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Microsoft legal filing supports Unreal Engine’s continued access to Apple tools

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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  • 5 min

Microsoft filed a legal document today backing Epic Games’ request to prevent Apple from cutting off support for its Unreal Engine game development toolset.

Ten days ago, Epic Games changed its iOS Fortnite app so that players could make direct payments that circumvented Apple’s 30% fee for all apps on its platform. Epic did the same for Google Play. Both Apple and Google responded by banning Fortnite from their app stores, prompting Epic Games to launch an antitrust suit against the tech giants.

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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.