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The ongoing Epic v. Apple legal battle nearly wrapped up this week in a loss for both parties. Well, it depends who you ask — Epic painted it as a loss and announced plans to appeal, while Apple declared it a win without acknowledging the concessions imposed on it by…

Epic Games and Apple were engaged in a legal battle since last August after the former sued the latter for its anti-competitive and monopolistic practices, and Apple has emerged as the winner of the case after the United States District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers handed a 185-page ruling on the…

After dropping clues throughout the season to foreshadow the end of Season 7, Epic Games shared one of its customary audio teasers this week for Chapter 2 Season 8. The teaser pointed towards a big finale event called "Operation: Sky Fire" while sharing some details on the event as well…

Apple defended its App Store against one of the biggest game makers on the planet. Getty Images Apple's iPhone and App Store won a mixed victory in court Friday, when a federal judge mostly sided with the iPhone maker against Fortnite maker Epic Games in one of the tech industry's…

Last year, Epic Games updated Fortnite on iOS to sell in-game currency directly through Epic at a lower rate. This violated the App Store terms and Apple pulled Fortnite from the store. Since then, a massive Epic vs Apple battle has been going on. Today, the judge has issued a…

Screenshot: Lucas Ropek/Houseparty Houseparty, the video chat app that Epic Games bought and integrated with its Fortnite gameplay experience, will be shutting down soon, the company announced Thursday. The platform, which was purchased by Epic in 2019, allows multiple people to interact via video call. Popularity for the platform skyrocketed…

Update: Apple says Epic currently has “no legitimate basis for the reinstatement of their developer account”, in a statement to Bloomberg. Original story below. Last August, Fortnite was famously pulled from the iOS App Store after Epic surreptitiously enabled a direct payment option for V-Bucks, circumventing Apple’s In-App Purchase system…

Early-aught headliner Radiohead has teamed with Epic Games, makers of Gears of War and Fortnite, to compose "an upside-down digital/analogue universe created from Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood’s original artwork and audio design by Nigel Godrich. It commemorates the coming of age of Radiohead’s records, Kid A and Amnesiac," per…

Radiohead have released a new video teasing a forthcoming online counterpart to their Kid A Mnesia reissue package. They worked with NameTheMachine, Arbitrarily Good Productions, and Fortnite developers Epic Games to create the exhibition, which will be available as a download for Mac, PC, or the Playstation 5 through the…

One of the challenges in Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 7’s final week is to destroy some alien eggs. With the season coming to a close, and a battle against the aliens on the horizon, it is time to get vicious it seems. To destroy alien eggs, players can simply visit…