Epic Games

NC venture funding fell sharply in 2025

February 13, 2026 Dan Reeves

North Carolina startups raised about $2.3 billion in venture capital funding in 2025, a decline of more than 40% from the year before, according to data compiled by PitchBook. The drop pushed the state to […]

Court backs contempt finding against Apple

December 19, 2025 Michael Liedtke

A federal appeals court last Thursday backed a ruling that held Apple in civil contempt for brazenly defying an order designed to open its iPhone app store to other payment systems besides its own, but […]

Epic seeks $205M in legal fees after Google antitrust win

September 5, 2025 North State Journal staff

SAN FRANCISCO — Epic Games, the Cary-based maker of “Fortnite” is asking a federal judge to award more than $205 million in legal fees after its landmark antitrust victory against Alphabet’s Google, marking other high-stakes […]

Google loses appeal in antitrust battle with Epic Games

August 9, 2025 Michael Liedtke

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court has upheld a jury verdict condemning Google’s Android app store as an illegal monopoly, clearing the way for a federal judge to enforce a potentially disruptive shakeup designed […]

More refunds sent to Fortnite players ‘tricked’ into unwanted purchases

July 4, 2025 Wyatte Grantham-Philips

PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is sending out the latest round of refunds to consumers it says were “tricked” into purchases they didn’t want from Fortnite maker Epic Games — and eligible players […]

Fortnite offline on Apple’s iOS worldwide

May 23, 2025 Wyatte Grantham-Philips and Michael Liedtke

NEW YORK — Cary-based Epic Games says Fortnite is now unavailable on Apple’s iOS globally because the tech giant blocked a bid to rerelease the popular video game for iPhone users in the U.S. and […]

Court sides with Epic Games in App Store case

May 9, 2025 Barbara Ortutay

Apple plans to appeal a federal judge’s ruling that the iPhone maker willfully violated a court injunction in an antitrust case filed by Cary-based Epic Games, the maker of Fortnite. Apple, which reported its quarterly […]

Fortnite players ‘tricked’ into unwanted purchases starting to get refunds

December 13, 2024 Wyatte Grantham-Philips

NEW YORK — U.S. consumers who were “tricked” into purchases they didn’t want from Fortnite maker Epic Games are now starting to receive refund checks, the Federal Trade Commission said this week. Back in 2022, […]

Epic Games sues Google, Samsung over ‘Auto-Blocker’ phone setting

October 5, 2024 The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — Video game maker Epic Games sued Google and Samsung on Monday, accusing the tech companies of coordinating to block third-party competition in application distribution on Samsung devices. At issue is Samsung’s “Auto […]

Epic Games accuses Google of bullying and bribing to block competition to its Android app store

November 8, 2023 The Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO — Google on Monday confronted the second major U.S. antitrust trial in two months to cast the internet powerhouse as a brazen bully that uses its immense wealth and people’s dependence on one […]