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Epic Games v. Apple: The start of the next big antitrust war for the iOS developer

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Time Stamp: May 1, 2021 5:11 PM - Modified On: May 1, 2021 - Published By:
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It was a big day on March 12, 2018, in Cary, North Carolina, as Epic Games geared up for its next big announcement: Fortnite was coming to mobile. The battle royale title had grown significantly over the preceding months, transforming Epic into one of the biggest companies in the world.  The mobile launch added another layer to that rise and tapped into a larger audience than many PC or console games had lured in. The cultural phenomenon became apparent and Fortnite soon landed merchandising, music, and film collaborations, from hosting

Amazon’s New CEO Still Committed To The Video Game Industry [UPDATE]

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Making video games is a massive challenge. There’s a ton of work that goes into them and if you’re looking to become a key player with a focus on delivering an AAA video game experience, then there’s a significant bump into the resources needed. As a result, some studios don’t tend to stay in business after a few misses. For instance, it was just earlier this week that we got word of Google ending their internal game development studios for their Google Stadia platform. Instead of developing first-party games, they will

Orlando Bloom Shares His Thoughts On Amazon’s New Lord Of The Rings TV Show

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Lord of the Rings star Orlando Bloom has shared his thoughts on Amazon's upcoming big-budget TV show based on the JRR Tolkien universe. Speaking to Collider, Bloom said he had the opportunity to get an inside scoop on the show from a producer he's working with for his own Amazon projects, but he chose to stay in the dark so he could enjoy the show as a fan."I had a few questions for him to begin with ... and then I was like, 'You know, I don't need to know

Artist Rights Alliance Takes Aim at Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Over Music Licensing and Twitch

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Non-profit trade group the Artist Rights Alliance (ARA) sent a letter Monday to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos questioning his testimony to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee’s Antitrust Subcommittee on July 29, about the use of unlicensed music on the company’s Twitch live streaming service. The answer from Bezos was part of the House Judiciary Committee’s hearing on tech and antitrust, which included leaders Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and Apple CEO Tim Cook. When asked by Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) if Twitch allowed content creators to stream