Apple blocks Fortnite’s return to the U.S. App Store and Epic Games Store in EU, despite ruling (updated) Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 16, 2025 3 min Epic Games Apple has blocked Epic’s submission of Fortnite to the U.S. Apple App Store and the Epic Games Store for iOS in the... Continue Reading 3 min
Apple’s court loss to Epic Games is a stunning turnaround | The DeanBeat Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 2, 2025 7 min It took more than four years, but Epic Games finally prevailed this week in its antitrust case against Apple, the world’s most valuable company... Continue Reading 7 min
The Google/Epic Games app store showdown goes before Court of Appeals | The DeanBeat Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 7, 2025 6 min We had a rare peek this week into the legal world of antitrust and its enforcement in the games industry. Google is appealing its... Continue Reading 6 min
Epic Games files its argument for upholding antitrust ruling against Google Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 29, 2024 4 min Epic Games filed its another answer to Google’s appeal of its guilty verdict in its antitrust trial over how it governs its Google Play... Continue Reading 4 min
Apple SUED over alleged iPhone monopoly in the U.S., accused of ‘suppressing’ alternative messaging apps, smartwatches, cloud games Posted byby GamesBeat March 21, 2024 2 min The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) alongside 16 State/District Attorneys General has sued Apple today for violating federal antitrust laws (the famed Sherman Act... Continue Reading 2 min
U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear Apple v. Epic antitrust appeal Posted byby Jordan Fragen January 16, 2024 1 min The U.S. Supreme Court has declined a request to hear the antitrust case between Apple and Fortnite and Unreal Engine developer, Epic Games. Both... Continue Reading 1 min
Lawyers, leading voices weigh in on Epic antitrust win over Google Posted byby Jordan Fragen December 12, 2023 2 min This afternoon, a jury handed Epic Games a win in its antitrust lawsuit against Google. For three years, the game publisher has sued both... Continue Reading 2 min
A recap of Epic Games vs. Google trial day one Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 7, 2023 5 min The first day of the Epic Games vs. Google antitrust trial ended after both sides gave opening statements and two witnesses testified. One thing... Continue Reading 5 min
Epic Games vs. Google antitrust trial gets under way Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 6, 2023 5 min Another big tech antitrust trial gets under way today as Epic Games squares off against Google over control of the app stores. Fortnite maker... Continue Reading 5 min
Epic files U.S. Supreme Court appeal in Apple antitrust case Posted byby Jordan Fragen September 27, 2023 2 min Epic has filed a Writ of Certiorari asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a lower court’s ruling on its antitrust case against Apple.... Continue Reading 2 min