Epic Games has announced that it will be removing Fortnite and its other games from the Samsung Galaxy Store in protest today, claiming that Samsung is engaging in anticompetitive practices.

Epic Games said that Samsung's decision to block sideloading by default on Samsung Android devices stifles competition in the Android app distribution market. Due to the restriction on sideloading, Samsung users are only allowed to install apps from the Google Play Store and Galaxy Store.

However, Epic Games has a new solution in mind. Due to the European Union passing the Digital Markets Act, Epic Games is now able to create its own storefront for Android worldwide and iOS in the EU. The storefront will only be charging game developers with a 12% processing fee and nothing on third-party payments.

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Taylor Swift has called upon her millions of fans around the world to go see Deadpool & Wolverine, which releases in theaters today, July 26. In a post to her Stories on Instagram, Swift sung the praises of the film and lauded one of her best friends for all their hard work to make it happen.

"Over the past few years I have watched one of my best friends on this planet pour every bit of his heart, soul, sweat, time, energy, jokes, pain, joy, rebellion, darkness, and magic into this film. He's created the best work of his life. "This film feels like an actual joy portal, a wild escape from reality, and an abs sandwich. I don't know how he did it," she wrote.

Swift's message for Deadpool & Wolverine

One would naturally assumed Swift is talking about her longtime friend, Deadpool actor Ryan Reynolds, but continued the note, saying, "But that's just Hugh for you!"

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Netflix's movie based on the BioShock game series remains in the works, but it's undergoing significant changes. Producer Roy Lee said at San Diego Comic-Con that the project is still alive, but has been "reconfigured" to become a "more personal" film.

Francis Lawrence (The Hunger Games) is still on board to direct. Lee said the recent changes at Netflix, where Dan Lin replaced Scott Stuber as the company's top movie boss, have resulted in the reduced budget for the BioShock movie.

"The new regime has lowered the budgets," Lee said, as reported by Variety. "So we're doing a much smaller version… It's going to be a more personal point of view, as opposed to a grander, big project."

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Deadpool and Wolverine, Marvel's latest major MCU blockbuster, is crammed full of cameos across its two-hour runtime. While many of these are from 20th Century Fox's slate of Marvel films, one of the MCU's central characters also makes an appearance, but it was done in an unconventional way.

Spoilers for a scene in Deadpool and Wolverine to follow!

Thor is that character, and though he makes an appearance alongside Deadpool, it turns out Chris Hemsworth never shared a set with Ryan Reynolds' Deadpool.

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EA Sports FC 25, the second in the franchise to lack the FIFA branding, is due out this September, and EA has revealed some of the title's new gameplay features. The video introduces new tactical system FC IQ, as well as player roles, new play styles for goalkeepers, and more.

The new FC IQ system, which EA describes as "a complete overhaul of the game's tactical system," will allow for more in-depth tactical play, with players having more fine control over the team's tactics. "FC IQ can be used to easily emulate a favorite manager's tactics," says gameplay producer Paul Parsons, running through an example inspired by Real Madrid's Carlo Ancelotti.

As part of this system, EA has also added Player Roles for FC 25, allowing you to set a player's role to deploy them in different ways depending on the situation and your personal strategy. "We built an out-of-game AI model in order to help identify which Player Roles fit players in FC," Parsons explains, adding that some players will have a plus, or a plus-plus indicating that the player is either accomplished or world-class in that role.

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During the ChinaJoy video game convention in Shanghai today--and less than a week after revealing Kevin Rian's return at Evo 2024--SNK unveiled the next character to join the Fatal Fury: City Of The Wolves roster. Billy Kane, the bo-staff-wielding rival of Terry Bogard, will once again face off against his old foe in this new game.

The reveal trailer shows Billy using his bo staff in battle to give him extra range with attacks. A few of his most recognizable moves can be seen in the trailer, including his helicopter spinning attack, and he can still imbue the staff with fire for extra damage and flashy combos.

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Warning: This article will extensively discuss all sorts of spoilers for Deadpool & Wolverine, including cameos and its ending. You've been warned.

After Spider-Man: No Way Home ended up being one of the biggest movies ever while also paying tribute to past Peter Parkers, it only made sense to do something similar with Fox's Marvel properties now that everything is being rounded up into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Enter Deadpool & Wolverine.

This attempt at closure isn't nearly so clean as No Way Home's, though, because there's just too much stuff and they drew from all over--and, very conspicuously, we don't get any appearances by any members of the X-Men other than Wolverine himself. So it's not really much of a bow for the old X-Men franchise overall. But, as we'll discuss below, it sort of enables the possibility for one to happen later, and the pieces have already been put in place for that after The Marvels last year.

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Coming off of the success of the Mos Eisley Cantina campaign, HasLabs is back at it with a brand-new campaign over on the G. I. JOE side with the Cobra Rattler. The project will officially be announced at Hasbro's panel during Comic-Con, but GameSpot has your exclusive first look at the notorious jet and its infamous and mysterious pilot, codenamed Wild Weasel.

This crowdfunded project will run starting July 25 at the start of the panel through 11:59 PM ET/8:59 PT on September 9, with the initial goal of 9,000 backers. If successful, the project is expected to begin shipping next fall. The jet is compatible with Joe's 6-inch Classified series and will run backers about $325 plus shipping. G.I. Joe has had luck fulfilling its HasLab campaigns so let's break down what its offering this time around with the Rattler.

First up, Wild Weasel figure comes with a removable helmet, so for the first time we see his face in figure form. There's an additional battle-damaged helmet, and a detachable air hose connects his helmet to his flight suit.

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As more information about 2XKO comes to light, most of the attention is focused on how established characters from League Of Legends are being adapted into a fighting game. And that makes sense--seeing characters from a well-known franchise enter a new realm is always interesting. That "fish out of water" feeling brings a huge appeal to crossover characters like Negan in Tekken 7 and Banjo-Kazooie in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, to name a few.

However, after playing a few rounds of 2XKO at Evo 2024, I realized that solely focusing on how the game reimagines classic LoL characters is a disservice to the rest of the game, which makes major shifts to the 2v2 fighting format, from modified mechanics to a philosophical shift in how we're expected to play a fighting game. 2XKO has already gained a reputation for reinventing one wheel, but in truth, it might be revamping the whole dang vehicle right under our noses.

As mentioned before, 2XKO is a two-on-two tag-based fighting game--think X-Men Vs. Street Fighter and its ilk--with a cast of characters populated by champions from Riot's ultra-popular MOBA, League Of Legends. Our demo featured six playable champions: Ahri, Braum, Darius, Ekko, Illaoi, and Yasuo.

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It's day one of San Diego Comic-Con and the Autobots are ready to roll out. During a Hall H panel, the latest trailer for the animated movie Transformers One was revealed, but this time around, it wasn't dropped from space.

The panel featured stars Chris Hemsworth, Brian Tyree Henry, Keegan Michael Key, producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura, and director Josh Cooley. During the panel, the four discussed the upcoming movie. Those in attendance also got a peek at some clips on the upcoming movie as well.

Prior to the trailer release, Lorenzo explained the movie and why it's an animated movie. "The origin story, first of all, is incredibly rich," Lorenzo said. "And it's something we've thought about for a long time. If we tried to do this in live-action it would probably cost $500 million."

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Earlier this year, rival studios Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery announced plans to create a new bundle that includes their signature streaming services. Now, the first details have been revealed about the Disney+, Hulu, and Max bundle.

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Starting today, the Disney+, Hulu, and Max bundle is available with two pricing options. The cheapest one is the ad-supported tier that will run $16.99 a month, while the ad-free tier is nearly double that price at $29.99 a month. The former offers nearly $10 in savings from the combined price of all three ad-supported streamers. The ad-free tiers for each service would have run $37 a month separately, which means the bundle offers the same deal for around $7 less.

Early adopters of the Ultimate Bundle will be able to catch Max and HBO's The Penguin on September 19, and Disney+'s Agatha All Along on Disney+ on September 18. Disney+ will also have the new Star Wars series, Skeleton Crew, later this year.

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Bungie is adjusting to Destiny 2 drop rates for some of its most sought-after gear with an update coming in August, making it way easier to farm both Exotic class items and Brave Arsenal weapons.

The details came in the most recent This Week in Bungie blog post, which laid out how things will change with August's Update 8.0.5. Exotic class items currently drop from chests opened in the Pale Heart of the Traveler location, including those that players earn at the end of the Onslaught activity. The adjustment will change things so that each Onslaught chest you open up will increase the chances of an Exotic class item dropping until you earn one, with higher-difficulty activities further increasing the chance.

Right now, any chest in the Pale Heart has a chance of dropping an Exotic class item, but those chances seem relatively small. Bungie means to downgrade those other, random loot chests as sources for class items and instead focus on Onslaught, both to encourage more players to take part in the activity, and to make farming those chests a clearer path to earning the item.

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Previous Transformers animated series have offered some details about life on Cybertron millions of years before the Autobots and Decepticons came to Earth. Later this year, the new animated film Transformers One will flesh out that history and reveal where things went wrong for former friends turned bitter enemies, Optimus Prime and Megatron. Now, on the first day of Comic-Con, Paramount welcomed fans to Hall H with some exclusive clips from Transformers One.

The first clip featured Optimus and Megatron when they were still Orion Pax (Chris Hemsworth) and D-12 (Brian Tyree Henry). Orion arranged for himself and D-12 to watch a prestigious race on Cybertron. Sentinel Prime is treated like a celebrity by the crowd and it's mentioned that the Matrix of Leadership has been missing for 50 cycles, and energon is rare.

Orion brashly enters himself and D-12 into the race even though they can't transform like the other contestants. They do well at first, but ultimately the pair have to shoot themselves out of a cannon in order to get third place. The fact that they're both miners makes them instant favorites with the crowd.

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Remasters of Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver I and II have seemingly been confirmed by a statue shown off at San Diego Comic-Con.

Spotted by a user on ResetEra, a statue of characters Raziel and Kain was displayed at San Diego Comic-Con, and the placard in front of it says, "Soul Reaver: I & II Remastered," along with a QR code with the Dark Horse Comics logo. Recently, Dark Horse Comics announced the "Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver - The Dead Shall Rise" comic, so this statue suggests that an announcement of remasters could be imminent.

On the San Diego Comic-Con show floor, Dark Horse Comics vice president of product development and sales, Randy Lahrman, told GameSpot that the statue will come out in August, and that more info will be released later. However, the company would not comment on the remasters, and the sign referencing them had been removed by the time we arrived at the booth.

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SAG-AFTRA members who work in video games have voted to strike due to concerns about AI, after more than a year and a half of unfruitful negotiations regarding the Interactive Media Agreement--a contract that many major gaming companies must stick to when creating big-budget games. The strike will go into effect at 12:01 AM PT on July 26.

"Any game looking to employ SAG-AFTRA talent to perform covered work must sign on to the new Tiered-Budget Independent Interactive Media Agreement, the Interim Interactive Media Agreement, or the Interim Interactive Localization Agreement," reads the press release announcing the strike. "These agreements offer critical AI protections for members."

SAG-AFTRA has been struggling to come to an agreement on AI usage in game development for months--specifically the use of AI in place of human voice actors and motion-capture performers. In January, SAG-AFTRA signed a controversial agreement with AI voice software company Replica Studios. The agreement, which essentially approved AI voice acting in video games, was criticized by voice actors, many of whom claimed they were never consulted about the agreement.

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A new Super Mario Lego set is on the way, this time inspired by one of the heroic plumber's best games, Super Mario World on SNES. The set features Mario riding his trusty companion Yoshi in a recreation of the duo's 2D pixel art sprites from the game. Announced at Comic-Con 2024, the Lego Super Mario World: Mario And Yoshi set launches October 1, and preorders are available now.

Preorder Lego Super Mario World: Mario And Yoshi set $130

Lego Super Mario World: Mario And Yoshi model is a 1,215-piece set that features multiple moving elements that recreate animations from Super Mario World. There's a dial behind Yoshi's head that extends the dinosaur companion's tongue, and a crank on the base turns his legs. The set is aimed at adults and experienced builders since it is more complex than your average Lego kit, so kids will likely need some help putting it together.

The Lego Super Mario World: Mario And Yoshi set is available for preorder at the Lego Store. The kit isn't listed as a Lego Store exclusive, so we expect it'll show up for preorder at more online retailers soon and will update this post if that happens.

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I'll always have a soft spot for the games I'd play with my friends for hours at a time while we jostled each other on the couch and screamed at each other for any perceived betrayal. You know the ones: your Mario Karts and Mario Parties. Games where forging flimsy alliances against the one player who is perceived as the greatest threat, or being a filthy scumbag of a traitor who delights in chaos, are things that are not actually a part of the core gameplay loop in these games, but we as a society have decided that they should be. They are the video game Unos of the world. Racing game DeathSprint 66 is shaping up to be that kind of experience. I've played DeathSprint 66 twice now--once at Summer Game Fest and again recently at a preview event--and both times, the game tickled the lizard part of my brain that enjoys snatching away a victory from a friend at the last minute and offering up nothing more than a coy smile.

DeathSprint 66 sees you and seven other players (or bots!) race around tracks at breakneck speeds, utilizing augmented suits to sprint at high speeds, drift around corners, grind along rails, wall-run, and make incredible acrobatic leaps. All the while, the track and the other players pose as constant dangers--shifting laser grids and massive buzzsaws dot each track and items like heat-seeking drones and landmines can be picked up and used by you and your competitors. It's a dangerous competition, but thankfully you're only racing as your character's clone--and you bring a handful of backups with you to each race, so every blood splatter or eviscerated limb is only a few seconds of delay in your day.

Don't worry about losing your legs--your character has several backup clones who can jump into the race.

Nearly every aspect of DeathSprint 66 is geared around the mayhem and the process of taking advantage of others to improve your own chances of success (running directly behind a competitor and in the draft they create, for example, grants you a quick burst of speed to pass them by). DeathSprint 66 is ripe for friendly betrayal, and I felt nostalgic for Sonic Riders while playing it (the first one, obviously; not its weird sequels). It's also very approachable--though the tougher tracks are trickier to get around, DeathSprint 66 is a mechanically simple game, and a few runs around each track will give you a pretty good idea of where you can go. Once you grasp that understanding, it's just a question of practice. If you've played an arcade racer like Mario Kart or Sonic Riders, you already have an understanding of the type of game DeathSprint 66 is.

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Less than two years after the release of Overwatch 2, game director Aaron Keller has announced that Blizzard is now open to reversing one of the series' biggest--and most contentious--decisions: its shift to 5v5 gameplay.

Keller shared the news in his latest Director's Take, a regular blog he publishes to help keep fans up to date on key decisions. In it, Keller explained the reasons why the studio pivoted away from Overwatch's 6v6 gameplay, as well as laid out a rough plan to implement 6v6 battles back into the game through a "series of events" most likely taking place "several seasons" down the road.

"The community has, juuuust once or twice, suggested a test. 'Why not put various forms of 6v6 in the game in order to gauge the results?' We agree, and based on your feedback, we’re exploring how we can test different forms of 6v6 in the game to gauge the results," Keller wrote.

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CPU manufacturer AMD has announced it's delaying the release of its new Zen 5 Ryzen 9000 CPUs after discovering that some of the first chips to come off the assembly line were lacking in quality. Previously scheduled to arrive in late July, the processors will now become available for purchase in August.

"We appreciate the excitement around Ryzen 9000 series processor," AMD senior VP and GM of computing and graphics Jack Huynh said on Twitter. "During final checks, we found the initial production units that were shipped to our channel partners did not meet our full quality expectations. Out of an abundance of caution and to maintain the highest quality experiences for every Ryzen user, we are working with our channel partners to replace the initial production units with fresh units. As a result, there will be a short delay in retail availability."

The delay affects four Ryzen 9000 series processors, all of which were initially scheduled for a July 31 launch. The four products affected by the delay--and their new release dates--are listed below:

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The highly anticipated mod Fallout: London is out now on PC, but playing it isn't as simple as other Fallout 4 mods. Below, we detail the steps you'll need to follow to install and play Fallout: London, whether you're using a copy of Fallout 4 on Steam or GOG.

The giant-sized mod's launch comes after years in development and some struggles stemming from the release of the Next-Gen update for Fallout 4. It's an entirely new experience from anything previously released in Fallout 4. There's a completely fresh and large-scale map, a fully written story, voiced characters, and plenty of factions to join.

Requirements to play Fallout: London

First and foremost, there are a few different requirements you need to meet before you're able to download Fallout: London. Those requirements are listed below:

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