( July 9, 2025, 11:21 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Epic Games Inc., the developer of the popular video game Fortnite, filed a notice stating that it settled claims against Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Samsung Electronics America Inc. (collectively, Samsung) in a suit alleging antitrust law and California unfair competition law (UCL) violations against Samsung and Google LLC related to their alleged cooperation to reduce competition in the app distribution market by agreeing to Samsung’s use of the “auto blocker” default settings on its new phones that would block all user attempts to download and install Android apps from any source competing with the Google Play Store and the Samsung Galaxy Store....