Tune in on WN Fall’20 on October 29, at 11:40am (CET time), for a keynote session “2021 iOS attribution restart: What can mobile publishers do now to prepare?”

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.

UA companies and developers can relax for a while. Apple said it would not introduce the new data privacy guidelines until next year.

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

Last week saw a major standoff between Apple and Epic Games. In response to a civil antitrust lawsuit filed by Epic against Apple, the latter decided to terminate all Epic’s developer accounts and block iOS and Mac development tools for the Fortnite company. The decision will come into force on August 28.

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’s new iOS 14 will enable users to turn off Identifier for Advertisers (IDFA) for each app. That option has existed before but it has been securely buried in the Settings where not a lot of people could find it.

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.

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.

Europeans will spend around $23 billion on apps in 2020 across the App Store and Google Play. Spending on mobile games will also increase from 2019, but their share of the total revenue generated on mobile will decrease compared to non-gaming apps.

All premium games or games offering IAPs will now only be allowed onto the Chinese App Store if they have a license number obtained from the General Administration of Press and Publication of China.

AppMagic rounded up the top mobile games by downloads and revenue in January 2020.

AppMagic rounded up the top mobile games by downloads and revenue in December 2019.