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Epic’s Tim Sweeney slams Google for ‘malicious compliance’ with EU’s Digital Markets Act

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney blasted Google for “malicious compliance” with the requirements of the European Union’s Digital Markets Act.

The DMA is an anti-monopoly law that prohibits “gatekeeper” tech companies from blocking developers’ access to digital markets through means such as alternative app stores. Epic Games sued both Google and Apple for charging monopoly fees (taking 30% of all game transactions in their marketplaces) and shutting down developers from mentioning alternative stores where fees are lower. Google issued its DMA response here.

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Dean Takahashi

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.