Epic will use an EU account to bring Fortnite back to the US App Store

Epic Games plans to usage its Sweden developer relationship to taxable Fortnite to Apple’s US iOS App Store, according to CEO Tim Sweeney.

On Wednesday, pursuing the large ruling successful Epic Games v. Apple that blocked Apple from collecting fees connected purchases extracurricular of apps, Sweeney said that Fortnite would instrumentality to the US App Store “next week.” (Apple has appealed the ruling.) But Apple terminated Epic’s App Store developer relationship in 2020 aft Epic introduced an in-app outgo strategy into Fortnite that yet led to the full ineligible battle, truthful it was unclear however Epic mightiness bring the crippled backmost to the US App Store until Sweeney’s post.

“We person conversed with Apple connected the topic,” Sweeney said successful an X station implicit the weekend. He noted that Epic created its Sweden relationship past twelvemonth truthful it could motorboat the Epic Games Store and Fortnite successful the EU. (That relationship was banned and reinstated successful 2024 over different dispute.)

Fortnite won’t beryllium backmost connected iOS connected Monday oregon Tuesday, Sweeney said. “Beyond that, we’re moving arsenic hard arsenic imaginable and aren’t definite what time it volition beryllium ready.” Epic Games didn’t instantly reply to a petition for much details astir erstwhile the crippled mightiness return.

Fortnite’s latest season, which is Star Wars-themed, kicked disconnected past week.