It is the game that captivates your wallet. The game that plays with the very existance of your precious entertainment. The one game you cannot escape! Last year we heard the rumblings. Now 2019 seems set to remembered as the year the Store Wars began! The Contestants: The STEAM Empire - Under Emperor Gabe Newell, Valve led the charge that swept away the Old Republisheric. Developers rejoiced, and STEAM libraries appeared in increasing numbers in systems across the galaxy, until Valve sat atop the Gameverse itself. For years now has the Empire grown rich and powerful. Do they have the strength and flexibility to overcome a new threat? The EPIC Alliance - Led by Tim Sweeney, EPIC games has used its recent success as a springboard to launch a Rebellion against the Empire! Promising more money to developers than the Empire will allow, EPIC has been forming a coalition to challenge the dominance of STEAM. Will they find the strength to overthrow the entrenched behemoth that is the Empire? Others watch from the fringes: The GOG Consortium - Formed by CD-Projekt during the success of the Witcher games, GOG advocates for No DRM. Unlike EPIC, GOG is not openly at war with STEAM. Will this change? The ITCH.IO Milieu - Beginning with a small number of games from Independant developers, this contestant has grown greatly in power and stature. Will they find a way through the coming carnage? Remnants of the Old Republisheric - Still mighty in the area of producing games, most of these: EA, UBISOFT, BLIZZARD, and others dream of regaining the control they or their predecessors once had. With their own Stores they have been testing the market. Will these survivors from the Old Way plot a path to New Victory while the current titans are distracted? Even more exist, watching from relative obscurity. Will one of these rise to prominence? ---- Who will you support? Which faction will recieve your money? Will you be lured by exclusives, or comforted by proven performance? Or will you choose to spend freely, favouring none of those who would rule? Choose your side. The Game begins now! :p