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Google Play to allow alternative billing systems, but only for non-gaming apps
Changes to be made as a result of the Digital Markets Act
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Update Or Disappear
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Lowered
Google Play Store tweaks payment terms in South Korea
Follows a new law passed in August
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Play Store subscription rev share lowered to 15% from January 1
On-demand music streaming and eBook services eligible for 10% service fee
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Developers who add their games to the service will receive 70 per cent cut of overall revenue
Playing Monopoly
Google faces lawsuit from 37 US States over alleged Play Store monopoly
The tech titan is accused of "harming small businesses and consumers"
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Facebook's global director of games Leo Olebe joins Google
Departs after more than five and half years
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'Alive and well' Google Stadia breaks through three million app downloads
Big boost came in December 2020
Every Little Helps
Google Play commission to lower to 15% for first $1 milion
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Top-performing titles have a 45% higher D7 retention rate
Games live streams generated 11 billion hours in viewship in just over a year
Down Under
Epic takes fight with Google to Australia
The company is "seeking fair access and competition that will benefit consumers and developers"
Top Dog
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Half of the entries were games publishers
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The search giant reportedly paid out tens of millions for titles like Red Dead Redemption 2
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Google hit with class-action lawsuit for Stadia 4K claims
Case claims the search giant misled consumers
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Search giant talked up how well everything was going just five days before announcing it was closing its first-party studios
Game On
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"Over the next few weeks and months, players can expect to see everything from action-filled RPGs to competitive co-op titles and nimble platformers"
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Proving Popular
Google tops the publisher download charts for January 2021
Voodoo, AppLovin and CrazyLabs were in the top five
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Studio head Jade Raymond has departed the company too
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Two filings were submitted to the Competition Appeal Tribunal
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The new initiative will see successful mobile studios rewarded with consultation on how to level up their business
Stand Up
Google employees rally together to form the Alphabet Workers Union
"Our goals go beyond the workplace questions of 'Are people getting paid enough?' Our issues are going much broader"
Around The World
Google releases Stadia in eight European countries, including Poland and Portugal
"All new Stadia users can also get one free month of Stadia Pro"
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My.Games partners with Google for a new accelerator programme
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Only if users were signed up as of November 6th
Court Date
Judge denies Google's move to have its Epic Games case start in 2022
Epic has suggested a date of February 2021
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Mobile gaming on the rise as 70 per cent of gamers are playing more than before
People aged 18-to-34 are the most likely to play games
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Stadia creative director Hutchinson insists streamers should pay royalties
Google has distanced itself, the tweets "do not reflect those of Stadia, YouTube or Google"
Lacking Trust
The US government files an antitrust lawsuit against Google
"Countless advertisers must pay a toll to Google's search advertising and general search text advertising monopolies"
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Going Mobile
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"These firms typically run the marketplace while seven also competing in it—a position that enables them to write one set of rules for others, while they play by another"