Epic Games Slams Apple’s Obstructive Practices Amid EU Digital Markets Act Implementation

The legal confrontation between Apple and Epic Games continues to escalate as Epic Games Founder and CEO Tim Sweeney criticises Apple’s recent actions under the EU Digital Markets Act (DMA). 

The DMA has empowered Epic to launch its own Epic Games Store on iOS and reintroduce its popular game Fortnite with reduced commissions to Apple. However, Apple’s repeated rejection of the games store has sparked further controversy.

Epic Games revealed on social media platform X that, although Apple has approved the current version of the Epic Games Store iOS app for notarisation, the tech giant is insisting on changes to the user interface in future versions. 

Epic has described these demands as “arbitrary” and “obstructive,” arguing that such changes would make the store less standard and harder to use. Sweeney condemned Apple's actions, calling them absurd and vowed to continue fighting against these requirements.

This latest development is a continuation of the protracted battle between Epic Games and Apple, which began over Apple's revenue-sharing policies on the App Store. In March, the conflict gained further momentum when the US Department of Justice and 17 state Attorneys General filed a lawsuit against Apple, accusing the company of monopolistic practices in the smartphone market.