Epic Games and Samsung have settled their antitrust litigation. Source: Court document
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Epic Games settles antitrust litigation with Samsung over store policies

Epic Games said it has agreed to settle ongoing antitrust litigation with Samsung over its Galaxy store policies and agreements with Google.

Epic Games had previously sued Samsung Electronics Co. for allegedly conspiring with Google to block rival app marketplaces through default settings on Samsung Galaxy mobile devices sold by South Korea’s electronics giant. Epic had previously sued Samsung an Google for auto-blocking the Fortnite download.

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Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.