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Apple and Epic Games have been battling it out in court for three long years now, but the latest ruling in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals seems to have landed a win for Apple. In case you missed the previous rounds, here's a quick rundown: Epic Games updated Fortnite to allow players to make purchases outside of the App [...]
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The US Federal Trade Commission has ruled against Epic Games following allegations that the Fortnite developer violated player privacy under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act and that it used “dark patterns” to trick players into buying items from the cash shop. The company is now being forced to pay a whopping $520 million in refunds and penalties in two [...]
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Epic Games is spreading the holiday cheer with free games for all as it kicks off its annual holiday sale on the Epic Games Store. You’ll be able to claim one free game each day from now until December 30th for a total of 14 games (15 if you managed to grab yesterday’s freebie). A wide selection of games is [...]
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Epic Games has made Fortnite and its other titles a much safer space for underage players with its new parent-controlled Cabined s feature designed to “a tailored experience that is safe and inclusive for younger players while maintaining access to the gameplay you love in Fortnite.” Cabined s have restricted access to several game features which require parental approval such [...]
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Epic Games, in partnership with Microsoft and the Fortnite community, has raised over $100 million which will go towards humanitarian relief efforts in war-torn Ukraine. The funds were raised from all the proceeds from the PC, Xbox, and mobile versions of the popular battle royale shooter since March 20th. “Epic is committing all its Fortnite proceeds from March 20, 2022 [...]
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At the top of the week, Epic Games announced that they will be donating all Fortnite profits from March 20th to April 3rd to aid humanitarian relief efforts in Ukraine. As of today, the studio reports that they’ve already raised over $50 million with more than a week left in the campaign. That’s as much as some entire countries have [...]
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The Epic Games vs. Apple legal feud is far from over with both companies planning to appeal the presiding judge’s verdict on their big anti-monopoly lawsuit. Judge Gonzales-Rogers neither ruled in favor of both Epic and Apple on their respective lawsuits, which needless to say, didn’t sit well with both companies. The presiding judge found Apple to be in violation [...]
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After over a year of motions, counter-claims, and posturing, the Epic Games vs. Apple antitrust lawsuit has finally come to an end as Judge Yvonne Gonzales-Rogers rules in favor of Apple in 9 counts out of 10, but essentially gave Epic Games and other developers what they’ve been fighting for all along – the ability to put alternative payment methods [...]
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Over the past year or so, we’ve been keeping tabs on the still ongoing Epic Games vs. Apple antitrust lawsuit. But if you’ll , Epic Games also filed a similar lawsuit against Google for the same reason: pulling Fortnite from their storefront after Epic Games surreptitiously introduced a direct payment button within the mobile app. We haven’t covered this lawsuit [...]
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While we’re still waiting on Judge Yvonne Gonzales Rogers’ verdict on the Epic Games vs. Apple antitrust lawsuit in the US, Epic is now preparing to wage war on the tech giant once again in Australian courts. Epic Games filed a similar antitrust lawsuit against Apple in Australia in November 2020 but was temporarily put on hold after the presiding [...]
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