Epic judge lets Google keep its Android app store closed to competitors — for now

Google just won a small but important victory in the Epic legal battle. Last week, the company asked Judge James Donato to put a pause on its Nov. 1 deadline to drastically change the rules for the Android app store. Today he did just that, Epic and Google confirm The edge, Granting a temporary administrative … Read more

Google asks 9th Circuit for emergency stay, says Epic ruling ‘is dangerous’

The ruling, which Google is appealing, would force Google to distribute third-party app stores within Google Play, stop requiring Google Play Billing for apps distributed through Google Play, and more, with many of these changes effective March 1 . Should come into force in November – just over two weeks from today. But echoing many … Read more

Google must crack open Android for third-party stores, rules Epic judge

Google's Android app store is an illegal monopoly – and now that has to change. Today, Judge James Donato issued his final verdict Epic vs Googleand ordered Google to effectively open the Google Play app store to competition for three years. Google must distribute competing third-party app stores within Google Play, and it must allow … Read more

Epic detail plans for Unreal Engine 6 and share vision of a metaverse spanning “Roblox, Minecraft, and Fortnite”


Epic Games laid off over 800 people a year ago, following what CEO Tim Sweeney confessed was an “unrealistic” period of investment designed to “grow Fortnite as a metaverse-inspired ecosystem for creators”. Now, it’s time to start talking about brighter, metaversal tomorrows and hopefully, not do the whole thing all over again. Epic have detailed early plans for Unreal Engine 6, which Sweeney says will combine Unreal Engine with Fortnite’s easy-to-use Unreal Editor to create a gigantic, “interoperable” metaverse platform that lets developers sell stuff that can seamlessly be transferred to other games, whether they run on Unreal Engine or not. Stealth blockchain post? Genuinely, I can neither confirm nor deny.

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