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Alto is coming to the Epic Games Store alongside a bunch of other indies

Alto is coming to the Epic Games Store alongside a bunch of other indies

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Epic posted a video today announcing that eight indie games are coming to the Epic Games Store, including beloved mobile games Alto's Adventure and Alto's Odyssey as The Alto Collection, which everyone loves for their delightful art style and polished snowboarding gameplay. It'll be the first time the second Alto game is accessible on PC. Additionally declared: Ooblets, a Pokémon/Harvest Moon/Animal Crossing-inspired game Wattam, the next game from the creator of Katamari Damacy Manifold Garden, an investigation puzzle game No Straight Roads, a music-inspired action game Eternal Cylinder, a survival game on an alien planet Airborne Kingdom, a game wherein people build an aircraft to investigate a desert Superliminal, a puzzle game where people manipulate objects dependent o...
EA delegate protects plunder boxes by renaming them ‘shock mechanics’

EA delegate protects plunder boxes by renaming them ‘shock mechanics’

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A few news sources devoted to gaming reporting have observed an EA representative endeavoring to re-assign plunder boxes as 'shock mechanics'. This weird, new terminology was articulated by the VP of lawful and administrative issues at EA, Kerry Hopkins, when inquired as to whether plunder boxes are a moral element of computer games. Hopkins was reacting at the opportunity to an inquiry presented by a delegate of the Digital Culture, Media, and Sport Committee at an ongoing hearing in England. Both EA and Epic Games were allowed to protect plunder encloses their recreations against the cases that their incorporation supports unregulated betting. EA's VP at that point guaranteed that the plunder boxes can be compared to kids' toys, for example, Kinder Joy eggs, in that the componen...