• Neowin

    Fallout games saw almost five million players in a single day, Fallout 76 at one million

    Bethesda has announced that the Fallout franchise saw almost five million players in a single day across its games. The most recent entry, Fallout 76, saw one million players enter its online world.

  • Epic Games Store May 2024 freebies

    Industria and Lisa The Definitive Edition are the first free Epic Games Store freebies for May 2024.

  • Epic Games Store April 2024 freebies

    The Outer Worlds Spacer's Choice Edition and Thief are free on the Epic Games Store right now, followed by Ghostrunner next week. Download links are inside.

  • First third party App Store in the EU is live

    Following changes in iOS 17.4 and legislation allowing them, the first new alternative app store has launched in the EU, that promises to help distribute "indie" apps at a low-cost yearly fee. Image Credit: AltStore On Wednesday, AltStore PAL announced that it is officially launching as an alternative to Apple's App Store in the European Union. It bills itself as an "open-source, crowd-funded app store for indies." According to the developers, distributing apps via AltStore PAL is...

    • Neowin

    Ghostrunner is free to claim on the Epic Games Store for a week

    Ghostrunner is back as a giveaway on the Epic Games Store. The slick cyberpunk action game has you taking the role of a ninja that can even deflect bullets with a katana. The giveaway lasts a week.

    • Neowin

    The Big Con is free to claim on the Epic Games Store this week

    The Big Con from developer Mighty Yell is the latest game that has gone free to claim from the Epic Games Store. The title offers a cross-country road trip adventure where you rip people off.

    • CNET

    Apple Users in Europe Get a New Third-Party App Store

    Altstore PAL is available only to EU residents after a ruling that Apple has to allow third-party app stores.

  • AltStore PAL third-party iOS app store launches in Europe

    After the EU forced Apple to open up its iOS platform for third-party app stores, we now have the first alternative to Apple's default App Store.It's called AltStore PAL, which is rather fitting. Technically, AltStore PALhas been around since 2019, but you were able to access it after "hacking" your way into it. You had to "disguise" yourself as a developer using companion software called AltServer running on your computer. But after the EU Commission's DMA, AltStore PAL is now available to...

  • Amazon to push cashierless shopping tech into more third-party stores, while backing off itself

    Amazon.com said on Wednesday it plans to push its cashierless shopping technology into more third-party stores this year, even as it reduces its reliance on the technology in its own. The online retailer said about 140 stores use the system, known as Just Walk Out, which allows customers to scan an app to enter a store and leave with their items without paying at a register. Amazon will more than double that number this year. The company refuted a report by tech site The Information this month...

  • Epic Games proposes Play Store fixes following Google verdict

    Epic Games has submitted an injunction as part of its legal case against Google outlining how the latter should allow third-party app stores.

  • Epic Games proposes Google app store reforms after antitrust win

    “Fortnite” video game maker Epic Games has urged a federal judge in California to force Google to open up its Play Store to greater competition after a jury found the U.S. tech giant had abused its power as a gatekeeper for apps on the Android mobile platform.Epic made its proposal in a court filing on Thursday to U.S. District Judge James Donato in San Francisco, seeking among other things to require Google Play Store to allow the distribution of competing third-party app stores for six years...

  • Apple Store Online Third-Party Pick Up Scam, Exposed by Cybersecurity Professionals

    Cybersecurity professionals have flagged a new Apple store online scam that stole over $400,000 in just two years.