Epic Resubmits Fortnite to U.S. App Store After Not Hearing From Apple for 120+ Hours

On Friday, Epic Games submitted Fortnite to the U.S. App Store, and since then, we've been waiting to spot if Apple would o.k. the crippled and let it backmost connected the iPhone and the iPad. There's been nary connection from Apple truthful far, but ‌Epic Games‌ opted to propulsion its archetypal App Store reappraisal request, and has present resubmitted Fortnite.


Fortnite leaker Shiina shared the news, with the accusation reposted by ‌Epic Games‌ CEO Tim Sweeney. According to Sweeney, ‌Epic Games‌ needs to merchandise a play Fortnite update with caller contented connected Friday, and platforms request to beryllium updated simultaneously. The institution pulled the anterior version, and submitted a caller mentation with the update for review.

‌Epic Games‌ seemingly had not heard from Apple since submitting Fortnite to the ‌App Store‌ connected Friday. "The archetypal petition went unreviewed for 120+ hours," wrote Shiina. Apple's App Review guidelines suggest that 90 percent of ‌App Store‌ submissions are reviewed successful less than 24 hours, but it's wide that Fortnite's instrumentality to the ‌App Store‌ is not straightforward for Apple.

Apple banned the ‌Epic Games‌ developer relationship backmost successful 2020 erstwhile ‌Epic Games‌ violated its ‌App Store‌ rules to adhd web-based purchases, kicking disconnected a multi-year ineligible battle. Because the main ‌Epic Games‌ developer relationship continues to beryllium banned, Epic submitted Fortnite to the U.S. ‌App Store‌ utilizing an relationship from Epic Games Sweden, a subsidiary that Epic formed to make the ‌Epic Games‌ Store alternate app marketplace successful the European Union.

Prior to submitting Fortnite to the U.S. ‌App Store‌, ‌Epic Games‌ CEO Tim Sweeney said that Epic "conversed" with Apple astir its plan, but astatine nary constituent did helium accidental that Apple had okayed the idea. It's inactive not wide if Apple volition o.k. Fortnite for the U.S. ‌App Store‌, due to the fact that the Epic Games vs. Apple suit made it wide that Apple was good wrong its rights to terminate Epic's account, and does not person an work to let Fortnite into the ‌App Store‌.

‌Epic Games‌ is trying to bring Fortnite backmost to the U.S. ‌App Store‌ due to the fact that Apple is present required to let U.S. developers to nonstop customers to web-based acquisition options disposable extracurricular of the ‌App Store‌, which is what Fortnite got banned for successful the archetypal place. The bid was portion of an injunction levied by the justice overseeing ‌Epic Games vs. Apple‌, and it is present being enforced. Apple is appealing the ruling, but has to travel it until Apple hears from the appeals court.

Sweeney said that helium would beryllium "very surprised" if Apple "decided to brave the geopolitical tempest of blocking a large app from iOS," and it is existent that Apple mightiness not privation to hazard further angering the justice overseeing the case.
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