The European regulator intends to look into the situation with the deletion of the Epic Games developer account on iOS. The agency will check whether Apple has violated EU legislation.

Apple has closed a new Epic Games developer account just a few weeks after it was opened. With it, the company wanted to launch the Epic Games Store on iOS in the European Union and place Fortnite there.

Last week, the hacker group Mogilevich claimed that it had stolen 189 GB of internal Epic Games data, but did not confirm its words in any way. Now she claims that there was actually no hacking. Moreover, other hackers were her target.

The hacker group Mogilevich managed to penetrate the internal network of Epic Games, according to the Cyber Daily portal. On their website on the darknet, the attackers claimed the theft of 189 GB of company data.

On February 7, Disney announced that it had invested $1.5 billion in Epic Games. According to sources of The Information, she bought a stake in the company with an aggregate valuation of Epic Games at $22.5 billion.

Disney Corporation announced the purchase of a stake in Epic Games for $ 1.5 billion. Together, the companies want to create a “new universe of games and entertainment” within Fortnite.

The year 2023 was remembered by the gaming industry for massive cuts. The wave of layoffs affected both indie studios and corporations: Embracer Group, CD PROJEKT, Ubisoft, Telltale Games, Blackbird Interactive, Ascendant Studios and many other video game-related companies announced layoffs. According to the portal videogamelayoffs.com Since January, 10,466 specialists have lost their jobs.

This amount is indicated in the profile of former Fortnite creative director Donald Mustard on the website of AGBO — the production company of directors Anthony and Joe Russo (Anthony, Joe Russo). Mastart left Epic Games in September 2023 and is now listed as an AGBO partner.

This was told by the head of Epic Games, Tim Sweeney, during a hearing in the case of Epic Games and Google due to the removal of Fortnite from Google Play.

In 2018, Google discussed a multimillion-dollar deal with Epic Games. She was ready to invest $147 million in Epic Games in three years if she agreed to publish Fortnite on Google Play. This is stated in the documents disclosed during the trial between the companies.

In the USA, a lawsuit was filed against Microsoft, Ubisoft, Electronic Arts, Epic Games and some of their affiliated studios. The companies were accused of making games too exciting and aggressively monetizing them in order to earn as much as possible.

On November 6, court hearings began in the case of Epic Games and Google: the subject of the proceedings was the removal of Fortnite from Google Play in August 2020. During the meeting, Epic Games mentioned that it still spends more on the Epic Games Store than it earns.

The Tokyo Tax Bureau found that in 2018-2020, the Luxembourg division of Epic Games did not declare income from microtransactions in Fortnite in Japan. The company was obliged to repay the tax arrears and pay a fine.

Epic Games has introduced a new program to attract games to the Epic Games Store — Now on Epic. It is intended for developers and publishers who decide to place projects already available in third-party PC stores or subscription services in the Epic Games Store.

Next year, the Unreal Engine will switch to a new pricing model for corporate clients not related to game development — film companies, car brands and others. This was announced by the head of Epic Games Tim Sweeney during a speech at the Unreal Fest 2023 conference.

Epic Games continues to develop the Fortnite ecosystem. The company announced that since the game has content for different ages, then everyone should be assigned an appropriate age rating.

Hatoful Boyfriend, the artist who invented the dating simulator with pigeons, Hato Moa (Hato Moa) claims that Epic Games has not paid her royalties from game sales for more than two years.

Sergey Galenkin, director of publishing strategy at Epic Games, probably came under a wave of cuts in the company. Galenkin’s Linkedin account states that he worked at Epic Games until September 2023 inclusive.

After Epic Games announced large-scale cuts, rumors about the dismissal of all Mediatonic studio employees appeared on the network. However, Epic Games called this information false.