NEW YORK: Microsoft came to the defense of the maker of video game sensation Fortnite on Sunday, saying in a court filing that Apple’s moves to cut off the company from programming tools would hurt other game creators and players as well. Epic Games is locked in a legal battle with Apple after trying to dodge commission payments due to the tech giant, prompting the iPhone maker to pull Fortnite from its online store. Apple has alleged that the Fortnite maker deserves to lose its access to the programming tools because it violated the terms of their contract. Epic Games filed a lawsuit against Apple last week after the tech giant took Fortnite off its App Store for releasing an update that dodges revenue sharing. Epic has asked a judge to make Apple put Fortnite back in the App Store until the matter is resolved in court.

Source: Manila Times August 24, 2020 16:13 UTC