{"id":66048,"date":"2020-08-30T05:22:25","date_gmt":"2020-08-30T05:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=66048"},"modified":"2020-08-30T05:22:25","modified_gmt":"2020-08-30T05:22:25","slug":"apple-terminates-fortnite-makers-app-store-developer-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=66048","title":{"rendered":"Apple terminates \u2018Fortnite\u2019 maker\u2019s App Store developer account"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a major blow to maker of \u201cFortnite\u201d, Apple has terminated the developer account of Epic Games, yanking all of the company\u2019s titles from its App Store.<\/p>\n

The move comes amid a\u00a0heated legal battle\u00a0between the two companies which was kickstarted when Epic Games implemented a payments system which would allow it to get around Apple\u2019s steep 30 percent app store fees.<\/p>\n

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Apple responded by\u00a0promptly booting\u00a0the mega-popular \u201cFortnite\u201d from the App Store.<\/p>\n

With Friday\u2019s move, a search for \u201cEpic Games\u201d on the App Store brings up no results, meaning that all of the company\u2019s games \u2014 including popular hack-and-slash game \u201cInfinity Blade\u201d \u2014 are now impossible to download on the iPhone and iPad.<\/p>\n

Spared, however, is Epic\u2019s Unreal Engine, a tool used by game developers and filmmakers to create three-dimensional graphics. A judge earlier this week barred Apple from restricting access to the Unreal Engine as retaliation for Epic\u2019s rule-breaking.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cEpic Games and Apple are at liberty to litigate against each other, but their dispute should not create havoc to bystanders,\u201d the judge wrote in the decision.<\/p>\n

Representatives for Apple and Epic did not immediately respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n

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