An interview with Tim Sweeney on the Google-Epic settlement, how the Play Store changes impact developers, why Epic's case against Apple is different, and more
It's been 2,030 days since Fortnite was put in jail, with both Google and Apple pulling it down worldwide on August 13, 2020 …
Sources: the White House is debating whether to allow Tencent to maintain stakes in US and Finnish video game companies; Tencent holds a 28% stake in Epic Games
Chinese company's investments in ‘Fortnite’ creator Epic Games and other creators have faced long-running US security review
Sensor Tower: EA led all publishers in 2025 with 200M+ PC and console downloads, ahead of its $55B deal to go private; Fortnite had the top console player base
Soon-to-be privately-owned game publisher and developer Electronic Arts saw the most PC/console game downloads of the year …
Epic v. Google: Epic and Google have a secret deal involving Unreal Engine, Fortnite, and Android, with Epic spending $800M over six years on Google services
“Sorry, I'm blowing this confidentiality.” … In a hearing in San Francisco today, the court revealed that Epic and Google …
Epic v. Google: Epic and Google have a secret deal involving Unreal Engine, Fortnite, and Android, with Epic spending $800M over six years on Google services
“Sorry, I'm blowing this confidentiality.” … In a hearing in San Francisco today, the court revealed that Epic and Google …
Tim Sweeney says Fortnite will not return to iOS in Japan in 2025, as Apple is “charging a competition-crushing 21% junk fee on third-party in-app payments”
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Fortnite returns to Google Play in the US following a US District Court injunction; Google and Epic settled last week, after a years-long antitrust dispute
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Apple says ChatGPT was 2025's most downloaded free app in the US App Store, up from fourth in 2024, followed by Threads, Google, TikTok, WhatsApp, and Instagram
but is it better? Keval Shukla / MakeUseOf : These 5 free Fire TV apps unlock features Amazon doesn't include Abhijith M B / Windows Latest : WhatsApp is logging more Windows 11 users out to push its ...
Parents are pressuring LA Unified, the second-largest US school district, to reduce mandatory student screen time on school-issued iPads and Chromebooks
even in gym and band class https://www.nbcnews.com/... LinkedIn: Tyler Kingkade : Whether to ban smartphones in schools was a huge discussion over the past two years, and the banning side clearly won ...
A look at New Save Collective, a group of gamers and activists roleplaying ICE raids in Fortnite and GTA 5 to prepare for real-world situations
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