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    “Removing the gatekeepers has to be the goal for everybody.”

    Another quote from Tim Sweeney, responding to a question from the crowd about stablecoins. Sweeney is making the point that traditional game makers and crypto developers will benefit from Apple and Google having reduced ability to impose rules on app distribution.

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    “America is a mess politically.”

    ...says Tim Sweeney, when asked about the US outlook for its legal fights against companies like Apple and Google. (The quote got a chuckle from folks in the room.)

    AltStore’s Riley Testut is optimistic that alternative app stores will come to the US eventually, though — he thinks it’s only a matter of time.

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    “We lose half of people that intend to install the store.”

    Epic’s Steve Allison that the mobile platforms’ scare screens to install alternative app stores have a huge effect on their installs.

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    “I think their names are Apple and Google.”

    That’s Tim Sweeney’s answer, during a panel, to what is standing in the way of effective competition on mobile. He’s also rehashing Epic’s arguments against how the two companies operate, and mentioned the lawsuit against Google and Samsung the company just filed.

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    “We want to bring joy back to digital retailing.”

    That’s Epic Games Store GM Steve Allison talking about the benefits of alternative app stores and how the App Store and Google Play are “fairly joyless,” he says.

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    We’re wrapping up.

    Thanks for following along!

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    We’re getting a preview of Unreal Tournament in Secret Level.

    I’ll admit I haven’t played much UT. But the clips that we’re seeing look extremely impressive.

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    “Let’s do Love, Death and Robots with video games.”

    That’s Blur Studio founder Tim Miller (Blur is behind Netflix’s Love, Death and Robots) talking about his upcoming series for Prime Video, Secret Level.

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    Zelda movie director Wes Ball gave the tiniest teaser of the upcoming film:

    “It’s going to be fantastic.” Well, I’m sold.

    Ball discussed the movie while onstage with Epic Games CTO Kim Libreri to talk about how Unreal Engine can help with filmmaking.

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    There are new Valorant experiences in the works.

    Another tidbit from Anna Donlon on stage. She was coy about exactly what those might be, though.