Epic Games is taking a bold step to attract more third-party games to its platform by covering the initial Core Technology Fee (CTF) for developers on iOS. This move comes as part of the company's ongoing efforts to challenge Apple's App Store policies and promote greater competition in the mobile gaming market.
Epic Games announced plans to bring third-party games to its mobile app, available worldwide on Android devices and on iOS in the European Union. The company will also offer a rotating selection of titles for free on mobile. On X, Epic said it was still fixing some bugs before launching the new games on its platform. But the company made waves today with a move that could encourage popular games to join its free games program.
Epic plans to cover the cost of the Core Technology Fee (CTF) on iOS for participants' first year. Apple charges a CTF of 50 euro cents for any install of an iOS app once it surpasses 1 million annual downloads and uses a third-party store. Apps with global revenue of less than €10 million have a three-year grace period. Epic says that covering the fees 'is not financially viable for every third-party app store or for Epic long term, but we’ll do it while the European Commission investigates Apple’s non-compliance with the law.' The law in question is the Digital Markets Act, a digital competition law in Europe which has already been in effect. Fees levied by Apple and Google for use of their platforms has been a source of great debate in the tech and gaming spheres. Epic Games has been in conflict with Apple over these fees for some time now
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