Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during an announcement of new products at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, California on June 4, 2018.In mid August, the wildly popular game "Fortnite" got an update on Apple and Android smartphones that allowed players to bypass app store digital payment systems: Instead of going through Apple and Google, payments went directly to "Fortnite" creator Epic Games.
In a surprise twist, Microsoft is backing Epic in the ongoing legal spat. Microsoft general manager of gaming developer experiences Kevin Gammill officially submitted a letter to the court in support of Epic on Sunday. In the ongoing legal spat between Apple and "Fortnite" maker Epic Games, the latter just got an unexpected ally.
That's because, beyond "Fortnite," Epic also makes the Unreal Engine software suite – a set of software that's used to create games, including the smartphone versions of "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" and, of particular note here, Microsoft-published smartphone racer "Forza Street."canceled Epic's Developer Program contracts
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Is it any wonder that Tim Sweeney had praised Windows as a real platform, unlike iOS? 😉 See:
lol Microsoft has nothing to do on this, sticking their noses where no one called them, what they need to do is to fix Xbox Series X it's game lineup looks like shit XboxP3 sells smoke Apple sucks too and EpicGames does the same with their Store so this whole thing is stupid.
Doesn’t Xbox charge 30% 🤔
Awww
Good for m$ fuck apple and google
The world is in a pandemic crisis ... With huge problems for quite all... And other are thinking to make a war on playing?... 😳😁
It was not a matter of if but when
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