Our latest coverage of Epic Games.
Smaller mobile app companies, including Epic Games, have taken their fight against Apple and Google’s monopoly of in-app purchases to the North Dakota Senate with a proposed bill that, once passed, will level the playing field for app developers in the state. According to The New York Times, a draft of the bill was submitted to North Dakota Republican state [...]
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A struggling mall in Cary, North Carolina will have a brighter future ahead of it after Epic Games acquired the property with plans to convert it into their global headquarters. The Cary-based studio bought the Cary Towne Center for $95 million dollars, giving them 98,000 square feet of space to work with that’s perfectly situated just down the road from [...]
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Epic Games takes their legal feud against Apple overseas as they file yet another lawsuit against the tech giant in Australia. The new lawsuit was filed in Australia’s Federal Court and claims that Apple is breaching the country’s consumer laws by monopolizing in-app purchases and app downloads for the iPhone. Epic CEO Tim Sweeney said that they specifically chose to [...]
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Over the past few months, we’ve been covering the ongoing legal feud between Epic Games and Apple. The one between Epic and Google, however, seems to have taken a back seat mostly because the two companies have yet to come to blows and because Epic and Apple have been hogging the spotlight with all the filings and posturing that have [...]
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There’s still a few months to go before the Epic Games vs. Apple trial starts next year but that doesn’t mean that both companies will lay down quietly waiting for the day. Back in September, Apple filed a counterclaim against Epic seeking damages for breach of contract, unjust enrichment, and tortious interference with Apple’s customers. “[Apple’s] actions were undertaken in [...]
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Here’s the latest update in the ongoing Epic Games and Apple legal battle. During the preliminary hearing last Monday, presiding judge Judge Yvone Gonzales Rogers ruled that the case will be proceeding to trial by jury sometime in July 2021. Epic and Apple, however, have agreed that they would rather have the case tried by a judge rather than a [...]
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The Epic Games and Apple legal battle that started back in August moves to trial based on Judge Yvonne Gonzales Rogers’ ruling during the hearing on Monday. During the hearing, Judge Gonzales Rogers drilled both companies on the merits of the case and upon hearing their arguments, decided that a trial by jury is the best course of action. According [...]
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The Epic Games and Apple legal drama continues as the judge in the case, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, issues a temporary restraining order preventing Apple from retaliating against Epic by denying them access to developer accounts and tools, a move that also affected third-party companies using Epic’s Unreal Engine. “Apple has chosen to act severely, and by doing so, has [...]
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Last week, we reported on Epic Games and Apple’s feud that started when the former attempted to bypass the latter’s 30% transaction fees with a direct payment method in Fortnite mobile. Apple responded by banning Epic from the App Store which then allowed Epic to file a lawsuit against Apple for monopolizing mobile app transactions. Apple then retaliated by blocking [...]
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Things continue to heat up between Epic Games and Apple, as the latter threatens to terminate Epic Games’ developer accounts and deny them access to iOS and Mac developer tools. This is after Apple and Google blocked Epic from the App Store and Play Store for implementing a direct payment method to circumvent Apple’s 30% cut on all mobile app [...]
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