The dispute began when Fortnite introduced a new payment method for in-game currency.

A major dispute in the gaming industry has erupted this week between tech giantAppleand the popular video gameFortnite.

Epic Games, the maker ofFortnite, is suing Apple after the game was dropped from the App Store.

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And that’s just the logline description of what happened.

It all started with V-Bucks.

This method was meant to circumvent fees Apple charges through the App store.

Hours later,Fornitewas removed from the App Store.

“As a result theirFortniteapp has been removed from the store.

Epic wrote in a blog post Thursday .

“In retaliation, Apple is blockingFortnitefrom a billion devices.

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