Microsoft defends Fortnite maker in Apple fight

New York: Microsoft came to the defense of the maker of video game sensation Fortnite on Sunday, saying in a court filing that Apple’s moves to cut off the company from programming tools would hurt other game creators and players as well.

Epic Games is locked in a legal battle with Apple after trying to dodge commission payments due to the tech giant, prompting the iPhone maker to pull Fortnite from its online store.

Apple also threatened to cut off Epic’s access to its programming tools needed to maintain “Unreal Engine”, a software platform that was developed by Epic and which is used by many video game studios to create graphics.