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Epic Games Store and Fortnite launch on mobile platforms after a monumental fight |The DeanBeat

The Epic Games Store debuted on iOS in the EU and on Android worldwide with Fortnite, Fall Guys and Rocket League Sideswipe included.

In a press briefing, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney said the company had spent hundreds of millions of dollars on its legal battle with the platforms to make this happen. Epic’s Sweeney said the company is able to launch on iOS devices in the European Union thanks to the Digital Markets Act, a regulation that went into effect this spring requiring “gatekeeper platforms” to provide fair access to their stores for antitrust reasons. “The European Commission deserves major credit for writing a law and rules for the gatekeepers that genuinely have teeth and have sufficient clarity to bar bad practices,” Sweeney said.

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