In the ongoing Impressive Games vs. Apple legend, Epic says in a brand-new legal filing that Apple made inaccurate declarations in its own legal filing previously today, asserting that Apple “cherry selected” Google search results about the popularity of Legendarys Fortnite video game.
Apple had actually recommended that Epic started the legal fight over Fortnite in the App Store as a promotion stunt, and that Fortnite had currently started to decline in appeal:
” For factors having absolutely nothing to do with Epics claims against Apple, Fortnites appeal is on the subside. By July 2020, interest in Fortnite had actually reduced by almost 70% as compared to October 2019. This suit (and the front-page headlines it has produced) appears to be part of a marketing campaign developed to reinvigorate interest in Fortnite.”
A full court hearing is scheduled for September 28th.
In its most current filing (embedded listed below if youre dying to take a look at the newest), Epic says Apples statement of declining interest in Fortnite is untrue, mentioning its own user engagement data. “Over the period of time that Apple cherry-picked for its Google search volume comparison (between October 2019 and July 2020), the variety of everyday active users on Fortnite really increased by more than 39%,” the filing states.
Apple did not instantly return a request for remark Saturday.
Apple kicked Fortnite off the App Store in August over an in-app payment system, which is a violation of App Store rules. Impressive won a short-lived restraining order versus Apple forbiding the iPhone maker from retaliating against Epic by ending the designer account used to support the businesss Unreal Engine. But the judge decided in the same ruling that Apple is not needed to bring Fortnite back to the App Store.
