However, that’s still a matter for the courts to decide, and the actual lawsuit isn’t expected to even begin until sometime next year.Įpic began a campaign earlier this year of trying to convince Apple to allow it to operate its own third-party App Store, and when Apple refused, Epic decided to take matters into its own hands and simply snuck its own in-app payment system into Fortnite as an alternative, allowing users to bypass Apple’s in-app payment system. Of course, the very crux of Epic’s lawsuit against Apple is based on the suggestion that the iPhone maker is violating antitrust laws and engaging in other anticompetitive practices by forcing all apps and in-app payments to be handled through its own App Store, from which it takes a 30 percent cut.
28 deadline - the date that Apple had promised to terminate Epic’s developer accounts - Judge Rogers barred Apple from terminating anything having to do with Epic’s Unreal Engine, suggesting that this would be causing collateral damage to third parties in the fight between the two Goliaths, however Judge Rogers also clearly agreed with Apple’s statement that as far as Fortnite was concerned, Epic had brought the entire situation upon itself by breaching its contract with Apple and continuing to insist on having its own way. In that ruling, which was handed down as a result of a looming Aug. To be clear, the ruling by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers last month was an interim decision to deny Epic’s motion ahead of a more complete hearing that has already been scheduled for Sept. Despite last month’s ruling in Apple’s favour, it seems that Epic Games has not given up in its attempts to persuade the courts to force Apple to return Fortnite to the App Store, with the company continuing its filings for the hearing that will be held later this month to determine the final outcome of the game maker’s request.
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