Judge Rogers pressed Allison, asking if an Epic Games Store was on a phone, whether she could download "all of this offensive material": have their own account with them, and you use their store and are subject to their end user agreement." You can access those apps through their application, which that is what we are downloading: Itch.io, which is an app store. Allison replied "You cannot access those apps through the Epic Games Store, no. Lawyers went on to seek confirmation Epic was distributing the Itch.io store through Epic Games, and that the apps on the platform are reviewed by Itch.io, not Epic Games itself.Īfter some legal gymnastics about whether Epic was hosting the store or the content, Judge Rogers chimed in to ask Allison whether the apps could or could not be accessed through the Epic Games Store. There are many games on Itch.io, I won't even read the names out loud, but they are both offensive and sexualized. Are you aware of that?Īttorney: And the list goes on. You're aware of that.Īttorney: And are you aware, sir, that Itch.io includes so-called adult games, such as a game called Sisterly Lust?Īttorney: You may not be aware then, but the description of that game includes a list of fetishes which include many words that are not appropriate for us to speak in federal courts. An excerpt from a transcript put together by The Verge states:Īpple attorney: On April 22nd of this year, Epic Games Store added the Itch.io app to its store.Īttorney: And you're aware that Itch.io is a third-party app store.Īttorney: And the court has also heard that Itch.io was added without reviewing all the games. Lawyers for Apple have slammed Epic Games and its decision to host itch.io on its Epic Games Store, claiming the platform hosts unspeakable titles that are "both offensive and sexualized".ĭuring cross-examination on day five of the trial, counsel for Apple asked Steve Allison, VP and general manager of the Epic Games Store, about the store within a store.
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