If you were wondering why your teenager was glued to video games this weekend, the answer may be the launch of Fortnite OG. Embroiled in antitrust fights with both tech giants Apple and Google, Epic Games’ Fortnite connects with millions despite being banned from both app stores of the companies they are fighting.
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Epic Games goes against Google – another David vs. Goliath battle – in a federal court trial today over its latest antitrust suit as it did Apple. And the Cary game and entertainment technology company despite losing any ally in the case.
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Millions of Fortnite users can now claim their small part of the $245 million that the game’s parent company agreed to pay as part of a settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission. Here are the details.
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Prolific “X” (Twitter) poster Eric Sweeney, the CEO of Cary-based Epic Games, and his company have so far stayed quiet about its latest legal setback in suing Apple over antitrust claims. Sweeney’s only response as of early Wednesday evening was to “retweet” a post from Bloomberg News about the case.
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In losing on almost all the points it made in an antitrust suit against Apple after it banned Epic’s “Fortnite,” Epic Game’s one “victory” remains a threat to the $3 trillion tech giant.
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“Ranked” options for Battle Royale and Zero Build are on the way, the Fortnite team at Cary-based Epic Games announced over the weekend. Here’s the latest as well as a link to an extensive FAQ.
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Epic Games made an investment in Brazil-based Aquiris game studio a year ago and on Wednesday announced it had acquired the privately held firm. The mission: “create groundbreaking content and social experiences within Fortnite.”
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Cary-based Epic Games returned this week to the big Game Developers Conference – perhaps the most important event in the gaming industry – and unveiled a host of updates for its Unreal game engine as well as Fortnite – from improved realism to monetization opportunities. Here’s the latest as provided by Epic in a blog post.
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Epic Games originally planned to release the Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN) in December of last year, but the release was pushed to January, then pushed again to March. Hear why creators have been anxiously awaiting its release.
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