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Epic founder Tim Sweeney has spoken out about the company’s stance on NFTs, stating that it “definitely won’t” ban them. After Mojang’s statement this week that it will not support NFTs in Minecraft, Epic’s Sweeney was asked in a Tweet whether the company would be following suit. In his response, Sweeney stated, “Developers should be free to decide how to build their games, and you are free to decide whether to play them.” Sweeney also said, “I believe stores and operating system makers shouldn’t interfere by forcing…

Epic Games Chief Executive Officer Tim Sweeney renewed his attack on Apple and Alphabet's Google as the world's dominant mobile duopoly before calling for a universal app store that works across all operating systems as the solution.“What the world really needs now is a single store that works with all platforms,” Sweeney said in an interview in Seoul on Tuesday. “Right now software ownership is fragmented between the iOS App Store, the Android Google Play marketplace, different stores on Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo…

The White Lotus was nominated for Outstanding Limited Series Emmys, while Sydney was nominated for Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Cassie Howard in Euphoria. Sydney was overjoyed to hear the news and burst into tears when she contacted her mother to celebrate in a video (seen below) provided by Jarett Wieselman, a Netflix social media manager. Sydney was seen balled up in the passenger seat of a car with a beaming grin on her face as she phoned up her mother at the beginning of the video. The phone…

Sony has big plans for its universe of Spider-Man characters and it seems that things are in motion for the film that will be next: Madame Web. According to one of the stars appearing in the upcoming flick, Madame Web has begun filming. Speaking to Variety, actress Sydney Sweeney played coy about the details but did reveal she’s been having a lot of fun. “Currently I’m filming Madame Web. And I can’t really say anything about my character, but I’m very excited. My first Marvel movie. So it’s been a lot of fun, a…

Photo: Jesse Grant (Getty Images)Sony Pictures continues to take chances on its extended Spider-Man universe of characters with the Dakota Johnson-led Madame Web, adding yet another name—Emma Roberts, star of American Horror Story and Scream Queens—to its cast in yet another undefined role. This news comes courtesy of Deadline. Roberts joins recently announced co-stars Sydney Sweeney, Celeste O’Connor, Isabela Merced, and Tahar Rahim. S.J. Clarkson will direct from a screenplay by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless.The film…

Photo by Rich Polk/Getty Images for MTV Over the course of the last 20 years, Sony have been involved in an unlucky 13 Marvel Comics adaptations, with Kraven the Hunter and Madame Web bringing it up to 15 between now and next summer. However, the studio’s track record outside of the many Spider-Man movies and Tom Hardy’s two outings as Venom has been less-than-stellar to put it lightly. Sure, that only encapsulates Nicolas Cage’s Ghost Rider, sequel Spirit of Vengeance, and Jared Leto’s Morbius, but the latter…