Metro Exodus was showcased at this year’s E3 and it looked amazing. The game has gone gold (product has finished and soon to launch) and will release on February 15th. Below is a new chilling trailer
Spider-Man PS4 Final DLC Release Date
The final DLC: Silver Lining releases December 21st. It is the 3rd and final chapter for The City that Never Sleeps DLC pack. It features Silver Sable who has returned to retrieve her stolen Sable International tech. Whether this is the final DLC story for Spider-Man remains to be determined.
Included in the DLC are three new Spider-Suits. One is a crossover promotion with Into the Spider-Verse by Sony Pictures and Marvel (BTW go see the movie, it’s excellent), a cyborg Spider-Man from Spider-Man #21 and the Aaron Aikman Spider-Armor, from Edge of the Spider-Verse #3.
No Raimy suit for the fans but I was hoping for the Black Symbiot, Superior, or Mile Morales’ suit. Are you excited for the DLC?
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate sells 1.3 million units in Japan
Congratulations to Super Smash Bros. UIltimate and Nintendo. According to Famitsu and MorganStanley, the game has sold 1.3 million units in Japan only. In comparison, Super Smash Bros for 3DS sold around 980,000. This is the Switch’s most successful launch title in Japan. Pokemon Let’s GO Pikachu/Eevee sold 552,000 copies, Splatoon 2 sold 631,000 units, and Super Mario Odyssey sold 514,000 copies during their first weekend in Japan.
Have you been playing Super Smash Bros. Ultimate? Who are your favorite characters?
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Epic Games’ new Marketplace will greatly change the PC market
After writing about Valve offering more money for successful games yesterday, Epic Games (Creators of Fortnite) is planning to launch their online store that will give 88% of revenue from game sales to developers. In comparison, Sony, Microsoft, and Valve offer 30% of revenue to developers.
Thanks to the massive success of Fortnite, Epic has the money to offer these to developers according to founder and CEO Tim Sweeney. According to Forbes magazine in July 2018, Fortnite has made over $1 billion in revenue.
Another amazing deal Epic is offering: Any games that uses Unreal Engine 4 will not have to pay royalty fees to Epic if it’s sold on their game marketplace. Unreal Engine is used many many triple A games, including Kingdom Hearts 3, Fortnite, Injustice 2, mobile games, and more. It’s considered the definitive game engine for many users. This could give potential new studios or indie developers a chance to save money for game releases if they are sold on Epic’s marketplace. Any game is allowed on Epic’s marketplace, it doesn’t have to use the Unreal Engine.
In addition, Epic is also planning to launch their “Support-A-Creator” program. It will help support content creators on YouTube or streamers connect with developers. Developers can share a percentage of their revenue with video producers who make content about their games. Epic will cover the first 5 percent.
When will it launch?
The Epic Games store will launch on PC and Mac in 2018 so it’s coming soon. It will launch on Android in 2019 and they are planning to launch for iOS in 2019. There are no plans for the console platforms. The store is planning to launch with a small selection of handpicked games. Developers are free to use their own digital right management.
This marketplace will dramatically change the PC gaming marketplace. The opportunity for publishers and developers is insane. I’m unsure on how it may shake the other marketplace but game developers will begin to look to Epic to sell their titles. It’s rare to see a company using their wealth to support companies, especially in the gaming industry which is highly competitive. I look forward to 2019 and how everything may change.
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