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Apple said Epic had been removed because it had rolled out a payment feature with the “express intent of violating the App Store guidelines.”
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One Twitter user helpfully explained that "Fortnite is to gaming, what a can of Pringles is to dinner."
Stunned fans of the massive game watched for hours, waiting for something else to happen.
'Swatting' refers to a form of online harassment in which the perpetrator falsely reports a crime in order to send armed police to someone’s house.
I had to take a hard look at how a child of mine could have uttered those words in the first place.
Fortnite has nearly 250 million registered players and raked in an estimated $2.4 billion last year.
Here's a tip sheet to help children build a good social network over gaming.