At least, this is what its CEO, Tim Sweeney, has been saying for years. First, there was a lengthy legal battle against Apple and Google that began when the company removed Fortnite and then banned Epic’s developer account for violating App Store rules.

The company behind the Fortnite video games won an antitrust lawsuit against Google last year. Now Epic Games is suing again.

While it’s turned on, it automatically keeps users from installing apps unless they come from “authorized sources” — namely, Google and Samsung’s app stores. Epic claims there’s no process for any rival store to become “authorized.

Epic Games Inc. expanded its antitrust legal fight with Alphabet Inc.’s Google by accusing the tech giant of conspiring with Samsung Electronics Co. to block rival app marketplaces.

The “Fortnite” maker claims the tech giants colluded to place onerous restrictions on app stores created after Google lost an antitrust case.

Fortnite” video game maker Epic Games on Monday accused Alphabet’s Google and Samsung, the world’s largest Android phone manufacturer, of conspiring to protect Google’s Play store from competition. Epic said it would file a lawsuit in U.

Video game company Epic Games filed a federal lawsuit Monday accusing Google and Samsung of colluding to harm third-party app stores on smartphones running Google’s

Google is heading back to court with Epic Games, but with a major ally. Epic Games announced today a new lawsuit against former partner Samsung, along with continued rival Google. The Fortnite developer highlighted that the Auto Blocker setting on Samsung phones creates challenges for consumers trying to install their client to play the game.