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'Fortnite' now free to play on iPhones

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 06 07:39 AM

Microsoft's video game unit Xbox on Thursday said it will tap into cloud computing to make "Fortnite" free to play on mobile devices powered by Apple or Android software. Read more »

Fortnite maker raises $144 million for Ukraine

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 05 06:19 AM

Video game maker Epic Games said $144 million made from its popular "Fortnite" battle game will go to help the people of war-ravaged Ukraine. Read more »

Apple appeals verdict in Epic Games suit

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 09 08:40 AM

Apple on Friday appealed a federal judge's verdict in its legal battle with Fortnite-maker Epic Games over control of the App Store. Read more »

Epic Games to appeal ruling in Apple case

Reuters
Posted at Sep 13 08:30 AM

'Fortnite' game maker Epic Games on Sunday said in a legal filing that it plans to appeal a ruling in its antitrust case against Apple Inc after a federal judge on Friday handed down a mixed decision. Read more »

Epic Games asks Apple to allow "Fortnite" to return in South Korea

Reuters
Posted at Sep 10 09:24 AM

"Fortnite" creator Epic Games has asked iPhone maker Apple Inc to restore its Fortnite developer account and intends to re-release Fortnite on iOS in South Korea offering both Epic payment and Apple payment side-by-side, it said in a tweet. Read more »

Google paid phone and game makers to avoid app store hit: Epic Games

Paresh Dave, Reuters
Posted at Aug 20 08:26 AM

"Fortnite" developer Epic Games on Thursday unsealed details about contracts it alleges Alphabet Inc's Google signed with phone makers and other top video game companies to avoid losing $1.1 billion in annual app store profit. Read more »

Apple touts App Store economy as its clout challenged

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 03 08:42 AM

Apple spotlighted an independent study by Analysis Group indicating billings and sales of digital and physical goods as well as advertising "facilitated" by the App Store worldwide last year was up 24 percent from 2019 to $643 billion.   Read more »

NBA 2K21 free at Epic Games Store until May 27

Kennedy Caacbay, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 23 06:29 AM

Get your NBA 2K21 copy for FREE until May 27 at the Epic Games Store. Read more »

Epic CEO cites Apple's 'total control' over iPhones in Day 1 of antitrust trial

Stephen Nellis, Reuters
Posted at May 04 08:59 AM

The chief executive of "Fortnite" creator Epic Games testified on Monday that he knew he was breaking Apple Inc's App Store rules by putting Epic's own in-app payment system into the game last year but wanted to highlight Apple's sway over the world's iPhone users, which now total 1 billion. Read more »

Fortnite maker girds for epic court clash with Apple

Glenn Chapman, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 03 08:30 AM

In a court clash with potentially huge repercussions for the world of mobile tech, Fortnite maker Epic Games takes on Apple starting Monday aiming to break the grip of the iPhone maker on its online marketplace. Read more »

Fortnite maker and Apple duel in filings as App Store trial nears

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 09 08:24 AM

Epic Games and Apple dueled on Thursday in legal filings ahead of a trial over whether to break the iPhone maker's tight grip on the App Store. Read more »

Fortnite still unwelcome in Apple's mobile App Store

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 29 10:20 AM

Epic Games on Monday failed to convince a US judge to make Apple put its hit title Fortnite back in the tech giant's App Store, while their legal battle heads for a possible trial next year. Read more »

Google demands 30 pct cut from app developers in its Play Store

Daisuke Wakabayashi, The New York Times
Posted at Sep 29 07:04 AM

Google said it would no longer allow any apps to circumvent its payment system within the Google Play Store that provides the company a cut of in-app purchases.   Read more »

To fight Apple and Google, smaller app rivals organize coalition

Erin Griffith, The New York Times
Updated as of Sep 25 08:17 AM

Spotify, Match Group, Epic Games and others have created a nonprofit alliance that they hope will amplify a protest against the power of the giants. Read more »

Apple seeks damages from Fortnite maker in App Store dispute

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 09 06:44 AM

SAN FRANCISCO - Apple on Tuesday asked a US federal court to order Fortnite maker Epic Games to pay damages in a legal dispute over the rules for the iPhone maker's online marketplace.   Read more »

Epic Games asks court to force Apple to reinstall Fortnite

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 07 12:31 PM

Epic Games is trying to convince a California court to reinstate Fortnite on the Apple App Store pending legal proceedings, arguing that doing so is in the "public interest," court documents show.   Read more »

To fight Apple’s, Google’s grip, Fortnite creator mounts a crusade

The New York Times
Posted at Aug 25 05:03 PM

Tim Sweeney, chief executive and founder of video game maker Epic Games, has antagonized the world’s most powerful technology giants since at least 2016.   Read more »

Microsoft defends Fortnite maker in Apple fight

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 24 10:58 AM

Microsoft came to the defense of the maker of video game sensation Fortnite on Sunday, saying in a court filing that Apple's moves to cut off the company from programming tools would hurt other game creators and players as well.   Read more »

US media take on Apple over App Store commission

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Aug 21 05:42 PM

Major American media organizations have written to Apple pushing for the iPhone maker to charge less to feature on its App Store, a week after the company behind hit video game Fortnite sued the tech giant over the same issue.  Read more »

How Apple’s 30 percent app store cut became a boon and a headache

Jack Nicas, The New York Times
Posted at Aug 20 12:03 PM

Twelve years ago, Apple introduced the App Store, a peculiar online marketplace for the year-old iPhone. It had 500 offerings. Apple told app makers it would take a 30 percent cut of their sales, and few complained.  Read more »