Epic Games
NC · 11 filings, 2025
What the money shows
EPIC GAMES reported $1.6M in federal lobbying for 2025 across 11 filings. The filings name 4 lobbying firms, led by Gibson and EPIC GAMES. The filing text lists 4 issue areas.
Sources: Senate LDA · FEC
Epic Games, Inc. v. Apple Inc. was a lawsuit brought by Epic Games against Apple in August 2020 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, related to Apple's practices in the iOS App Store. Epic Games specifically had challenged Apple's restrictions on apps from having other in-app purchasing methods outside of the one offered by the App Store. Epic Games's founder Tim Sweeney had previously challenged the 30% revenue cut that Apple takes on each purchase made in the App Store, and with their game Fortnite, wanted to either bypass Apple or have Apple take less of a cut. Epic implemented changes in Fortnite intentionally on August 13, 2020, to bypass the App Store payment system, prompting Apple to block the game from the App Store and leading to Epic filing its lawsuit. Apple filed a countersuit, asserting Epic purposely breached its terms of contract with Apple to goad it into action, and defended itself from Epic's suit. via Wikipedia ↗
1Lobbies on
Its filings list: Consumer Issues/Safety/Products · Computer Industry · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace · Science/Technology
2Through these firms · 4
3Bills moving in its lanes
No bill names this company outright; these are recent bills in the sectors it lobbies.
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