Epic Games

Epic Games Loses Bid For Immediate Access To Apple App Store
Epic Games Loses Bid For Immediate Access To Apple App Store
October 11, 2020  |  Legal

A federal judge Friday (Oct.9) denied a request by Epic Games to make Apple reinstate Epic’s Fortnite game on its App Store before a lawsuit...

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Today In Payments: Amazon One Lets Consumers Pay By Hand; Stripe Heads $12M Funding Round For PayMongo
Today In Payments: Amazon One Lets Consumers Pay By Hand; Stripe Heads $12M Funding Round...
September 29, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, Amazon introduces pay-by-hand tech to its Amazon Go stores, and payments platform PayMongo raises $12 million. Plus, 70 percent of businesses...

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Apple And Epic’s Battle May Head To Trial in 2021
Apple And Epic’s Battle May Head To Trial in 2021
September 29, 2020  |  Apple

The ongoing war between Apple and Epic Games over the future of Fortnite on iOS seems to be heading for a trial showdown that could...

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Fortnite Maker Epic Games Buys SuperAwesome
Fortnite Maker Epic Games Buys SuperAwesome
September 25, 2020  |  Acquiring

Epic Games’ groundbreaking antitrust court brawl with Apple Inc. hasn’t stalled the North Carolina-based game maker’s growth. Epic Games, maker of the popular game Fortnite...

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New Coalition Blasts Apple’s App Store Over ‘Excessive’ Fees
New Coalition Blasts Apple’s App Store Over ‘Excessive’ Fees
September 24, 2020  |  Mobile Commerce

A new front in the battle between Apple’s App Store and the maker of “Fortnite” has opened up as app makers have formed a new...

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Today In Payments: NYC Approves Restaurant Surcharge; SWIFT To Create New Cross-Border Real-Time Rails
Today In Payments: NYC Approves Restaurant Surcharge; SWIFT To Create New Cross-Border Real-Time Rails
September 17, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, New York City changed a rule banning restaurant surcharges, and SWIFT announced plans to retool its platform to enable instant transactions....

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Apple: Fortnite Can Return But Without In-App Payment System
Apple: Fortnite Can Return But Without In-App Payment System
September 16, 2020  |  Apple

In the ongoing conflict between Apple and Epic Games, Apple’s newest filing accuses Epic of sabotaging itself. The Verge reported that the court documents from...

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Big Tech Compliance Tracker: Japan Fair Trade Commission Receives Amazon Japan’s Improvement Blueprint; Italy’s Competition Regulator AGCM Probes Cloud Platforms 
Big Tech Compliance Tracker: Japan Fair Trade Commission Receives Amazon Japan’s Improvement Blueprint; Italy’s Competition Regulator AGCM Probes...
September 14, 2020  |  Regulation

Here’s the latest news for Big Techs Amazon, Facebook, Apple, and Google, which are coming under increasing scrutiny from regulators and officials. Regulation   Amazon Japan Provides Watchdog With Improvement Plan ...

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Apple Provides Temporary Access To Epic Games’ Fortnite
Apple Provides Temporary Access To Epic Games’ Fortnite
September 13, 2020  |  Mobile Applications

After a nearly two-week ban, fans of Fortnite, a video game in which players fight each other until the last one is standing, can log...

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