Epic Games

Meta, Microsoft, X, Match pledge selves to Epic battle against Apple App Store

You have my sword ... and my bow ... and my axe!

Applications21 Mar 2024 | 14

Apple's had it with Epic's app store shenanigans, terminates dev account

Updated No end in sight for 'horror show' even with EU's DMA

Applications07 Mar 2024 | 72

US Supreme Court doesn't want to hear Apple, Epic's gripes about in-app purchases

Updated Get ready for links to non-Cupertino payment systems, America, hopefully

Personal Tech16 Jan 2024 | 25

Epic decision sees jury find Google's Play store is illegal monopoly

Fortnite dev hails 'a win for all app developers and consumers around the world'

Legal12 Dec 2023 | 53

Epic Games, Google head to court over epic Play Store cut

Fortnite-maker largely lost against Apple, but can it beat the Chocolate Factory?

Software06 Nov 2023 | 4

So this one time, at Bandcamp, half the staff were laid off

Epic redundancies all round

SaaS17 Oct 2023 | 45

Epic cut: Fortnite games maker culls 16% of staff

That partial victory against Apple is seeming more pyrrhic by the day

Personal Tech28 Sep 2023 | 18

Epic payout: FTC opens Fortnite settlement claim floodgates

Parents and players alike can now apply for a piece of the $245m pie

Personal Tech21 Sep 2023 | 3

Epic snub by Supreme Court in battle to escape Apple App Store payment prison

This fight over IAP is getting, dare we say, unreal

Personal Tech10 Aug 2023 | 7

Appeals court backs Apple over Epic, which isn't as bad as you might think

Game maker's success getting anti-steering rules nixed also survived

Personal Tech24 Apr 2023 | 3

Epic payment: Fortnite maker pays record $520m to settle FTC case

Updated Someone thought of the children, and the dark patterns

Personal Tech19 Dec 2022 | 23

Google stops enforcing Play store payment rules in India

$276 million in fines will do that to a monopolist

Software02 Nov 2022 | 4

Consultant plays Metaverse MythBuster. Here's why they're wrong

Opinion Holograms, brands, NFTs, and a 1,000-consumer survey

Offbeat16 Jun 2022 | 83

Epic Games' court dates with Apple and Google pushed into 2024

Judge ponders battle royale between all three to avoid unhelpful overlaps

Legal05 Apr 2022 | 9

Google opens Play Store to third party payment systems – starting with Spotify

Did lessons learned from South Korea make it all less scary?

Personal Tech25 Mar 2022 | 8

PayPal, Visa, Mastercard suspend Russian services

TikTok, Netflix and major games houses also quit, but Ukraine wants more help from Microsoft, Amazon, Apple and Google

Personal Tech07 Mar 2022 | 44

Hands up who ISN'T piling in to help Epic Games appeal Apple App Store ruling

Analysis 35 US States, more than 50 academics, Microsoft, others take aim at iGiant and its grip on the iOS ecosystem

Applications29 Jan 2022 | 62

India’s competition regulator launches probes into Apple over App Store fees and access

Legal04 Jan 2022 | 6

Apple wins Epic court ruling: Devs will pay up for now as legal case churns on

Previous injunction that ordered company to allow non-Apple payments systems is suspended

Software09 Dec 2021 | 54

Apple files fresh appeal to stop court order demanding external payment systems in iOS apps

iGiant warned developers it could still charge fees for third-party financial transactions anyway

Software02 Dec 2021 | 27

Epic battle latest: Judge reminds Apple it has 30 days to let apps link out to non-Apple payment systems

Cupertino tells The Reg it will fight on

Applications11 Nov 2021 | 16

Apple beat Epic Games 9-1 in court. Now it's appealed the one point it lost

Judge ordered Cupertino to stop steering users to its payments platform and Apple wants that paused, then erased

Software11 Oct 2021 | 90

Epic trolling: Microsoft allows third-party storefronts into its app store

Epic Games and Amazon are first to sign up

Software29 Sep 2021 | 20

Fortnite banana can appear in court naked says judge in Epic vs Apple legal footnote

Legal questions still remain over whether this judgment applies to all bananas or just that one

Bootnotes13 Sep 2021 | 29

Sort-of Epic win as judge kills Apple ban on apps linking to outside payment systems

Analysis Games maker weakens iGiant's control over iOS, loses its antitrust claims

Applications10 Sep 2021 | 37

Epic Games asks for Apple's help to put South Korea's alternative app payments law to work

Promises to offer App Store as an option, but needs its developer account to be reinstated to do that

Personal Tech10 Sep 2021 | 18

The sideloader weeps tonight: Unsealed court docs claim Google said 'install friction' would ‘drastically limit' Epic's reach

Plus: Google 'contemplated buying some or all of Epic'

Personal Tech09 Aug 2021 | 12

Epic vs. Apple Australian side quest allowed to resume

Federal Court finds Apple is neither “ornamental” nor “parasitic” and thinks local action is appropriate despite US case

Legal09 Jul 2021 | 13

Tim Cook: Sideloading is a disaster and proposed App Store reforms would harm user privacy and security

Apple CEO stays on message during interview while Epic case rumbles along

Security17 Jun 2021 | 58

Apple: We didn't take commission on 90% of App Store sales and billings

Comment Let's be clear what it's talking about though. It is patting itself on back for not taking a cut of Uber's cut

Software04 Jun 2021 | 40

The Epic vs Apple trial is wrapping up, but the battle has just begun

For now it's full send... but what will things look like when the smoke clears?

Legal26 May 2021 | 79

Apple's macOS is sub-par for security, Apple exec Craig Federighi tells Epic trial

Trashing your desktop OS to save the iOS walled garden – it's a bold strategy. Let's see if it pays off for 'em

OSes20 May 2021 | 103

Apple seeks to junk claim that iOS is an 'essential facility' in legal spat with Epic Games

Fortnite maker 'has no factual, expert, or legal support for its theory'

Legal19 May 2021 | 21

Ex-Apple marketing bigwig tells Epic judge: Our revenue-sharing model is designed to stop money laundering

Oh, and remember when Tim Sweeney himself demonstrated Metal API? Awks

Legal18 May 2021 | 42

Apple's expert witness grilled by Epic over 'frictionless' spending outside the app

How easy would it be for customers to depart the walled garden, legal eagles ask economist

Legal14 May 2021 | 31

Water's wet, the Pope's Catholic, and iOS is designed to stop folk switching to Android, Epic trial judge told

Fortnite maker wheels out economist to explain how Apple works

Applications12 May 2021 | 74

We were 'blindsided' by Epic's cheek, claims Apple exec on 4th day of antitrust wrangling

I thought we were friends

Legal07 May 2021 | 40

Day 3 of the Apple vs Epic trial: What actually is an iPhone anyway?

Microsoft Xbox exec called up to explain differences with gaming console

Legal06 May 2021 | 32

Apple vs Epic Games trial kicks off featuring the same old arguments, hundreds of angry Zoombombing tweens

'Hello? I would please like Fortnite Mobile back...'

Legal04 May 2021 | 14

Ex-American football player attempts to breathe life into failed lawsuit claiming Gears of War used his likeness

First Amendment under the microscope

Legal19 Feb 2021 | 13

Now this is Epic: Fortnite maker takes Apple fight to the European Commission and... er... Bismarck, North Dakota

Doesn't matter which court, Cupertino vociferously defends App Store terms

Legal17 Feb 2021 | 36

Epic Games files competition lawsuit against Google in the UK over Fortnite's ejection from Play Store

Epic by name, epic (lawsuit) by nature

SaaS15 Jan 2021 | 45

Epic Games brings its Fortnite fight with Apple to Australia

+Comment Why Australia? Because it’s currently running an inquiry into app store monopolies, that's why

Software18 Nov 2020 | 12

Apple suffers setback in epic Epic Games games fight: Federal judge zaps damages counterclaim

Plenty of money left to play for

Personal Tech12 Nov 2020 | 21

Apple, Epic trade barbs in App Store brouhaha while judge pins July for jury time

But will Fortnite be allowed back into the walled garden in the meantime?

Software29 Sep 2020 | 16

Epic, Spotify, ProtonMail and pals rise up as one against Apple's 30% cut, call for end to Cupertino-style markets

This revolution will be televised... on the internet

Software24 Sep 2020 | 27

Apple takes another swing at Epic, says Unreal Engine could be a 'trojan horse' threatening security

Taking away the ability to impose rules on developers 'hugely damaging to the public.' claims iThing slinger

Software16 Sep 2020 | 116

Unexpected risks of using Apple ID: 'Sign in with Apple' will be blocked for Epic Games

Updated Games dev pleads with users to set up a password before they get locked out

Legal10 Sep 2020 | 54

Apple to Epic: Sue me? No, sue you, pal!

App Store spat heats up with Cupertino counterclaim

Personal Tech09 Sep 2020 | 113

Epic move: Judge says Apple can't revoke Unreal Engine dev tools, asks 'Where does the 30% come from?'

But no, Fortnite can't come back to the App Store for now either

Software25 Aug 2020 | 62

Microsoft sides with Epic over Apple developer ban, supports motion for temporary restraining order

'Apple’s discontinuation of Epic’s ability to develop and support Unreal Engine for iOS or macOS will harm game creators and gamers,' says Microsoft

Software24 Aug 2020 | 66

Apple hits back at Epic, says Fortnite crew wants a 'free ride' on fees: Let the app store death match commence

What's a monopoly? asks iGiant

Software22 Aug 2020 | 99

Epic Games gets itself epically banned, launches epic Fortnite death match with Apple over App Store's epic 30% cut

Updated Google yoinks smash-hit video game from Play store, too

Personal Tech14 Aug 2020 | 64

Pre-authentication, remote root hole in call-center software? Thanks, Cisco. Just what a long weekend needs

Roundup This and more bits and bytes from infosec world

Security25 May 2020 | 5

Houseparty denied it had been hacked... while miscreants were abusing its dot-com domain name infrastructure

Subdomain takeover possible, infosec bod points out

Security20 May 2020 | 3

Epic Games floats $1m bounty to ID source of 'commercial smear' claiming Houseparty chat app has been hacked

Lots of non-savvy users may be recycling previously hacked creds

Security31 Mar 2020 | 5