Month: August 2020

• Epic Games said on Monday that Apple has threatened to revoke its developer account with the company, meaning Epic won’t be able to make apps for the App Store anymore.
• The escalation comes the week after Epic Games, makers of Fortnite, released a new direct payment mechanism designed to bypass the App Store’s payment system, from which Apple takes 30%.
• Epic Games also rolled out a marketing campaign encouraging players to “fight back” against Apple.

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Epic Games said on Monday that Apple has threatened to revoke its developer account, meaning Epic will no longer be able to make apps for the App Store, the only way for consumers to install software on an iPhone. 

The escalation comes the week after Epic Games, makers of the popular Fortnite video game, released a new direct payment mechanism inside the game designed to bypass the App Store’s payment system, from which Apple takes 30%. Apple then removed Fortnite from the App Store, saying Fortnite violated its rules, and Epic Games sued it in an attempt to force it to change its business practices.

Epic free v bucks generator is one of several companies currently engaged in high-profile disputes over Apple’s control of the App Store and its 30% fee. Spotify, Match Group, and Facebook have all publicly criticized Apple’s App Store policies recently. Congress probed Apple CEO Tim Cook in a hearing in July about the App Store’s fees and policies. 

Epic Games said on Monday that Apple had given it until August 28 before removing the game makers’ developer accounts, which would make it unable to release new games or publish updates to its current apps. Currently, Epic Games publishes one game on the U.S. App Store, a puzzle game called Battle Breakers.

Epic Games also makes the Unreal Engine, software which many iPhone and Android games use to integrate realistic graphics and physics. In its filing, Epic says that Apple’s move to remove its developer accounts represents an “existential threat” to Unreal Engine.

“Then when Epic sued Apple to break its monopoly on app stores and in-app payments, Apple retaliated ferociously,” Epic Games lawyers wrote in a Monday filing. “It told Epic that by August 28, Apple will cut off Epic’s access to all development tools necessary to create software for Apple’s platforms — including for the Unreal Engine Epic offers to third-party developers, which Apple has never claimed violated any Apple policy.”

Epic Games is claiming that Apple is “attacking Epic’s entire business in unrelated areas.” It’s seeking an injunction that will “preserve status quo” and permit the company to continue to sell apps on the App Store. 

Fortnite battle royale season 3 has almost completed 3/4th of its tenure. The water level has receded substantially and a large portion of the map is now available. There is also a new event that Epic has lined up for players, along with the new POI.

It is not Atlantis, rather it’s renamed into Carl. It was never certain whether Atlantis would be a part of season 3. Nevertheless, we are hoping that, somehow, Epic will find a way to surprise us there. This new POI features quite a picturesque view. It is semi-submerged, thus getting out can be tricky if a fight takes place. Also, people mostly wait on the shoreline, sniping, as the players come out.

The new mini-event that is related to episode hack piecing together a spaceship seems pretty interesting too. SypherPK made a comprehensive video where he explains the best way to get the challenges done.

Rifts got added with a new spaceship event in Fortnite

We all remember when walking through one of these rifts gave us a re-jump from the sky. It seems that Epic Games does want to balance the air superiority in the game. With whirlpools acting as faux-launchpads, and now rifts, players are going to take advantage of this.

The spaceship near Craggy Cliffs is incomplete and needs to be pieced together. There are three distinct pieces hidden in plain sight, so don’t forget to check the water nearby. Once these pieces are correctly organized, the spaceship just zooms off. Sypher also noticed that inside the spaceship, there is a legendary chest. However, it did not work out for him either because the spaceship wasn’t properly organized or because of a glitch.Related Post

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New POI? Will there be an Atlantis?

Season 4 of Chapter 2 is right around the corner. Epic v buck generator reveals the most expected elements right at the end of the game. The Carl POI does have a crystal castle but that might not be the Atalantis.

As Sypher theorizes, Atlantis might rise up from the water. Maybe on the last day, maybe over the next week, no one knows for sure. For now, the best we can do is complete the new spaceship challenge.

Source – Sypher