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    Apple terminates Epic Games’ developer account

    Sep 18, 2020 5 minutes

    If you are interested in getting a game by Epic in Apple’s App Store, you’re out of luck. Apple has terminated Epic’s developer account, and games made by

    Epic are no longer available. The move by Apple is the latest in the battle between the two companies, which started in August when Epic provided an option in Fortnite to buy directly from them. This was a direct violation of Apple’s App Store rules, and Fortnite was removed from the App Store.

    If you don’t know, Fortnite allows players to buy in-game stuff (outfits, dance moves, that sort of thing) with a virtual currency called V-bucks. It’s akin to the gems, diamonds, energy and other virtual currencies used in so many other mobile or free-to-play games.

    In August, Epic announced that V-bucks would cost 20 per cent less than they used to. If you were

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