Epic Games previously announced plans to bring third-party games to its mobile app, which is available on Android devices worldwide and iOS in the European Union. The company also plans to offer a rotating selection of free titles on mobile. Bloons TD 6 and Dungeon of the Endless: Apogee will be the first two free titles. Epic said in a post to X that it is still fixing some bugs before releasing new games on the platform.
But the company made a splash today with a move that could encourage popular games to participate in its free games program. Epic will cover the cost of core technology fees in iOS for participants’ first year. Apple charges a CTF of 50 euro cents for iOS app installations using third-party stores with more than 1 million downloads per year. There is a three-year grace period for apps with global revenue of less than €10 million.
Epic’s blog post, shared with The Verge, notes that incurring the fees “is not financially viable in the long term for all third-party app stores or for Epic, but the European Commission We intend to do so while investigating violations of the law.” . ” The law in question is the Digital Markets Act, Europe’s digital competition law, which already targets Apple.
The fees that Apple and Google charge for the use of their platforms are a source of great debate in the technology and gaming world. Epic Games has been at loggerheads with Apple over the years, accusing the tech giant of anti-competitive behavior.
