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Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) filed a move Sunday in favor of Epic Games Inc., while waging a legal war with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) for progression tools.
What happened: Kevin Gammill, General Manager of Game Progression Experiences at Microsoft, said the Wisconsin-based company’s Unreal Engine is a “critical technology” for game creators, and that their loss would put their company and others at a “substantial disadvantage.”
The executive said the generation giant based in Redmond, Washington, had a company-wide multi-year licensing agreement for Unreal Engine and had “invested engineering resources and time” in the tool.
Gammill said the desire to use another engine to expand the games for the platform would be “prohibitive and difficult.”
Why this is important: If Unreal Engine can’t get iOS or macOS, Microsoft would probably have to decide between abandoning its existing or long-term consumers on those platforms or opting for another engine, Gammill said.
Epic requested a court order last week from the iPhone manufacturer after it canceled its developer accounts.
The gaming company is also suing Apple for the removal of its popular game “Fortnite”, in a case similar to a 30% reduction that the Cupertino-based company avoids in-game purchases.
Microsoft and Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) plans to launch gaming apps on the App Store failed because they allegedly violated the iPhone manufacturer’s market policies.
Share prices: Microsoft shares closed with a drop of about 0.7% to $213.02 on Friday and earned approximately 0.7% in the post-business-hours session. Apple’s stock closed with a rise of $5.15 to $497.48 on the same day.
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