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Apple’s ban of “Fortnite” from its App Store has led opportunistic sellers to try to make a quick buck. Listings of iPhones loaded with the wildly popular, battle royale game have flooded eBay this week. A search for the term “Fortnite iPhone” brought up more than 675 results at the auction site, many of them asking …
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Epic Games is asking a judge to prevent Apple from retaliating against it as it resists the iPhone maker’s policy of taking a 30 percent cut of all in-app purchases. The maker of “Fortnite” — the mega-popular game which was banned from the App Store last week after it introduced a new payment system that …
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Tinder owner Match Group and music giant Spotify have made a public display of support for Epic Games, whose mega-popular “Fortnite” was booted from Apple’s App Store and the Google Play Store after it introduced a new payment system that allowed it to circumvent the shops’ steep 30 percent fees. The dating juggernaut, which also …
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Mega-popular battle royale game “Fortnite” has been booted from the App Store after launching an in-app payment system that allowed it to circumvent Apple’s stiff 30-percent fees. The move effectively bars any new downloads of “Fortnite” onto iPhones or iPads, as the App Store is the only way to download new software onto Apple devices. …
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Drive-in esports arenas may be the next attraction in the coronavirus era. Real estate firm Horizon Group Properties inked a deal with esports analytics company Harena Data to develop esports arenas and drive-in movie theaters in four major US cities, according to a report from The Hollywood Reporter. Initially, the arenas will be located in the …
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In the world of “Fortnite,” the police have been defunded. The shooter-survivor video game has silently removed police cars from gameplay. “Fortnite,” among the most popular video games in the world with over 350 million players, last week launched a new season which included many vehicles familiar to players, but not cop cars, the Wall …
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The ripple effects of the George Floyd protests have reached the world of video games. “Fortnite,” a free-to-play, shoot-em-up game that is among the most popular in the world, this week announced that it was delaying its end-of-season event in order to give employees and players more time with their families and friends. “We’re acutely …
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A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit in which two former University of Maryland men’s basketball players accused makers of the “Fortnite” video game of misappropriating a dance move that the ex-teammates popularized. US District Judge Paul Grimm in Maryland ruled Friday that the Copyright Act preempts claims that Jared Nickens and Jaylen Brantley filed …
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Unfortunately, Kendrick Perkins can’t tell his kids to go outside and play due to the coronavirus pandemic. The former NBA center would probably like to. Their video game addiction is driving him nuts. He had his credit card denied the other day after his kids ran up a $16,000 bill on video games. “I go …
Apple’s ban of “Fortnite” from its App Store has led opportunistic sellers to try to make a quick buck. Listings of iPhones loaded with the wildly popular, battle royale game have flooded eBay this week. A search for the term “Fortnite iPhone” brought up more than 675 results at the auction site, many of them asking …
