Epic Games cuts around 830 jobs
Notably, Sweeney does not apologize to his employees for making the business decisions that have resulted in the disruption of over 800 lives, saying only that his “optimism” that such spending would not result in layoffs was “unrealistic.”
Brutal news and not a great look for Sweeney. During his many battles with Apple and Google, he makes himself out to be someone who cares about developers, but his message to the employees he let go seems insensitive and borderline insulting.
Apple bans Fortnite from the App Store until court battle is over
Apple’s legal team wrote in a notice that Apple will not allow Fortnite back on the App Store until the judge’s ruling is final. That is, until the exhaustion of all court appeals, which could be as long as five years from now.
This makes sense to me. Epic fucked around, and now they're finding out. This does nothing but harm their players, who Sweeney claims to care so much about but then uses as leverage in fights like this.