Apple announced best App Store games in 2020. This year, the company chose the titles notable for their positive cultural impact, helpfulness, and importance.

Apple has rolled out new App Store Small Business Program that reduces App Store commission to 15 percent for small businesses. Devs can qualify for 15% commission if they earned up to $1 million in revenue during the previous calendar year.

A quick update on Epic vs. Apple case. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has set a trial date of May 3, 2021.

In a latest opposition filing, Apple said that “Epic started a fire, and poured gasoline on it, and now asks this Court for emergency assistance in putting it out.”

The ink was still wet on the preliminary injunction Epic filed to “stop Apple from retaliating,” when Apple responded by filing its own claims.

Epic has filed another preliminary injunction to “stop Apple from retaliating.” The company behind the battle roayle hit wants Apple to restore Fortnite and Epic’s related account in Apple’s Developer Program.

Anton Gorelkin, member of Russia’s State Duma Committee on Information Policy, asked Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation to look into yet another policy of Apple’s App Store.

Apple has come under fire in Japan. Dozens of local developers have criticized the App Store’s policies. Now the tech giant will be investigated by Japan’s antitrust regulator. Surprisingly, it’s not about Apple’s 30% commission.

Russia’s State Duma is reviewing a bill on mobile application stores submitted by the Just Russia party.

Well, that escalated quickly.

Since July 1, Apple has removed nearly 42,000 IAP and premium games from the App Store in China. These titles failed to have obtained a government approval by July 31.

Feng Shixin, the Deputy Director of the Publications Bureau of the Central Propaganda Department, spoke at ChinaJoy (July 31-August 3, 2020) about the video games industry in China.

The European Commission has launched an official antitrust investigation to establish whether Apple’s rules for the distribution of apps via the App Store are in violation of the EU competition law.

Apple has kept its word. It’s removing all IAP and premium games from the App Store in China that had not received a government approval by June 30.

Apple has confirmed to publishers that it will remove all games from the App Store in China that have not received a government approval by June 30.

Apple has denied a Facebook app with its own library of games from appearing on the App Store.

Fortnite has surpassed $1 billion in lifetime player spend on mobile.