Our latest coverage of Epic Games.
The beginning of the end of the Epic Games vs Apple lawsuit is finally close at hand as the antitrust trial officially began yesterday with the opening arguments from both of the companies. According to VentureBeat, Epic’s opening statement accused Apple of monopolizing the mobile games and apps market and “trapping” customers inside a walled garden called the App Store. [...]
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Epic Games and Apple have submitted their preliminary witness lists in preparation for the start of the federal anti-trust trial next month. Witnesses include executives from both companies, including Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney and Apple CEO Tim Cook, along with executives from Microsoft, Nvidia, Facebook, and Match Group. According to GamesIndustry.biz, Cook will be taking the stand for two [...]
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Epic Games has secured $1 billion in a recently-completed funding round. The amount includes a $200 million “strategic investment” from Sony who already owns a minority stake in the Fortnite company following an investment of $250 million in July 2020. “We are grateful to our new and existing investors who support our vision for Epic and the Metaverse,” said Epic [...]
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The start of the Epic Games vs. Apple trial is just a month away and both companies are using what little time is left to throw a few more jabs at each other before the main event. According to Reuters, both companies have filed their opposing position statements with the California District Court last Thursday in preparation for the upcoming [...]
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The Arizona House of Representatives has just passed a sweeping amendment to bill HB2005 that prevents app distribution platforms from forcing Arizona-based app developers to exclusively use a particular payment system, effectively putting a dent on Apple and Google’s profit from in-app purchases. The bill applies to app stores exceeding one million downloads in the past year but exempts “special-purpose [...]
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Here’s the latest update in the Epic Games vs. Apple legal battle. After months of motions, subpoenas, lobbying, and posturing, both parties will finally be going to court on May 3. According to MacRumors, the trial date was set by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, the US District Judge overseeing the case, during a management conference earlier this week. Judge Rogers [...]
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This year’s series of studio buyouts and acquisitions continues as Epic Games fully acquires Tonic Games Group, the terms of which have been undisclosed. Tonic Games Group is the parent company of Mediatonic, the studio behind the highly-popular platform battle royale game Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout. As you might expect, Tonic Games assured the community that the game will remain [...]
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In Apple’s latest move against Epic Games, the tech giant is attempting to pull Valve into the mess with a subpoena requesting a ridiculous amount of Steam sales data to use in their ongoing legal battle. According to the joint discovery letter filed last week in the District Court of Northern California, Apple asked Valve in November 2020 to provide [...]
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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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