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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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French video game developer and publisher Ubisoft has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Google and Apple for allegedly ignoring the publisher’s request to remove Area F2 from their respective stores, a game that Ubisoft says is a “near carbon copy” of Rainbow Six Siege. “R6S is among the most popular competitive multiplayer games in the world, and is among [...]
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Just a week after Google’s Stadia reveal, Apple has just announced their own multi-platform game subscription service called Apple Arcade. According to the press release, Apple Arcade will feature “over 100 new and exclusive games”. These include original creations and releases from well-known developers such as Hironobu Sakaguchi, Ken Wong, and a whole lot more. “The App Store is the [...]
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In a breath of fresh air, a powerful platform owner has updated their policy in a way that is beneficial to customers. An update to the Apple App Store Review Guidelines states that all apps offering "loot boxes" or similar mechanics must disclose the odds of receiving each type of item prior to purchase. The full text, from the official [...]
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