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A federal judge on Friday (10th Sept) struck down Epic’s lawsuit against Apple and gave its final verdict in favor of Apple on all accounts. While the loss from dealt a serious blow to Epic Games, the final verdict also instructed Apple to loosen its grip on payment methods on its store.

Back in August 2020, Epic filed a lawsuit against Apple after the tech giant removed Fortnite from its Store for violating store policy by including 3rd party payment system in its app. The inclusion of a direct payment method reduced the price of V-bucks by 20% making it the most prominent method of payment. As a response to this Apple removed Fortnite from the Apple Store and also removed Epic’s developer account. 

In retaliation, Epic sought a legal route to end “Apple’s anti-competitive restrictions on mobile device marketplace.” and launched a hashtag ‘#FreeFortnite’ calling out its player base to take action against “Big Tech”. They also released a short clip on YouTube mocking Apple using Apple’s own old Advertisement.

But all of this was nearly 12 months ago and the final verdict of the Epic Vs Apple lawsuit is finally here and it’s Epic’s loss. While Apple won the lawsuit on all accounts, the Californian judge said Apple violated California’s laws against unfair competition by barring app developers from directing customers to other ways to pay for their services and ordered Apple to start letting developers include links in their apps to other payment methods within 90 days. This is a big win for other app developers as they can get even more revenue from sales and bypass Apple’s 15-30% cut. 

The judge also said that Epic Games had overreached and Apple’s behavior was not monopolistic and the antitrust law doesn’t apply here. The verdict re-iterated the Oct 2020 verdict against Fortnite removal and said Epic had breached its contract with Apple when it allowed Fortnite users to pay it directly and thus removal of the app from the App Store is justified. 

Tim Sweeney, Epic’s chief executive, on Twitter expressed that he was not satisfied with the ruling and will fight on for “fair competition”.

“Today’s ruling isn’t a win for developers or for consumers. Epic is fighting for fair competition among in-app payment methods and app stores for a billion consumers.” 

The Organisation’s website has currently 0 listed sponsors, whereas previously it consisted of Big names such as Steelseries and GGBet.

With more problems rising for the Danish organisation, after HUNDEN’s new claims regarding the coaching bug scandal, the loss of sponsors could put them in deep trouble regarding the future of the org and the roster.

In a Quarter Finals match in ESL Pro League, the Heroic players were spotted sporting a simple white jersey with the Heroic logo on it. Previously, they had their classic red and black jersey which included all their sponsors and partners, but it seems all of them have pulled out of the deal for the time being as the Future of the org is up in the air.

To put the nail in the coffin, Heroic’s community manager, Caecilie Iversen also announced a week ago that she would be leaving the team after EPL S14. This was just before HUNDEN’s accusation of TeSeS and niko and the whole org in general, being aware of the bug and its usage.

That has not reflected in their performance on the server though as they beat Liquid in a nail biter in the Quarters and have a semi-finals date with Natus Vincere later today.

Will they be able to clear their names and put on a convincing performance to save the org? Only time will tell.

With Riot Games’ competitive shooter Valorant gaining rapid popularity across the world, more and more players are looking to enjoy the title on different platforms. If you’re looking for ways to play Valorant on your Mac, we have you covered.

Unfortunately, Valorant hasn’t seen its official release on macOS as of yet. However, that hasn’t stopped players from playing it on their Mac. Here’s how you can enjoy Valorant on your Mac:

Play Valorant on Mac

If you want to play Valorant on your Mac, all you have to do is install Windows on it. Moreover, while there are several ways to run Windows on a Mac, Valorant will only run on a Mac if you install it using Boot Camp. This is due to Riot Games’ advanced anti-cheat system Vanguard which only runs in Boot Camp but not on most virtual machines.

For the unaware, Boot Camp is a multi boot utility included with macOS that aids users in installing Microsoft Windows operating systems on a Mac.

Installing Windows on your Mac will also enable you to play a plethora of other games that aren’t supported on the latter.

Keep in mind that you won’t be able to install Windows 10 on your Mac unless you have one of these machines:

• Macbook 2015 or later
• Macbook Air/Pro 2012 or later
• Mac Mini 2012 or later
• iMac 2012 or later
• iMac Pro
• Mac Pro 2013 or later

Once you’re done installing Windows 10 using Boot Camp, you’re all set to play Valorant on your Mac.