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Apple’s Epic retaliation: Unreal Engine on iOS and Mac in jeopardy

Posted byby Mike Minotti
August 17, 2020
2 min

Epic went after Apple, and now the tech giant is striking back. Epic Games revealed on Twitter that Apple is revoking Epic’s permissions to...

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Fortnite’s ‘safety and fairness’ ban actually hurts users and developers

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 14, 2020
4 min

When the news broke yesterday that Apple and Google banned Epic’s super-popular game Fortnite from their app stores, most people focused on the bans...

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Apple CEO Tim Cook, and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speak before a July 29, 2020 House Judiciary committee meeting.

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The DeanBeat: Epic Games vs. Apple/Google is a shot heard around the world — but it’s risky

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 14, 2020
8 min

Epic Games’ simmering antitrust dispute with Apple and Google turned into a hot war Thursday, as Epic Games announced a discount policy and direct...

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Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games, argued to make the game industry more open in the next decade at the Dice Summit 2020.

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Epic’s antitrust case against Apple’s App Store monopoly

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 13, 2020
6 min

In a broad antitrust challenge to the power of one of the tech industry giants, Epic Games has filed a lawsuit against Apple alleging...

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6 min

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App Store war: Apple, Google delete Fortnite after Epic Games adds direct payment (Updated)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 13, 2020
3 min

Shots have been fired in what could be a gigantic App Store war. Apple deleted Fortnite after Epic Games deliberately violated its terms of...

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3 min

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An Apple One services bundle is pointless if consumers only save $2-$5

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 13, 2020
3 min

Imagine millions of Apple customers holding out on the services introduced last year — Apple Arcade, News+, and TV+ — not out of lack...

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Facebook Gaming on iOS is missing instant games.

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Apple’s EU antitrust case targets App Store limits on Microsoft and Facebook gaming apps

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 11, 2020
2 min

(Reuters) – Facebook and Microsoft’s grievances over how their gaming apps appear on Apple’s App Store may feed into an EU investigation into the...

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Facebook Gaming app debuts amid fight with Apple over instant games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 7, 2020
2 min

Facebook launched its standalone Facebook Gaming app on iOS today but complained loudly that Apple wouldn’t let it launch the instant games that are...