Epic has launched a direct payment system in Fortnite on Android and iOS. In response, Apple removed Fortnite from the App Store. Epic Games later announced that it was taking legal action against ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Apple has dropped the hugely popular “Fortnite” game from its App Store after the game’s developer introduced a direct payment plan that bypasses Apple’s platform. Apple takes a 30% ...

Original story: Fortnite has been removed from the iOS App Store today by Apple, in response to developer Epic Games implementing direct payments in the game to skirt Apple's platform fees. In an ...

Epic Games has been very vocal about its distaste for 30% fees charged by Google and Apple, despite giving in and distributing its hit game Fortnite through the Play Store and App Store. Now, to get ...

Epic Games today announced that it has introduced a new direct payment option in the Fortnite app for iPhone and iPad, allowing players to purchase 1000 V-Bucks for $7.99 rather than $9.99 through ...

Apple is preparing to terminate Epic Games' developer account on August 28, and is not planning to approve updates for the Fortnite game amid the ongoing legal battle between the two companies. This ...

Epic Games is offering Fortnite players on mobile an alternate way of paying for V-Bucks. As announced via Epic's site, users can save up to 20 per cent when buying in-game currency, the new drop in ...

Epic Games has insisted that its direct payments in Fortnite are not "theft" as described by Apple. "Apple has no right to the fruits of Epic's labour, other than the rights arising under a contract.

Beginning today, Epic Games is discounting Fortnite V-bucks and other cash purchases if players buy them through PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, PC and Mac. The discounts are available on mobile ...

Ian Sherr (he/him/his) grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, so he's always had a connection to the tech world. As an editor at large at CNET, he wrote about Apple, Microsoft, VR, video games and ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Apple has dropped the hugely popular “Fortnite” game from its App Store after the game’s developer introduced a direct payment plan that bypasses Apple’s platform. Apple takes a 30% ...