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Epic Games asks a court to make Apple put ‘Fortnite’ back in the App Store

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In the latest development of the legal battle between Apple and Epic Games, the Fortnite developer announced it has filed for a preliminary injunction that would put its game back in the app store and restore its developer account. Today we asked t...

Indie history: How shareware helped build Epic Games

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Publishing deals in the video game industry are generally kept secret, with terms hidden behind non-disclosure agreements and the threat of legal fallout. However, in the realm of AAA publishing, it’s common for independent developers to sign contrac...

Epic Games has 250 million ‘Fortnite’ players and a lot of plans

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When Tim Sweeney built ZZT in 1991, he didn't know how to program graphics. Instead of coding actual characters and objects into his game, he used text symbols, and the main character was simply a smiley face trailing across the screen. "That includ...