Support the fact-based journalism you rely on with a donation to Marketplace today. Give Now!

Fortnite maker sues Apple, Google after its app was removed from stores

Epic Games is arguing the tech giants shouldn’t be able to force app makers to fork over a cut of revenues from in-app purchases.
Fortnite is suing Google and Apple over revenue cuts the tech giants take from purchases on their respective mobile app stores.
Lionel Bonaventure/AFP via Getty Images

Was this the week Fortnite went from video game to social network of the future?

Feb 8, 2019
An in-game concert had a reported 10 million players watching - and dancing - at the same time.
10 million players watched Fortnite's in-game concert with electronic music DJ Marshmello.
Theo Wargo/Getty Images