Apple, Fortnite and Legal Victory
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We don’t have an update on our Fortnite submission to the App Store,” Sweeney said earlier on Thursday. “Apple has neither accepted nor rejected it. So the Friday update
Last month, a ruling stopped Apple from charging a commission on purchases made outside of an iOS app—the point of contention that initially led to Fortnite being pulled from the App Store way back in 2020.
The mobile version of Fortnite was banned from Apple’s and Google’s app stores near the height of its popularity.
Fortnite has technically been available on Apple devices in other ways for a while now, whether its through the Epic Game Store in the European Union, or game streaming services like Xbox Cloud Gaming and NVIDIA GeForce Now in the US. Returning to the App Store is a symbolic victory. The real prize are the court orders that came from Epic v. Apple.
Fortnite is now searchable and downloadable on iOS in the US, meaning iPhone and iPad owners can once again enjoy the battle royale giant on their
The Apple App Store seems to be filled with Fortnite fakes, and Epic’s CEO, Tim Sweeney, is calling them out on it.
Epica Games' Fortnite is finally back on Apple's App Store following a five-year absence, but of course it's not entirely straightforward.
Epic Games has locked in to return Fortnite Mobile to the App Store. However, there's still one last hurdle before the company can reboot t
Apple's developer website states that most apps are reviewed in about a day, but Sweeney claims Apple hasn't responded at all in almost a week.
Fortnite is now available for iPhone and iPad on the US App Store for the first time since it was removed in 2020.