Fortnite is leaving China. The servers of the regional version of the battle royale will stop working in two weeks. Perhaps the closure is due to the lack of popularity of the game and changes in Chinese legislation.

Epic increases the portfolio of published games. Today it became known that the Fortnite developer has taken on publishing future projects of two studios — from the veteran of the indie scene Spry Fox, responsible for the emergence of the merge genre, and from the newly launched Eyes Out team, organized by the designer Spec-Ops: The Line together with the guitarist Nine Inch Nails.

Last year, Epic Games filed a lawsuit not only against Apple, but also against Google. However, only now Google has decided to put forward counter-claims to the developer. The company said that the creators of Fortnite knowingly violated the agreement with Google Play, and demanded to pay her compensation.

A month ago, Apple doubted whether it should appeal the verdict of the court in the case with Epic Games. But last Friday, the company decided and filed an appeal. According to experts, the proceedings can drag on for years.

Epic Games intends to make the Internet and online games safer for children. To do this, the company has opened free access to its Kids Web Services (KWS) service. With its help, parents can confirm their identity and consent to the processing of children’s personal data.Epic Games announced this together with its company SuperAwesome.

Tim Sweeney explained why there will be no NFT in Fortnite and other Epic Games. One of the reasons is the problem of fraud in this area. He also questioned the non-interchangeability of NFT, which as a result gave rise to a discussion in social networks.Fortnite

Tim Sweeney said that Apple has blacklisted the Fortnite game in its ecosystem. Battle Royale will stay there until the court hears all appeals in the Epic Games case. It may take about five years.

Global brands are actively pursuing a course of promotion through the gaming industry. From September 21, a limited collection of clothes and items inspired by the images of the fashion house Balenciaga is available in Fortnite.

While Epic Games is preparing to appeal the court’s decision on the lawsuit against Apple, Apple itself has not decided what to do. The company said it was still considering whether or not to appeal.

The Fortnite developer is not going to put up with the verdict of the judge in a dispute with Apple. Epic Games has asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to review the case.

Despite the fact that the court ordered Apple to allow other forms of payment in App Store applications (even if only in the format of links / buttons), Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney was dissatisfied with the decision, unlike Apple management.

Apple has issued an indefinite injunction. Now the company has no right to prohibit developers from inserting links to other payment methods into iOS applications.

Epic Games decided to take advantage of the changes in the legislation of South Korea and tried to return Fortnite to the local App Store. That’s just Apple did not agree — she did not see any reason to return the game.

Alexey Savchenko, who previously held the post of licensing manager at Epic Games, wants to make the gaming industry a little better. He announced the imminent launch of a legal and consulting service for developers. He promises to help all deceived developers with the examination of contracts, and to show newcomers what pitfalls there are in relations with large companies.

Details from the trial of Epic Games and Apple continue to emerge. This time they are about Google. It turned out that the company was thinking about buying Fortnite authors with the help of Tencent. She also paid smartphone manufacturers to abandon third-party marketplaces and gave at least “hundreds of millions of dollars” to popular developers so that they would not leave the Play Store.

The US has prepared a bill that could seriously reshape the business model of mobile stores. If accepted, it will allow developers to add third-party payment systems to applications and tell users about discounts outside of stores. The initiative has already been approved by Epic Games.

In August 2019, Epic Games predicted losses from the first wave of exclusive games released in its store. Two years later, an internal document got online. It turned out that the company expected to lose about $130 million.Game expert Simon Carless drew attention to the document.

The conflict between Epic Games and Google continues to develop. Fortnite developers have updated their lawsuit against the corporation, adding several new proofs of Google’s monopolistic behavior.

There is a replenishment in the Epic Games family. It was joined by Sketchfab, a platform for publishing interactive 3D models. The size of the transaction is not specified.