Nicole Carpenter
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polygon.com | Nicole Carpenter
Apple can no longer charge a fee for purchases made outside of an iOS app, Epic Games vs. Apple judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ruled Wednesday night. The judge had issued a permanent injunction in 2021 forbidding Apple from blocking third-party payment options — and the court found that Apple was in “willful violation” of the 2021 injunction, and started to collect a 27% fee on transactions made outside of the iOS store.
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polygon.com | Nicole Carpenter
GTA 6 isn’t the reason for the game’s release date being moved up, Randy Pitchford saysNicole Carpenter is a senior reporter specializing in investigative features about labor issues in the game industry, as well as the business and culture of games. Borderlands 4’s release date has been pushed up to Sept. 12 from the previously announced date of Sept. 23.
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polygon.com | Nicole Carpenter
Servers will remain onlineIf you buy something from a Polygon link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Nicole Carpenter is a senior reporter specializing in investigative features about labor issues in the game industry, as well as the business and culture of games. Saber Interactive confirmed Wednesday that it’s pulling Evil Dead: The Game from Steam and other digital storefronts, it said in a post on its Steam page.
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polygon.com | Nicole Carpenter
Gaming controller and peripheral company 8BitDo is suspending shipments from its Chinese warehouse to United States-based customers, per a notice on its website. The temporary pause on shipments to the U.S. is due to the Trump administration’s new 145% tariffs on imports from China, as well as its decision to end de minimis exemptions for shipments from China under $800.
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polygon.com | Nicole Carpenter
Gearbox Software also recently announced that its moving up Borderlands 4 to Sept. 12; it was previously set to be released on Sept. 23. The game was first shown during Geoff Keighley’s Opening Night Live ceremony ahead of Gamescom in 2024, with the original release date announced in February. The release date hasn’t been moved up a ton, but there’s speculation that it could be to get out of the way of Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto 6 — the big release that’s anticipated for this year.
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