The latter would transform iOS and poses security concerns that are much easier for Apple to lay out. The former would be a big hit to Apple’s profits. Apple highlighted the most extreme ask: that Apple let iPhone owners side-load third-party app stores like the Epic Games Store. Epic mostly stuck to discussing its most moderate request: that Apple let developers process in-app purchases through their own systems, bypassing Apple’s fee. Epic and Apple frame Epic’s demands very differently. Both sides promoted high-minded ideals (freedom for Epic, security for Apple) and appeared shocked - shocked - that their opponent was trying to make money.īut hearing the arguments laid out helped clarify which tactics seem most likely to stick. “Developers found themselves caught in a trap of Apple’s making,” Epic argued in its opening statement, and “the most prevalent flower in the walled garden was the Venus Flytrap.” Apple countered by calling Epic’s suit “a fundamental assault on Apple’s secure and integrated ecosystem.” In cross-examination, Apple’s attorney pushed Sweeney to confirm that Epic spent nearly a decade playing by Apple’s rules before launching an operation codenamed “Project Liberty” to flout them. More generally, Apple and Epic were holding battle lines that they drew months ago. Game Epic War 5 Trial Stages For Battle your way to the Hellsgate that will end the world through 12 main stages, and 8 extra and 5 trial stages for additional challenges. Epic’s legal team was responsible for asking questions that set up Sweeney’s statements, resulting in queries both extremely tailored (“How would you define the metaverse?”) and comically general (“Are you familiar with something called a ‘console’?”)Īpple and Epic are holding battle lines they drew months ago Epic War 5 features three heroes with unique stories, 30 units, 70 skills, and 30 accessories. Sweeney is a generally soft-spoken man who delivered testimony through a barely audible microphone setup after a long troubleshooting period that involved random teenagers yelling “free Fortnite!” into accidentally unmuted conference lines.
While Sweeney has referred to Epic’s fight with Apple as a “fireworks show,” today’s session wasn’t quite as dramatic as that suggests. And in Epic’s narrative, Apple is unfairly demanding a cut of its profits. Along the way, Sweeney positioned Fortnite as something much bigger than a simple video game: it’s “a phenomenon that transcends gaming,” he told the court. Epic put Sweeney on the stand for hours of exhaustively detailed questions about - among other things - Epic’s Unreal Engine, gaming consoles, the App Store, and what players do on Fortnite’s party island. Epic sued in retaliation, and today, both companies delivered opening statements before Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers. The metaverse is Sweeney’s chosen metaphor for Fortnite, the battle royale game that Apple banned from its iOS App Store last year. ALL OTHER TRADEMARKS AND TRADE NAMES ARE PROPERTY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS.Sweeney called Fortnite ‘a phenomenon that transcends gaming’ ACTIVISION, CALL OF DUTY, CALL OF DUTY BLACK OPS, WARZONE AND CALL OF DUTURE WARZONE ARE TRADEMARKS OF ACTIVISION PUBLISHING, INC. One in the Chamber, Multi-team: Sat-Link, Capture the Flag (in season) Zombies New Outbreak Regionįooter legal copy: (c)2020-2021 ACTIVISION PUBLISHING, INC. Ground Fall (Black Ops Cold War & Warzone) Multiplayer New Multiplayer MapsĬollateral (6v6, 12v12), Hijacked (6v6), Amsterdam (2v2, 3v3), Rush (6v6) New Modes
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