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Game About Net Neutrality Receives Grant from Epic Games

posted by CoolHand on Monday April 06 2015, @08:32AM   Printer-friendly
from the simulated-abuse dept.

"gewg_" writes:

Game Politics reports

[Epic Games, Inc., known for their Unreal Engine technology,] has selected three more developers that will receive money through its Unreal Dev Grant program. The recipients for March include Retro Yeti Games, Three One Zero, and PixelBeam.

Epic has given Retro Yeti Games a $13,000 grant for its Unreal Engine 4 powered game, 404Sight [...] that makes a statement about net neutrality.

[...]In the game, players try to run as fast as they can through levels before they get throttled by the evil Internet service provider. (Throttling was one of the many nefarious practices used by ISPs that the FCC effectively banned in its new net neutrality rules that were approved in late Feb.)

404Sight is set for launch on PC April 16 and will be free. You can learn more about it on its Steam product page or its official web site at 404sight.com.

 
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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by wantkitteh on Monday April 06 2015, @10:58AM

    by wantkitteh (3362) on Monday April 06 2015, @10:58AM (#166912) Homepage Journal

    If you (that's right, you!) didn't immediately think "Challenge Accepted!" when reading the parent, you should be ashamed of yourself.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 06 2015, @11:11AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 06 2015, @11:11AM (#166916)

    If you didn't think it was tragic to overclock a dying mainframe just to retrieve Legacy Code that unintentionally transformed a formerly friendly Program into a homicidal monstrosity, you should be ashamed.