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  • fortnight is Maura about in game battles, but its creator is in conflict offscreen to epic games, is unhappy with Apple over the payment system on its APP store and control over downloads.

  • It took the fight to a U S court but couldn't make any progress there, so it's now brought its case toe.

  • Antitrust regulators in the European Union to firms have been in a legal dispute since August.

  • It began when the game maker launched its own in up payment system.

  • This was designed to get around Apple's 30% fee on some in APP purchases on the APP store.

  • Apple's responded by kicking epics Hugely Popular Fortnight game off the APP store Epic Chief executive Tim Sweeney said Apple's control of its platform did not make for a level playing field.

  • Epic also accused Apple of stopping rivals from launching their own gaming subscription service on its platform.

  • Apple responded that its rules applied equally toe all developers and that epic had violated them.

  • In a statement, the tech giant said epics, reckless behavior made pawns of customers and we look forward to making this clear to the European Commission.

  • Apple has taken small steps towards changing its practices in recent months.

  • There now offer lower fees for some developers on have given them a way to challenge its rulings.

  • But the changes have done little to satisfy the company's critics.

  • Big hitters like Microsoft and Spotify have also criticized the APP, stores, fees and rules.

  • European Commission declined to comment on Epix complaint, but said it was aware of the concerns regarding Apple's APP store rules.

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fortnight is Maura about in game battles, but its creator is in conflict offscreen to epic games, is unhappy with Apple over the payment system on its APP store and control over downloads.

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