As promised, Epic Games today submitted Fortnite to the U.S. App Store, and if approved by Apple, it will mark the first time that the Fortnite app has been available in the United States since 2020. Fortnite will include options to purchase in-app currency from the web rather than through in-app purchase, which is what […]
It has cost Epic Games more than $100 million to challenge Apple’s App Store rules in the ongoing Apple vs. Epic Games legal battle, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney said today in an interview with Business Insider. Sweeney said that Epic Games has paid “legal bills” in excess of $100 million, but that the dispute has […]
Read MoreIn the early days of the Apple vs. Epic Games legal battle, Apple banned the Epic Games developer account and all of Epic’s titles, like Fortnite, disappeared from the App Store. Epic Games’ U.S. developer account has been banned for almost five years now, so when Epic said last week that it would bring Fortnite […]
Read MoreAs promised, Apple is appealing the contempt of court decision it was hit with last week in its ongoing legal fight with Epic Games. Apple today filed a notice of appeal with the U.S. District Court in Northern California, in the hopes that the Cupertino company might be able to walk back changes that have […]
Read MoreIn the wake of yesterday’s court ruling in the dispute between Apple and Epic Games over Apple’s policies restricting developers’ ability to inform users about alternatives to making purchases through Apple’s in-app purchasing system, Apple has updated its App Review Guidelines to comply with the ruling. Apple summarized the changes in an email to developers […]
Read MoreEpic Games today announced plans for Epic Games Store Webshops, a feature that will allow developers to launch digital storefronts that are hosted by the Epic Games Store. With Apple’s mandated App Store rule changes in the United States, developers will soon be able to direct customers to web shops to make out-of-app purchases, bypassing […]
Read MoreIn a scorching ruling against Apple, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers on Wednesday accused an Apple finance executive of providing false testimony under oath during the company’s ongoing legal battle with Epic Games. The judge stated that Alex Roman, Apple’s vice president of finance, gave testimony that was “replete with misdirection and outright lies” regarding when […]
Read MoreEpic Games CEO Tim Sweeney today said that Fortnite will return to the U.S. App Store next week, and he offered a “peace proposal” with a pledge to bring Fortnite back to iOS worldwide if Apple follows certain steps. “Epic puts forth a peace proposal: If Apple extends the court’s friction-free, Apple-tax-free framework worldwide, we’ll […]
Read MoreIn a victory for Epic Games, Apple was today found to be in violation of a 2021 injunction that required it to allow developers to direct customers to third-party purchase options on the web using in-app links. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez-Rogers, who has been handling the Apple vs. Epic Games dispute for the last five years, […]
Read MoreEpic Games plans to bring Fortnite to Brazil after the Brazilian government forces Apple to permit sideloading, according to details Epic shared on social media. Apple has been facing off against Brazilian regulators over antitrust App Store claims since 2022, and last week, Brazil gave Apple 90 days to make tweaks to its App Store […]
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