Turning future Macs into gaming PCs? Apple says it ‘loves the challenge’

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In the past, gamers have had little reason to consider a Mac configuration for gaming. But according to Apple itself, that could change in the future. The Mac maker confirmed its plans to get serious about PC gaming in a recent interview, which could potentially make it more appealing to gamers. “Of course, you can…

MacOS Monterey quietly brings a critical gaming feature to the Mac

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Apple has just confirmed that MacOS Monterey, set to release later this year, will support Adaptive Sync on external displays. It wasn’t mentioned during the keynote at the Worldwide Developers Conference this week, but it was during a WWDC developer session. MacOS Monterey is the latest version of the MacOS, and it will soon be available on MacBooks, iMacs,…

All 270 US Apple Stores open for the first time since first pandemic-related closures

Every Apple Store in the US has reopened to some extent for the first time since the coronaviruspandemic forced stores to close around the world in March 2020. Apple closed every Apple Store outside of Greater China on March 13, 2020 and has been opening and closing them since. Find out which Apple store is open or closed…

Epic claims App Store contract illegal; Facebook Gaming says Apple ‘frustrating’

Epic Games has stepped up its rhetoric against Apple, claiming that the App Store contract is illegal and that Apple’s view of what is reasonable is “crazy and misguided.” Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney yesterday tweeted his view on the dispute … What’s most disturbing about Apple’s position is that they seem to truly believe they “own” all commerce…

Amazon brings Luna cloud gaming service to iOS and Mac for select customers

Amazon on Tuesday initiated early access to the new Luna game streaming service on a variety of platforms, including Apple's iOS and Mac.  Announced in September, Luna is a cloud-based gaming service that seeks to compete with the likes of Microsoft xCloud and Google Stadia.  After receiving "hundreds of thousands" of requests to take part in…

Apple says Epic Games dispute is a ‘marketing campaign’ to boost ‘Fortnite’

Apple has filed its legal declaration against Epic Games ahead of a court hearing and claims that the dispute was started following a decline in the popularity of "Fortnite." Ahead of a hearing now scheduled in the US District Court for the Northern District of California on September 28, Apple has filed its legal documents outlining its…

Apple Terminates Epic Games’ Developer Account

pple in mid-August said that it would terminate Epic Games' developer account if the Fortnite app continued to break the App Store rules, and today, Apple followed through with that threat and removed Epic's access to the Epic Games account. Fortnite has been unavailable for a few weeks, but other Epic Games titles like Battle Breakers and Infinity Blade…

Fortnite for iOS and macOS Will No Longer Be Cross-Platform When New Season Launches

Epic Games tomorrow plans to launch a new season of Fortnite, which is where new content, skins, map updates, and objectives are introduced for players to keep the gameplay fresh and dynamic. This week's season is Marvel themed. This morning, Epic Games confirmed that it has no plans to give in and remove the direct…

‘Rocket League’ dropping support for macOS in March, but some features will still work

If you play Rocket League via Steam on your Mac, you’ll soon have to make the switch to Windows or give up most of the online features. The studio behind the hit game has announced today that it’s dropping macOS and Linux support starting in March. Last year, the studio behind Rocket League, Pysonix, was…