Gaming's biggest controversies of 2020

Gaming’s biggest controversies of 2020

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‘Fortnite Battle Royale’ developed by Epic Games on a Samsung Galaxy Note 9 smartphone (Photo by Chesnot/Getty Images) /

#FreeFortnite (Epic Games and Apple battle it out)

For players who played Fortnite on Android and iOS devices, you pretty much can’t anymore unless you’re on Android and download Fortnite through Epic Games or the Samsung Galaxy Store. What does this mean, though?

Well, Apple and Google didn’t like that Epic Games circumvented some ‘app tax’ that restricted players from saving 20% off if they spent money on the battle royale game. What ended up happening was that both companies, in response to Epic’s extra payment options, ended up blocking future updates for the game. They eventually removed the game from their respective stores which then prompted Epic to start the #FreeFortnite hashtag. Since then, Epic Games has filed a lawsuit against Apple in Australia.

This was right around the time Chapter 2, Season 4 was just about to begin. Luckily, players affected were reimbursed accordingly and can still access the game on a multitude of other devices other than mobile. They can also use their accounts so not all is lost, but that did affect a sizeable chunk of people who may only have mobile devices as a means of playing the game.

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