There’s a war brewing in the video game industry, and it’s getting uglier by the day. Steam, the longtime leading digital distributor of PC games, is facing a significant challenge from an equally large and powerful player: Fortnite creator Epic Games, which launched its own games store last year. The ensuing competition has morphed into a console war-like debate never before seen on the PC platform.

There’s a war brewing in the video game industry, and it’s getting uglier by the day. Steam, the longtime leading digital distributor of PC games, is facing a significant challenge from an equally large and powerful player: Fortnite creator Epic Games, which launched its own games store last year. The ensuing competition has morphed into a console war-like debate never before seen on the PC platform.