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Apple‘s argument with Epic Games, the company behind the popular battle title Fortnite, goes back to June, the tech giant said in a Friday filing. And it started with Epic asking for a deal to offer a competing app store and payment system, separate from Apple’s, on iPhones.

Apple said it received an email from Epic CEO Tim Sweeney on June 30, asking for a “side letter” that would create a special deal for Epic, allowing the company to break App Store guidelines other companies can’t. Among those guidelines, Apple doesn’t allow developers to create separate app stores,…