It’s unclear whether Epic was simply trying to force its point or whether it was naive enough to believe that Apple might change its mind and back down, but either way those updates were refused and Fortnite continued to be off the App Store. Instead, Epic Games submitted at least three more Fortnite builds to Apple, including a Season 4 update, none of which removed Epic’s rule-breaking direct payment system.
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Epic’s Case for Fortnite’s ReturnĪt least up to the point at which Apple actually terminated Epic’s Fortnite developer account - a move for which it gave Epic fourteen days notice - Apple had made it abundantly clear that it would be happy to allow Fortnite to return to the App Store if Epic Games chose to submit an update that would comply with Apple’s rules. In an email sent to Apple’s executive team the same day, Epic Games’ CEO Tim Sweeney made his plans abundantly clear, stating outright that he would be breaching his contract with Apple and taking this fight to the streets.Īpple naturally responded by kicking Fortnite out of the App Store, and later threatening to terminate its developer accounts - not only the one used for Fortnite, but in a seemingly antagonistic move of its own, the separate account used by Epic to develop the Unreal Engine used by many other third-party games. To make its point, Epic also charged 20% less for in-game currency (“V Bucks”) purchases. However, that’s still a matter for the courts to decide, and the actual lawsuit isn’t expected to even begin until sometime next year.Įpic began a campaign earlier this year of trying to convince Apple to allow it to operate its own third-party App Store, and when Apple refused, Epic decided to take matters into its own hands and simply snuck its own in-app payment system into Fortnite as an alternative, allowing users to bypass Apple’s in-app payment system. Of course, the very crux of Epic’s lawsuit against Apple is based on the suggestion that the iPhone maker is violating antitrust laws and engaging in other anticompetitive practices by forcing all apps and in-app payments to be handled through its own App Store, from which it takes a 30 percent cut. 28 deadline - the date that Apple had promised to terminate Epic’s developer accounts - Judge Rogers barred Apple from terminating anything having to do with Epic’s Unreal Engine, suggesting that this would be causing collateral damage to third parties in the fight between the two Goliaths, however Judge Rogers also clearly agreed with Apple’s statement that as far as Fortnite was concerned, Epic had brought the entire situation upon itself by breaching its contract with Apple and continuing to insist on having its own way. In that ruling, which was handed down as a result of a looming Aug. To be clear, the ruling by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers last month was an interim decision to deny Epic’s motion ahead of a more complete hearing that has already been scheduled for Sept.
Despite last month’s ruling in Apple’s favour, it seems that Epic Games has not given up in its attempts to persuade the courts to force Apple to return Fortnite to the App Store, with the company continuing its filings for the hearing that will be held later this month to determine the final outcome of the game maker’s request.
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