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Apple refuse Epic Games request to restore Fortnite in South Korea News Sep 10th, 2021

Apple refuse Epic Games request to restore Fortnite in South Korea

The latest in the ongoing dispute

1 South Korea bans app marketplaces restricting third-party payments News Aug 31st, 2021

South Korea bans app marketplaces restricting third-party payments

The first country to implement such changes

Among Us clone 'Werewolf Among Us' accumulates 663k lifetime downloads, 100k in a single day Data & Research Jan 7th, 2021

Among Us clone 'Werewolf Among Us' accumulates 663k lifetime downloads, 100k in a single day

International version 'Murder Party' picks up 19,000 downloads too

Apple purges 39,000 titles from its Chinese App Store News Jan 4th, 2021

Apple purges 39,000 titles from its Chinese App Store

As a result of apps not having a license

Huawei returns Tencent's games to its storefront News Jan 4th, 2021

Huawei returns Tencent's games to its storefront

Following removal due to a revenue share dispute

Apple is preparing to remove more apps from the Chinese App Store News Dec 24th, 2020

Apple is preparing to remove more apps from the Chinese App Store

Continuing from the ISBN issues earlier this year

Mass delisting by Apple China: Over 26,000 games without ISBN removed Comment & Opinion Aug 5th, 2020

Mass delisting by Apple China: Over 26,000 games without ISBN removed

Yodo1 looks at the impact of so many games suddenly disappearing from the App Store

The App Store sees over 2,500 game removals in China News Jul 15th, 2020

The App Store sees over 2,500 game removals in China

In the first week of July

Apple's China App Store ISBN crackdown begins with update to its developer console News Jul 2nd, 2020

Apple's China App Store ISBN crackdown begins with update to its developer console

But no games have been removed from the store so far

Apple to reject any games without an ISBN in China from July 2020 News Jun 18th, 2020

Apple to reject any games without an ISBN in China from July 2020

Rumoured crackdown now looks set in stone

Nintendo launches My Nintendo app in Japan News Apr 21st, 2020

Nintendo launches My Nintendo app in Japan

Offers services across Switch, Wii U and 3DS

China mobile game downloads skyrocketed by 80% in February 2020 News Mar 18th, 2020

China mobile game downloads skyrocketed by 80% in February 2020

63 million installs per week

4 Report: Apple will require all App Store games to have ISBNs in China from July News Feb 25th, 2020

Report: Apple will require all App Store games to have ISBNs in China from July

"Games need to be approved by the State Administration of Press and Publication"

Apple accidentally pays Chinese App Store developers more than expected after bank error News Sep 5th, 2019

Apple accidentally pays Chinese App Store developers more than expected after bank error

Sources claim the error most likely affected indie developers; Apple to reclaim payouts

India tops worldwide mobile downloads for Q2 2019 with 5.4 billion News Jul 31st, 2019

India tops worldwide mobile downloads for Q2 2019 with 5.4 billion

13 per cent increase from Q1 2019

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