UK court refuses to force Apple to reinstate 'Fortnite' to App Store; Epic Games settles loot box

A United Kingdom court dropped Epic Games' suit against Apple and its request to make the tech giant reinstate its popular video game "Fortnite" into the App Store. In the meantime, sorry, Apple users, you are still shut out from playing "Fortnite" with your friends who are blasting away on PlayStations and Xboxes, for instance. The U.S., where Epic Games and Apple are headquartered, would be "the appropriate forum" for the cases to be tried, said Judge Justice Roth of the Competition Appeal Tribunal in a ruling Monday. This legal battle, which began in August 2020 when Epic offered a direct payment method for Fortnite mobile players, spans the globe. Last week, Epic Games filed an antitrust complaint against Apple in the European Union.