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...Epic Games, the company behind Fortnite, has built a “Metahuman Creator”, a free tool for game developers to create photorealistic virtual humans “in minutes”....
...Sweeney also warned that Apple’s vetting of rival stores could prevent the Epic Games Store from featuring on iOS....
...The game is available to play for free, but players can use its in-game currency, V-Bucks, to buy virtual items, from outfits to accessories and weapons, to personalise their characters....
...The anecdote, which was cited by Fortnite maker Epic Games ahead of a high-stakes antitrust trial in California next month, was based on internal Apple documents quoting Eric Friedman, head of the company...
...Messages exchanged between two senior Apple engineers, which were produced as evidence in the iPhone maker’s recent legal battle with Epic Games, suggest that some inside the company believed it could do...
...Players of Fortnite, developed by Epic, were able to purchase an in-game currency known as “V-bucks” online, but these credits would not show up when playing on the iPhone....
...It included a first look at a new God of War game, a Spider-Man sequel and news of a remake of the classic 2003 Star Wars role-playing game Knights of the Old Republic....
...Given Epic Games’ lawsuit and antitrust stirrings, Apple was coy yesterday about its cut from this huge total, which varies between 15 and 30 per cent, but it’s clear the App Store and services have become...
...The trial between Epic Games and Apple is set to kick off today, and the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline is back in federal court....
...The Silicon Valley company spent more per episode to make The Morning Show, a drama set in a newsroom, than the $15m that HBO’s Game of Thrones had cost, even with all of its epic battle sequences....
...Epic Games has filed a formal antitrust complaint against Apple to the European Commission, the latest shot in an escalating feud between the Fortnite developer and the Silicon Valley giant....
...Apple’s Epic confrontationIn opening statements for the Epic Games vs Apple court case, the iPhone maker accused Epic of a “fundamental assault” on a business model that has enriched millions of developers...
...AT&T’s decision to act now has sent a shockwave across Wall Street, Hollywood and Silicon Valley....
...Epic Games, which has taken Apple to court over what it argues is its monopolistic control over the App Store, argued in its lawsuit that Apple’s “anti-competitive conduct eliminates all of these innovations...
...Epic takes Apple fight to EUEpic Games has filed a formal antitrust complaint against Apple to the European Commission, the latest shot in an escalating feud between the Fortnite developer and the Silicon...
...Sixteen of the season's 44 bowl games were cancelled due to the pandemic....
...As hardware hurtles on, it is Apple’s services that are facing headwinds, with opposition to the new ad restrictions and to its 30 per cent commission on App Store sales — its court battle with Epic Games...
...Mr Sweeney “is able to see the long game in a way that many CEOs do not”. Mr Sweeney has resolutely stayed outside the Silicon Valley bubble....
...Games and others over its role as App Store gatekeeper....
...After a brief sales downturn in the 1980s, company co-founder Phil Knight shifted priorities....
...And William Wellman’s 1927 aviation epic Wings, the last of the great silent movies, won the first ever Oscars....
...Epic Games said in March that Fortnite had 250m registered users....
...Epic Games, creator of Fortnite, said in November the free-to-play “battle royale” game had more than 200m players with registered accounts....
...“Gaming is far more than just a game — it is a new media format,” says Bruce Stein, chief executive of aXiomatic, an investor in Fortnite’s developer, Epic Games, and Niantic, the creator of Pokémon Go....
...Part of Epic’s success may be due to the fact it is based in Cary, North Carolina, rather than Silicon Valley. The town of 160,000 was previously best known for its Lazy Daze Arts & Crafts Festival....
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