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.

Apple is rolling out the App Store in another 20 countries, eight of them in Africa.

On March 4, Apple informed developers that all new apps submitted to the App Store would have to comply with the updated App Store Review Guidelines. The guidelines were changed to include features introduced with iOS and iPadOS 13 SDK or later. These changes pertain to reviews, spam, push notifications, Sign in with Apple, data collection and storage, mobile device management, and more.

Last year, U.S. per-device spending on iOS games increased to $53.80, up 22 percent from $44 in 2018. That’s according to Sensor Tower.