Fortnite developer Epic Games 開始する，打ち上げるs 合法的な 活動／戦闘 against Apple and Google in the UK for 'breaking 競争 支配するs' by 除去するing the game from their app 蓄える／店s

  • Apple and Google 除去するd Fortnite from their app 蓄える／店s in August 2020
  • Epic Games started 許すing 使用者s to buy in-game items 直接／まっすぐに from them
  • This is something the two 会社／堅いs said 違反d their 支配するs
  • Now, Epic Games has brought 合法的な 活動／戦闘 against the 会社／堅いs and is calling on the 法廷，裁判所 to 復帰させる its ソフトウェア and accounts on the app 蓄える／店s

By Shivali Best For Mailonline

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The developers of the popular game Fortnite have 開始する，打ち上げるd 合法的な 活動／戦闘 against Apple and Google in the UK.

Epic Games, the studio behind the 攻撃する，衝突する game, has （刑事）被告 the tech 巨大（な）s of breaking 競争 支配するs after they both 除去するd Fortnite from their app 蓄える／店s.?

The 問題／発行する that 誘発する／引き起こすd the 除去s is to do with 支払い（額） 選択s within the game, which Apple and Google say broke their 条件 and 条件s.??

This isn't the first time that Fortnite has sought 合法的な 活動／戦闘 against Apple and Google - last year it 告訴するd the companies in a US 法廷，裁判所, 捜し出すing （裁判所の）禁止（強制）命令s that would end many of the 会社／堅いs' practices 関係のある to their app 蓄える／店s.??

The developers of the popular game Fortnite have begun legal action against Apple and Google in the UK

The developers of the popular game Fortnite have begun 合法的な 活動／戦闘 against Apple and Google in the UK

WHAT'S THE ISSUE??

Epic Games （人命などを）奪う，主張するs that Apple and Google 乱用 their 力／強力にする by:

- 不公平に 制限するing 競争 from 代案／選択肢 app 蓄える／店s

- stopping developers using their own 支払い（額）-過程ing services for 購入（する）s

- 非難する '不公平な prices for the 配当 of apps'

Epic Games wants the 法廷，裁判所 to order Apple and Google to:

- 復帰させる Epic Games' ソフトウェア and accounts

- let developers use their own 支払い（額）-過程ing systems in their apps

- let 消費者s download Epic Games' ソフトウェア outside of the App 蓄える／店 or Google Play

宣伝

Fortnite is one of the world's most popular games but was 除去するd from Apple's App 蓄える／店 and the Google Play 蓄える／店 last year.?

The tech 巨大（な）s made the 決定／判定勝ち（する） to 除去する the game after Epic Games 追加するd a new 支払い（額） 選択, 許すing 使用者s to buy in-game items 直接／まっすぐに from them rather than using Apple and Google's own 支払い（額） systems ? something the two 会社／堅いs said 違反d their 支配するs.

Epic Games has argued that this system is 不公平な and anti-競争の激しい ? Google and Apple take a （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限 of up to 30 per cent on 処理／取引s made through their systems.

In a 声明, Epic Games said: 'We believe that this is an important argument to make on に代わって of 消費者s and developers in the UK and around the world who are 衝撃d by Apple and Google's misuse of market 力／強力にする.'?

A number of other 会社／堅いs, 含むing music streaming 壇・綱領・公約 Spotify, have also been 声の on the 問題／発行する of fair 競争 and 発表するd their support for Epic's 活動／戦闘s.

In its （人命などを）奪う，主張する to the 競争 控訴，上告 法廷, Epic 告発する／非難するs Apple and Google of 乱用ing their '支配的な position' in the market and 不公平に 制限するing 競争.

Epic has asked the 法廷 to 宣言する the 除去 of Fortnite from both app 蓄える／店s unlawful and for an order that would see Fortnite 回復するd to both 蓄える／店s and would 許す Epic to 申し込む／申し出 its direct 支払い（額） 選択 to 使用者s.?

The tech giants made the decision to remove the game after Epic Games added a new payment option, allowing user s to buy in-game items directly from them rather than using Apple and Google's own payment systems ? something the two firms said breached their rules

The tech 巨大（な）s made the 決定／判定勝ち（する） to 除去する the game after Epic Games 追加するd a new 支払い（額） 選択, 許すing 使用者s to buy in-game items 直接／まっすぐに from them rather than using Apple and Google's own 支払い（額） systems ? something the two 会社／堅いs said 違反d their 支配するs

Late last year, Apple 発表するd a change to its （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限 計画／陰謀, 確認するing it would halve the 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 to 15 per cent for any developer which earns いっそう少なく than one million dollars per year in sales 生成するd through the 蓄える／店.

In 返答 to the news, Apple said?its 優先 is to create a '安全な and 信用d place to download ソフトウェア'.?

'Epic enabled a feature in its app which was not reviewed or 認可するd by Apple, and they did so with the 表明する 意図 of 侵害する／違反するing the App 蓄える／店 指導基準s', an Apple spokesperson said in a 声明.

'Their 無謀な behaviour made pawns of 顧客s, and we look 今後 to making this （疑いを）晴らす to 法廷，裁判所s in the UK.'

一方／合間, Google 持続するs that its 政策s are 'fair to developers.'

Google said: 'The open Android ecosystem lets developers 分配する apps through 多重の app 蓄える／店s. For game developers who choose to use the Play 蓄える／店, we have 一貫した 政策s that are fair to developers and keep the 蓄える／店 安全な for 使用者s.'?

WHAT IS FORTNITE? THE FREE TO PLAY GAME LAUNCHED IN 2017 AND HAS TAKEN THE WORLD BY STORM

Fortnite is a game that 初めは 開始する，打ち上げるd as a disk 支援する in July 2017 and was then turned into a 解放する／自由な-to-download game by its developer, Epic Games, in September.?

There are three forms of the game: '戦う／戦い 王室の', 'Save The World' and 'Playground'.

Save the world is the 初めの form of the game and is 現在／一般に not 利用できる to play as part of the 解放する／自由な-to-download game, instead it comes as part of a £30 ($40) extra.?

It is a?co-op 方式 with a story that's playable 単独の or online with friends.

Fortnite is a battle royale-style survival shooter where players create a superhero avatar and compete against each other on a dystopian island?

Fortnite is a 戦う／戦い 王室の-style 生き残り shooter where players create a superhero avatar and compete against each other on a dystopian island?

使用者s compete in teams of up to three to 完全にする a variety of 使節団s.?

It is rumoured that the game will be 追加するd to the 解放する／自由な-to-play 見解／翻訳／版 of the game in the 未来.?

Whilst Save The World may be the 初めの 見解／翻訳／版 of the game, its sister 方式 is by far the most popular.?

戦う／戦い 王室の is a game?of 生き残り where players create a superhero avatar and compete against each other on a dystopian island.

Each game, or 'match' as each 競争 is known, starts with 100 players.

The 目的（とする） of the game is to be the last one standing. 使用者s can form 忠誠s and play in small groups.

To enable this and the interactive experience, the game 許すs 完全に open communication between players.?

奮起させるd by the Hunger Games novels and films, gamers search for 武器s to help them 生き残る.?

武装した with quirky 武器s and amusing dances, the game has swept across the gaming world, with children flocking to it.??

While there is no exact 人物／姿／数字 on how many children play Fortnite, the game has so far pulled in an audience of over 125 million players.?

Playground is the 最新の 新規加入 to the game and is a consequence 解放する／自由な 方式 with more 略奪する and 制限のない respawning to 許す players to get creative.

It 伴う／関わるd groups of up to four people working as a team and the players can hone their 技術s as the practise in a dvance of entering 戦う／戦い 王室の where they will 直面する better players.?

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