The Fortnite developer has asked a California court for a temporary restraining order against Apple, barring the iPhone maker from following through on a threat to pull Epic’s developer accounts from its App Store and, as it tweeted, “cut Epic off from iOS and Mac development tools.” (The Logic)

Talking point: Epic filed another suit last week claiming Apple imposed “unreasonable and unlawful restraints” on it and other producers that are forced to use the App Store to access Apple’s mobile-device users. The company is also suing Google on similar antitrust grounds. Apple levelled up by imposing additional bans on the firm’s developer accounts, which Epic said will result in “irreparable harm” to its business. The legal battle comes on the heels of a landmark antitrust hearing before the U.S. Congress, wherein Apple CEO Tim Cook was questioned on the firm’s App Store commission, which is as high as 30 per cent.