A few months after Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) sued Paramount over the streaming rights for “South Park,” Paramount is now striking back. On Wednesday, April 19, Paramount countered sued WBD, alleging that the company is withholding two required payments of $26 million each, bringing the total unpaid fees to $52 million. “South Park Studios has […]
Paramount alleges Warner Bros. Discovery owes $52M for ‘South Park’ streaming rights by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch
Apple is introducing a new feature that will reduce the burden on app developers when it comes to solving subscription billing issues. Often, when an app’s subscribers have a payment method that fails, they’ll turn to the app developer for help. But the developer doesn’t handle billing issues for their App Store apps — those […]
Apple’s newest feature helps solve App Store billing issues without bugging developers by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch
With $830 million in assets under management, Bitkraft Ventures has built a name for backing early- to mid-stage web3 games and other immersive technologies. After eight years of investing mostly in the West, the firm is extending its footprint to Asia to capture the continent’s savvy mobile gamers and fledgling web3 gaming space. Bitkraft, which […]
Why the $830M gaming fund Bitkraft is bullish on Asia by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch
Epic Games is expanding its footprint in Latin America with the purchase of Aquiris, a Brazilian game company. Aquiris will become Epic Games Brasil, giving the social gaming giant a foothold in the country’s fast-growing gaming market. Epic invested an undisclosed amount in Aquiris a year ago, lauding the developer’s “artistic and technical capabilities,” its […]
Epic buys Brazil-based game developer Aquiris to boost Fortnite by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch
There are billions of people using WhatsApp, Telegram, iMessage or even Instagram for group chats. These platforms are ideally designed for “personal conversations” — more specifically individual chats. A new app called Wavelength wants to change that narrative by putting group chat on the front stage. The app is built by the makers of Telepath, […]
Wavelength is a new app trying to make group chat suck less by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch