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Developer Feral Interactive has turned multiple PC and console titles into mobile games. This includes popular titles like XCOM 2 Collection, Alien: Isolation, Company of Heroes, Rome: Total War and Grid Autosport. The gaming studio is now offering the mobile version of another PC game from the popular Hitman franchise for Android and iPhone users. Hitman: Blood Money – Reprisal, which was announced in October, is now available for mobile users. This new game is a reworked mobile version of the stealth-action classic…

Google has announced the winners of Google Play’s Best of 2023 in India. These yearly awards recognise the best apps and games available on the platform. The awards included multiple apps and games that were customised for the Indian market. The announcement noted the strong rise of gaming in India with “more gamers from diverse pockets of the country joining the fold and immersing themselves in a wide array of titles across genres, including casual, sports, role-playing, and action.”Further, the announcement also…

In a recent interview, Saikat Mitra, Vice President and Head of Trust and Safety for Asia-Pacific at Google, shed light on the challenges faced in addressing the issue of fraudulent loan apps on the Google Play Store. Mitra explained that the delay in addressing these concerns stemmed from the fact that the apps, while not containing malware or harmful content, exhibited problematic business practices in the real world. When developers submit apps for listing on the Play Store, Google scrutinises them extensively,…

Netflix has announced that it is bringing Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition from Rockstar Games to Netflix Games on Android and iOS. This bundle contains The Definitive Edition of three titles from Rockstar Games: Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Only those people will be able to play these games who have a Netflix membership. In other words, they will need to sign in to these games with a Netflix account to play them. How to get GTA: The Trilogy –…

Google on Thursday announced the company's annual list of top games and apps on the Play Store in India. The Google Play Best of 2023 awards have focussed on apps that help users with personal growth, mental health, self-care, and online shopping. The company also points out that several developers are also leveraging AI to bring learning or wellness features to their apps — SwiftChat, Stimuler, and Level SuperMind are some of the Google Play Best of 2023 apps in India.This year, Google Play's Best App of the year is…

Image Source : PIXABAY Spotify not paying Google Play Store fees Google is reportedly allowing Spotify to dodge the mandatory Google Play Store fees. The news was confirmed by the executive of the company, in a testimony during the Epic vs Google trial. The Verge reported that a confidential deal was made with the music streaming player, which revealed that Spotify…

Google allowed Spotify to sidestep the company's mandatory Play Store fees, a company executive reportedly confirmed while giving testimony during the ongoing Epic vs Google trial. The Verge reports that a confidential deal with the streaming giant has come to light, revealing that Spotify was allowed to process its own payments on the service without paying Google a commission. The search giant previously sought to protect the details of its deal with Spotify under wraps during the ongoing case with Fortnite maker Epic…

The Google antitrust trial, to determine whether or not the company's Android marketplace, Google Play Store, has put in place monopolistic policies to keep competition out and impact any app's distribution that does not want to be placed in its marketplace due to its high commission fee, is still ongoing. On its ninth day, when Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney also gave his testimony, Google's own representatives also made a shocking revelation where it was found that Spotify gets preferential treatment from Google and does…

A Google executive said during a testimony in the Epic vs Google trial that a deal with Spotify allows the audio company to bypass Play Store fees, as reported by The Verge. Don Harrison, Google’s head of partnership, said that Spotify pays no fees when it processes its own payments and pays a measly 4% fee when Google processes them, the publication noted. He also said that both companies have committed to put $50 million each in a “success fund.” The details surfaced today after Google…

Spotify struck a special deal with Google that lets it pay no commission to Google when people sign up for subscriptions using the music streaming service’s own payment system on Android, according to new testimony in the ongoing Epic v. Google trial by The Verge. As part of the same deal, Spotify paid Google just four percent commission if users signed up for the service through Google, far less than most other apps which typically pay 15 percent for subscriptions through the Google Play Store.“Listening to music is one…