Enlarge / A Fortnite loading screen displayed on an iPhone in 2018, when Apple and Epic weren’t at each other’s throats. (credit: Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images) Apple has won a last-minute stay on an injunction that would have required it to imminently begin allowing iPhone and iPad app developers to direct users […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | NurPhoto ) In September, US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ruled that Apple must allow iOS developers to direct users to external content-purchasing mechanisms outside of the App Store’s built-in In-App Purchases. Tuesday night, Rogers refused Apple’s request to stay that ruling, setting the stage for it to go into […]
Fortnite ‘s “Out West” emote. Epic temporarily disabled the “Daily” section of Fortnite ‘s in-game item shop just hours after it was updated Sunday with an “Out West” emote featuring Travis Scott. The move comes after the tragic events at Houston’s Astroworld concert last Friday , where at least eight people died and 25 were […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | NurPhoto ) Apple company is appealing the court ruling that said it must let iOS app developers direct customers to payment options other than Apple’s in-app purchasing system. Although Apple previously called the judgment a “resounding victory” because its App Store business model was generally upheld, the company is seeking […]
Enlarge / A Fortnite loading screen displayed on an iPhone in 2018, when Apple and Epic weren’t at each other’s legal throats. (credit: Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images) Weeks after Epic’s apparent “win” against Apple in the Epic Games v. Apple case, Apple issued a letter denying Epic’s request to have its developer […]
Enlarge / Apple CEO Tim Cook introduces the WWDC 2020 keynote. (credit: Apple) Apple CEO Tim Cook faced pointed questioning from Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers during his long-awaited testimony in the Epic Games v. Apple trial Friday. Following hours of questioning and cross-examination from Apple’s and Epic’s lawyers, Rogers wrapped up nearly three weeks of […]
A relative minority of games on iOS make money via free downloads and in-app purchases, a la Fortnite. Arguments in the pitched legal battle between Epic and Apple over control of the iOS App Store are set to wrap up in the next few days. From the opening arguments onward, the legal maneuvering has involved […]
Enlarge / Tim Cook speaks during an event at Lane Technical College Prep High School in Chicago on Tuesday, March 27, 2018. (credit: Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Tim Cook will on Friday be confronted with allegations that Apple is operating an illegal monopoly, in a high-stakes case brought by Epic Games, the maker of […]
Enlarge / Just some of the characters that don’t star in games anymore, according to Roblox. Roblox, the massively valued user-created gaming platform, has removed any mention of “games” from its user interface. It’s a seemingly small semantic change that nonetheless could have some major implications in the ongoing Epic Games v. Apple trial. The […]
Monopoly control is a hot topic in the games industry these days. Lawsuits against Apple, Valve, and Sony all take slightly different tacks in arguing that these companies exercise unfair monopoly control over their platforms’ market for downloadable games. Each suit also argues that this monopoly control leads to higher game prices for consumers. Platform […]