Virtual Economy

Episode 42: Epic vs. Apple: Round 3 (News Show)


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Epic and Apple both walk away from the restraining order hearing with a piece of what they wanted. Now we wait until the end of September for the next courtroom showdown. We also discuss Lab Zero’s implosion, Unity’s IPO, and Frogwares’ falling out with Big Ben/Nacon.

  • Why We Fight (Epic, Updated 8/26/20): https://www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/fortnite-mega-drop-faq?sessionInvalidated=true 
  • Kinucakes on Twitter re Lab Zero: https://twitter.com/kinucakes/status/1297985084604129280
  • ClickAgain on Twitter re Lab Zero: https://twitter.com/ClickAgain/status/1297622837541261312 
  • Autumn Games Statement on Lab Zero: https://twitter.com/sgmobile/status/1298105337593991168/photo/1 
  • Sequoia strikes gold with Unity’s IPO filing (TechCrunch): https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/24/sequoia-strikes-gold-with-unitys-ipo-filing/ 
  • What did we learn from the Unity IPO filing? (GamesIndustry): https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-08-25-what-did-we-learn-from-the-unity-ipo-filing 
  • Frogwares games pulled from storefronts amid dispute with publisher, Focus Home Interactive (GameDaily): https://gamedaily.biz/article/1247/frogwares-games-pulled-from-storefronts-amid-dispute-with-publisher-focus-home-interactive 
  • FROGWARES REMOVED THE SINKING CITY FROM STORES DUE TO PUBLISHER BIGBEN BREACHING CONTRACT TERMS (Game Watcher): https://www.gamewatcher.com/news/frogwares-removed-the-sinking-city-stores-publisher-bigben-breaching-contract-terms 
  • Frogwares statement on Nacon dispute (Twitter): https://twitter.com/Frogwares/status/1298245160921374721 
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