Apple and Epic Games, maker of the wildly popular game Fortnite, square off on Monday in a trial that could decide how much control Apple can exert over the app economy.
Live Your Gay Millennial Pandemic Fantasy in Stardew Valley
In the farming RPG, I can enjoy a life of pastoral domesticity. IRL, I’m a lesbian urbanite struggling through the pandemic.
In Stardew Valley, farmer avatars manage their crops while honing skills, completing quests and, if the player desires, romancing an eligible villager. Credit.Stardew Valley
April 27, 2021, 10:00 a.m. ET
Fed up with his soulless corporate job, a young man moves to the farm he inherited from his grandfather, where he joins a quaint community and meets his future husband. That’s not the plot of a new gay Hallmark movie it’s the story of my pixelated alter ego in the video game Stardew Valley.
And the Oscar Goes to … a Film From a Video Game
“Colette,” which was featured in the virtual-reality video game Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond, took home the award for best documentary short.
Colette Marin-Catherine in the documentary short “Colette,” in which she returns to Germany for the first time since the end of World War II.Credit.Rose Bush/Anthony Giacchino, via Associated Press
April 26, 2021, 11:59 a.m. ET
It was a night of firsts: First Korean actor to win an Oscar, oldest performer to win best actor, first woman of color to win best director.
And, for the video game industry, its first Oscar recognition for best documentary short.
Epic Games, the maker of Fortnite, raises $1 billion in a funding round.
The 2019 Fortnite World Cup tournament at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York. The game’s developer, Epic Games, announced a fund-raising round that valued the company at $28.7 billion.Credit.Brian Finke for The New York Times
April 13, 2021, 1:15 p.m. ET
Epic Games, the video game developer that produced the hit game Fortnite, said Tuesday that it had raised $1 billion in funding, valuing the company at $28.7 billion.
Sony, the creator of the PlayStation game console, invested $200 million, Epic said, and Appaloosa Management, Baillie Gifford and Fidelity Management were also among the investors.