iPhones won't get 'Fortnite' updates as Epic Games digs in

By Stephen Nellis and Munsif Vengattil
(Reuters) - Players of the popular game "Fortnite" on iPhones will not get updates after Epic Games on Wednesday decried Apple Inc's App Store "monopoly" and said it will not remove a direct payment feature it recently enabled.
A legal battle ensued after Epic rolled out its own method of in-game purchases for "Fortnite" on Apple's App Store earlier this month, rather than using Apple's required in-app purchase system that charges commissions of 30%.
Apple responded by removing Epic's "Fortnite" game from its App Store and by threatening to terminate an affiliated account, a move that would have effectively blocked distribution of Unreal Engine, a software tool relied on by hundreds of other app makers.
Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District ...


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