Apple Can Block Fortnite but Not Epic Games’ Unreal Engine, Judge Rules

A judge ruled in favor of Epic Games in its ongoing legal battle against Apple Aug. 24, and will block Apple from retaliating against Epic by removing its access to developer tools used to maintain the Unreal Engine, Epic’s game development software. In the same ruling, the judge did not grant Epic’s request to return “Fortnite” to the App Store. Epic filed a temporary restraining order against Apple to block it from cutting off its developer accounts by Aug. 28, which would mean Epic and other developers would be unable to maintain any game using the...