat - Feb. 7

Crypto scams likely hit a new record in 2024, driven by 'pig butchering' and AI, says Chainalysis

Crypto scam revenue is estimated to have hit record levels last year as cybercriminals leverage new technologies like AI and become more organized.

CNBC - 6d

He Sold His Company for More Than $100 Million in 2024. Here’s His Advice for Every CEO

Joe Hyrkin, former CEO of the digital media company Issuu, shares his best advice for business owners contemplating a sale.

Inc. - 3d

Trump Media says it lost more than $400 million in 2024 as sales dipped

The parent company of President Donald Trump's social networking site Truth Social says its losses were due to non-cash charges.

CBS News - 3d

Fanatical's Newest Bundle Includes Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered, Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, And More PC Games For $7 Each

Fanatical's Bundlefest 2025 event wraps up today with its final new PC game bundle drop this week, the Prestige Collection Bundlefest 2025 Edition . This is yet another build-your-own bundle deal, ...

GameSpot - 6d

Karl-Anthony Towns joins Patrick Ewing in Knicks record book, but only after nearly throwing the game away

Towns went for 44 but threw a boneheaded pass that helped the Hawks extend the game into overtime

CBS Sports - Feb. 13

‘Is it our turn next?’: Melbourne Pokemon game stores struggling in face of alleged card thefts

Police say they are investigating spate of brazen robberies but hobby store owners ‘frustrated’ more not being done to protect them. Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get ...

The Guardian - 6d

Jude Bellingham banned for two games as referee hits out at media claims

José Luis Munuera under scrutiny over business links Real Madrid player suspended for two league games The referee who sent off Jude Bellingham after the Real Madrid midfielder swore has ...

The Guardian - 1d

Dodgers pitcher Bobby Miller hit in head by 106 mph line drive in spring training game vs. Cubs

After the game, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Miller, who walked off under his own power, will enter concussion protocol.

Yahoo Sports - 3h

Super Bowl draws record average of 127.7 million viewers; most-watched game and halftime show in history

Even a blowout Super Bowl was a ratings success for Fox, culminating at 137.7 million viewers

Yahoo Sports - Feb. 11

OpenAI Close to Deal that Values Company at $300 Billion

The Japanese conglomerate SoftBank would invest up to $40 billion in the maker of the chatbot ChatGPT.

The New York Times - Feb. 7

Dune: Awakening Releases On PC In May

Funcom has announced that its MMO survival game, Dune: Awakening, will launch for PC on May 20. The game is also slated for a PS5 and Xbox Series X|S launch, but a release date for those versions ...

GameSpot - 8h

The Sierra Nevada Just Had an ‘Epic Snow Day’

The mountain range straddling California and Nevada has had mostly warm storms this winter. Finally, a cold one has piled up multiple feet of snow.

The New York Times - 5d

Shinobi: Art of Vengeance PC Preorder Discount At Fanatical

Shinobi: Art of Vengeance is scheduled to release on August 29, and PC preorders are currently seeing a nice discount at Fanatical . Head over to the online retailer to find the Steam version of ...

GameSpot - 6d