"Fortnite's" Epic Battle With Apple and Google Escalates

A tiff between Epic Games and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Alphabet's (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) Google spilled over into the courts Thursday. The publisher of the well-known battle royale game Fortnite had picked a fight with the tech giants earlier that day, adding a direct payment option and encouraging its mobile app users to bypass the regular payment process, violating app store rules. The move allowed Epic Games to cut Apple and Google out of the 30% royalty they collect on such in-game purchases, escalating the punch-up.