After months of preparation, Epic Games will finally take on Apple in court in a trial that could fundamentally change the makeup of the App Store. The fight dates back to August, when Epic added a direct payment mechanism to its hit battle royale game Fortnite in violation of Apple’s rules. The iPhone maker quickly removed the game from the App Store, and Epic responded shortly after with an antitrust lawsuit aiming to establish the App Store as a monopoly. The case will finally be brought to trial starting May 3rd.The trial promises to deliver huge revelations about the inner workings of one of the biggest and most influential companies in the world, with testimony from Apple CEO Tim Cook, Craig Federighi, Phil Schiller, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney, and more. We’ve already made some fascinating discoveries from documents published ahead of the trial, and there’s sure to be a lot more news ahead.You can follow along with everything right here.New App Store details from Phil Schiller testimony.Tim Sweeney says his Epic lawsuits are all about freeing the youth:Apple’s homework is due Monday no matter what, says judgeWhy Epic’s lawsuit against Apple just won’t quitOnly 38 of 65,000 developers have applied for Apple’s outside payment links.The judge in Epic v. Apple thinks Apple’s being shady about buttons and linksEpic says Fortnite is returning to EU iPads.Apple and Epic are going back to court.Apple files its response to Epic’s latest court accusations.Epic asks judge to enforce the Apple App Store injunctionApple kills Epic’s iOS game store plans over App Store criticismEpic preps its challenge to Apple’s ‘bad-faith’ outside payments changesApple thought it dealt with Epic v. Apple — has it really?Apple offers Epic “extremely generous” discount on $81,560,362 legal bill.Apple’s App Store policies now let US developers link to outside paymentsSupreme Court rejects Epic v. Apple antitrust caseApple also wants the Supreme Court to rule on its antitrust case vs. Epic Games.Epic Games asks the Supreme Court to hear its case against Apple’s App Store rulesSupreme Court says Apple can keep its App Store payment rules for nowApple can delay App Store changes to file Supreme Court pleaApple is going to ask the Supreme Court to hear its appeal of the ruling in Epic Games v. Apple.Apple’s App Store can stay closed, but developers can link to outside payments, says appeals courtEpic largely lost to Apple, but 35 states are now backing its fight in a higher courtEpic pushes to overturn App Store ruling in opening appeal briefEpic v. Apple ruling put on hold after appeals court grants a stayJudge orders Apple to allow external payment options for App Store by December 9th, denying stayApple is appealing the Epic Games ruling it originally called a ‘resounding victory’Apple won’t let Fortnite back on iOS until the Epic v. Apple verdict is finalTim Cook tells Apple employees he’s ‘looking forward to moving forward’ after Epic rulingWhat comes next for the App Store?A comprehensive breakdown of the Epic v. Apple rulingApple and Epic both lost todayJudge says Apple may be ‘stretching the truth’ on Mac malware concernsThe Apple App Store: a brief history of major policy changesThe future of the App Store depends on the difference between a ‘button’ and an ‘external link’Epic will appeal the Epic v. Apple decisionWill Fortnite return to iOS? Probably not any time soonEpic v. Apple judge rules Fortnite’s Peely can appear naked in courtEight things Apple could do to prove it actually cares about App Store usersElon Musk calls Apple’s App Store fees a ‘de facto global tax on the Internet’A courtroom artist’s view of the Epic v. Apple trialApple stayed on message while Epic filled out the recordTim Sweeney concludes Epic v. Apple trial by repping fried chickenTim Cook’s Fortnite trial testimony was unexpectedly revealingTim Cook faces harsh questions about the App Store from judge in Fortnite trialApple wants users to trust iOS, but it doesn’t trust iOS usersThe level of Mac malware is not acceptable, says Apple’s Craig Federighi at Epic trialApple asks court to rule iOS is not an ‘essential facility’At the Epic trial, Phil Schiller got away cleanApple’s Phil Schiller gives Epic iPhone testimonyApple wants you to know it chose not to take a cut of $400 billion in physical goodsApple said Roblox developers don’t make games, and now Roblox agreesEpic fights Apple in court by playing Candy CrushApple needs to show iOS allows competition… while justifying locking it downEpic v. Apple keeps coming back to the gap between ignorance and inconvenienceEpic and Apple are now fighting over a naked bananaApple is using Itch.io’s ‘offensive and sexualized’ games as a cudgel against EpicIn Epic v Apple, everybody is losing at the game of defining gamesAfter Xbox testimony, Apple tells Microsoft to put up or shut upEpic needs to tarnish Apple’s App Store haloWhy the bad iPhone web app experience keeps coming up in Epic v. AppleInternal emails reveal how badly Apple wanted to keep Netflix using in-app purchasesEpic v. Apple turns into Windows v. XboxEpic says there’s an App Store payment lockout — but Apple just sees frictionTim Sweeney emailed Tim Cook personally to call for open app sales after WWDC in 2015Epic pushed Xbox chief to open free multiplayer just ahead of Apple Fortnite battleI watched the Epic v. Apple trial on DiscordWalmart’s unannounced cloud gaming service detailed in confidential Epic emailsApple exec suggested cutting App Store commission to 20 percent as early as 2011Epic spent at least $11.6 million on free games and gained 5 million new users in returnApple antitrust trial kicks off with Tim Sweeney’s metaverse dreamsFortnite made more than $9 billion in revenue in its first two yearsHere are Apple’s and Epic’s full slideshows arguing why they should win at trialFortnite is planning skins for LeBron James and The Rock, documents showThe Epic Games v. Apple trial kicks off with kids screaming ‘free Fortnite’Why Epic is burning its own cash to cook AppleEpic-backed expert says Apple’s app store profit is as high as 78 percentMicrosoft’s app store changes crank up the Apple pressureNext week’s Fortnite trial could upend Apple’s App Store model — even if Epic losesMicrosoft shakes up PC gaming by reducing Windows store cut to just 12 percentHere’s who Apple and Epic are calling to testify in next week’s trialFortnite’s cash cow is PlayStation, not iOS, court documents revealFortnite isn’t on Microsoft’s Xbox Cloud Gaming service because Epic won’t allow itEddy Cue wanted to bring iMessage to Android in 2013Epic Games Store expands to carry Windows apps like Brave and DiscordThree reasons why Epic Games can give away $17.5 billion worth of games for freeEpic antitrust case versus Apple in Australia gets three-month stayApple says iMessage on Android ‘will hurt us more than help us’Apple’s 20-year head of developer relations retires ahead of Epic App Store trialApple and Epic’s top execs plan to testify live and in person this May in the Fortnite app store trialEpic expands app store fight even further with new legal claim against Google in AustraliaApple lawyers are fighting for Steam sales data on hundreds of gamesEpic Games brings Apple fight to the EU with new antitrust complaintApple won’t have to allow App Store alternatives on iOS after North Dakota bill failsEpic Games Store now offers Spotify, signaling app store ambitions beyond just gamesApple’s biggest App Store critics are not impressed with its new fee cut for small developersPSA: Epic will honor V-Bucks trapped on Apple platformsEpic says Apple ‘has no rights to the fruits of Epic’s labor’ in latest filingEpic judge permanently restrains Apple from blocking Unreal Engine, but won’t force FortniteMicrosoft hits out at Apple with its new Windows app store policiesEpic’s decision to bypass Apple’s App Store policies were dishonest, says US judgeFortnite: Save the World for Mac is shutting down because of Epic’s battle with AppleApple accuses Epic of ‘starting a fire and pouring gasoline on it’ in new Fortnite filingEpic says ‘Sign In with Apple’ will keep working for Fortnite after allEpic Games accounts won’t be able to use Apple’s sign-in system as soon as September 11thApple will seek damages from Epic Games for breach of App Store contractRead Epic’s new, full argument why a court should force Apple to reinstate FortniteWhy you can no longer install Fortnite on iOSHope you didn’t delete Fortnite or Infinity Blade because Apple just terminated Epic’s dev accountFortnite on iOS already feels empty and datedFortnite is splitting into two different games because of Epic and Apple’s fightEpic confirms Fortnite’s new season won’t be on iPhone, iPad, or MacWhy Epic can’t afford to lose the Unreal Engine in its legal fight with AppleApple and Epic have to win over more than just a judgeEpic judge will protect Unreal Engine — but not Fortnite‘Developers are fleeing the Unreal Engine,’ Epic tells courtApple is holding the Unreal Engine hostage, Epic says in new motionRead the emails between Epic and Apple that led to Fortnite’s App Store banApple says Epic is ‘putting the entire App Store model at risk’Fortnite teases Marvel-themed season, but iPhone and iPad players could miss outEpic to host a #FreeFortnite tournament with anti-Apple prizesEpic used its playbook for Fortnite events against Apple and GoogleApple fires back at Epic: ‘We won’t make an exception’Epic says Apple threatens ‘catastrophic’ response in two weeks if Fortnite doesn’t comply with rulesEpic’s Fortnite standoff is putting Apple’s cash cow at riskApple stumbled into a war with the gaming industry, and the future of iOS is at stakeEpic CEO Tim Sweeney says Apple fight is about ‘basic freedoms of all consumers and developers’Apple has finally met its Fortnite matchFortnite vs Apple vs Google: a brief and very incomplete timelineEpic is suing Google over Fortnite’s removal from the Google Play StoreEpic rallies Fortnite players against Apple with a warning that they’ll miss the next seasonWatch Epic’s Nineteen Eighty-Fortnite short mocking Apple right hereEpic Games is suing AppleEpic will mock Apple’s most iconic ad as possible revenge for Fortnite’s App Store banApple just kicked Fortnite off the App StoreEpic offers new direct payment in Fortnite on iOS and Android to get around app store feesApple’s App Store fees are ‘highway robbery,’ says House antitrust committee chairEpic Games and Match Group join Spotify in protesting Apple’s App Store feesEU opens Apple antitrust investigations into App Store and Apple Pay practicesApple faces another EU antitrust complaint as App Store pressure growsEpic gives in to Google and releases Fortnite on the Play StoreWhy Amazon got out of the Apple App Store tax, and why other developers won’tAmazon Prime Video now allows in-app rentals and purchases on the iPhone, iPad, and Apple TVGoogle says it won’t grant Fortnite an exemption to the Play Store’s 30 percent cutApple to be formally investigated over Spotify’s antitrust complaint, says reportEpic’s PC game store is live now