First, Epic came for Steam on the PC front. They threw piles of cash at studios to put their games on the Epic Games Store for a period of exclusivity that lasts at least one year or more. Now, Epic may be going after that sweet, sweet mobile industry by launching their own mobile games store.

This is according to a new report from MarketWatch.



MarketWatch goes on to say that Epic will once again allow devs to keep 88% of earned revenues. This is in comparison to the 70% that Apple and Google allow for.

Will this store be curated? Will...

The Game Awards for 2018 apparently doubled its viewership to 26.2 million livestreams. This is up from 2017's 11.5 million livestreams. There were 1.13 million concurrent viewers watching The Game Awards on Twitch during its peak.

Be sure to click the link above for even more news including the world premiere trailers and award winners from this year's show. The above photo are the God of War developers and actors accepting the Game of the Year award at this year's show.

The entire show can be viewed via the embed below. I also included another image for those of you out there who want some HD Keighley for whatever reason.
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Katy Perry created a new song for Final Fantasy Brave Exvius called "Immortal Flame." Not only that, but those who participate in an in-game event on December 12 will get to obtain "Popstar Katy" as a playable character.

As always, Final Fantasy Brave Exvius is a free-to-play game supported by optional in-app purchases. You can get it now via the Apple App Sto...

In case you missed The Game Awards this past Thursday, you missed out on a lot of new game reveals. More importantly, you missed out on the main focus of the show, the awards!

Fortunately for you, I have a full recap of the winners here. Right off the bat, you'll want to know that God of War won the Game of the Year award. It actually came as quite the surprise given how most of the other awards went to Red Dead Redemption 2. The Esports Athlete of the Year went to the always entertaining SonicFox. He went on stage to accept his reward in full fox suit and gave a passionate speech. Before departing the stage, he had just one more thing to say.
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Season 7 of Fortnite arrived today and with it has come an iceberg. New areas of the island have been created as a result including Frosty Flights and Polar Peak. In addition to that, there is now an airplane that you can use for aerial combat, a first for the game.

Not yet satisfied? Epic Games also released the new Fortnite Creative. This mode provides an open sandbox experience where you can let your creativity run wild. On top of this the "Sand and Fight" campaign for Save the World comes to a conclusion with the release of Canny Valley Act 3.
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Valve just rolled out one of the biggest updates for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. It may not be the largest in terms of file size, but in terms of scope? Yeah, it's pretty big for a game like Counter-Strike. "What could it possibly be," you wonder?

It's battle royale.

Of course it's battle royale. This mode has been rumored for a while and now it's finally here. The new mode is called "Danger Zone" and along with this new mode comes some additional surprising news. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is now a free-to-play game. In addition, everyone that owned the game before today's move to being a F2P title have been granted Prime Status from Valve. Given that Prime Status was being used as a tool to play in an environment relatively free from cheaters and smurfs, your gameplay experiences over the next few weeks may suck until VAC d...

This Thursday, December 6, The Game Awards 2018 will air live from the Microsoft Theater in LA. We were just sent a little press release that talks about some of the presenters that will make an appearance as well as a preview of some of the new updates and premiers that will air during the event.
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A limited time event has hit Puzzle & Dragons. From now through December 16, Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood will have a special collaboration with the popular mobile puzzle title.

If you don't yet play Puzzle & Dragons, you can download it for free for iOS, Android, or from the Amazon Appstore. While the game is free to play, there are optional in-app purchases.
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Bethesda's upcoming free-to-play mobile title, The Elder Scrolls: Blades was set to be released this Fall. Instead, the studio has officially announced today that the game will not be released until some time in 2019. Things don't really seem to be going well for Bethesda this week, eh?

Given that we are now less than a month away from Winter kicking off, time was getting cut a little close to meet that "Fall" promise. The official word of the delay came via the official Elder Scrolls Twitter account.

You know what? After the state that Fallout 76 was released in, perhaps it's best...

Are you noticing a theme concerning today's news yet? No? Ok.

Blizzard and Activision, by way of their Battle.net client, also have a Black Friday sale underway. The sale, which began today, runs until November 26 (Overwatch sale lasts until the 28th for some reason) and includes discounts of up to 75% on games, bundles, upgrades, services, and more.

Do you want Overwatch: Legendary Edition for just $19.99 (USD)? You got it. How's about Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 for $47.99? Yep, that's there too. Want to play some Diablo but you lack a phone? Then perhaps you would like to get Diablo III for just $9.99. But what...

GOG.com also has their Black Friday deals live already for those looking to save a bunch of money on games that came out this year and in years past. GOG has deals that go up to 90% off of the regular price.

Some of the deals that I can see off hand include Fallout: New Vegas for 50% off, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines at 75% off, The Witcher 3 at 60% off, and The Witcher 2: Enhanced Edition for just $2.99 (USD).

They have 13 pages of Black Friday deals, which is like... a lot of deals....

The Steam Autumn Sale is live from now until November 27 at 10AM (PT). During this time you can save big on a bunch of different games. I mean, it's a sale. If you don't know what a Steam sale is by now, I don't know what to tell you.

In addition to saving on various games, Valve has opened up nominations for the 2018 Steam Awards. There are a number of different categories to choose from. These categories include your overall "Game of the Year," the "VR Game of the Year," your nomination for "Best Developer," and more. You can nominate games by going to their appropriate Steam page in the store and n...

The second expansion for Civilization VI was officially announced today after about a day of teasing from 2K and Firaxis Games. Civilization VI: Gathering Storm will be released on February 14, 2019 but what exactly does this new expansion add?

Well, for one thing it adds in an "active planet" where the environment may prove to be a bigger foe than any other civilization out there.
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Farming Simulator 19 is out right now on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, and Mac, which means it's high time for a launch trailer. Some studios get the launch trailer out before the game's release, but the Farming Simulator 19 devs don't play by your rules.

At a glance, Farming Simulator 19 includes over 300 vehicles and tools to use from a number of popular brands. Farming Simulator 19 also includes a "reworked graphics engine." There is also "improved multiplayer" that supports up to 16 players on PC or 6 on consoles.
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The annual Golden Joystick Awards gave out their annual awards this past Friday. None other than Fortnite took home the honors of being crowned the Game of the Year for 2018. Fortnite managed to beat out the competition in a year that included God of War and Red Dead Redemption 2 as part of the nominations. Ignoring the seemingly insignificant detail that Fortnite came out in 2017, the fact remains that the Golden Joystick Award winners are voted on by people like you and me. There's no committee that votes on the winners. The winners are selected by the general public, and the fact is there is a HUGE number of people playing Fortnite on...