Apple threatens'total elimination' of Epic Games, the developer of'Fort Knight'



It is reported that Apple embarked on retaliation after Epic Games, the developer of the popular battle royal game ' Fort Knight ', filed a lawsuit against Apple. Although the lawsuit this time concerns the removal of 'Fort Knight' from the App Store, Apple's retaliation measures extend to areas unrelated to the lawsuit.

Epic Asks Court To Prevent Apple From Blocking Fortnite And The Unreal Engine
https://kotaku.com/epic-asks-court-to-prevent-apple-from-blocking-fortnite-1844753107

Apple threatens to boot Epic—including Unreal Engine—off Mac and iOS | Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/08/impending-apple-ban-an-existential-threat-to-the-unreal-engine-epic-says/

Epic says Apple threatens'catastrophic' response in two weeks if Fortnite doesn't comply with rules-The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/17/21372480/apple-epic-threat-developer-tools-agreement-unreal-engine-fortnite

Local time August 13, 2020, Epic Games implemented a new in-app billing system for their Fortnite mobile app. Previously, App Store for iOS version and Google Play for Android version charged 30% fee for in-game item purchase, but this new billing system requires Epic Games to pay the fee It was announced that the price of the in-game currency was reduced to return profits to users.

However, Apple has removed Fort Knight from the App Store, saying the new in-app purchase system violates the guidelines. Epic Games dissatisfied with this and sued Apple.

``Fort Knight'' developer Epic Games sued Apple-GIGAZINE



In response to this lawsuit, Apple said, ``If the issue is not resolved by August 28, 2020, you must have the required membership to distribute the app on your iOS device or use Apple's developer tools. Epic Games will be removed from a certain Apple Developer Program,' he said. If this measure is implemented, Epic Games will not be able to authenticate the Mac software, making it impossible to develop for iOS/macOS. In addition, the distribution authority of the game engine `` Unreal Engine '' provided by Epic Games has been stripped, and it will be impossible to develop applications for iOS / macOS with Unreal Engine, so it is expected that third-party developers will not use Unreal Engine ..

Unreal Engine from Epic Games is one of the most popular game development tools in the world. In a 2019 announcement, Epic Games stated that 'more than 7.5 million developers worldwide are using the Unreal Engine.' In 2020, we released a real-time demo that runs on Sony's next-generation game console 'PlayStation 5' to show the performance of 3D graphics, which can be said to be 'live action.'

A real-time demo movie of PlayStation 5 of the next-generation game engine ``Unreal Engine 5'' is released for the first time, ``completely live-action'' 3D graphics are a must-see-GIGAZINE



Epic Games filed Apple's retaliatory action on the day of receiving the warning from Apple on the grounds of the US District Court for the Northern District of California, which has already sued Apple for antitrust violations.




Apple's retaliation was unrelated to the lawsuit, and Epic Games referred to the case as 'extraordinary retaliation.' I'm protesting a series of issues.

Related Posts:

in Mobile,   Web Service,   Game, Posted by darkhorse_log