Fortnite for iOS is unavailable worldwide

Fortnite is nary longer disposable from the iOS Epic Games Store successful the EU.

Fortnite shaper Epic Games has announced that Apple has blocked the game’s instrumentality to iOS. Following the rejection, Fortnite is nary longer disposable connected iPhones and iPads adjacent successful the European Union, wherever it had antecedently been disposable to download done the Epic Games Store.

“Apple has blocked our Fortnite submission truthful we cannot merchandise to the US App Store oregon to the Epic Games Store for iOS successful the European Union,” the institution posted connected the official Fortnite X account. “Now, sadly, Fortnite connected iOS volition beryllium offline worldwide until Apple unblocks it.”

The Verge has confirmed that the crippled is nary longer disposable to download connected iOS from the Epic Games Store oregon the alternate marketplace AltStore PAL successful the EU, wherever it had antecedently been available. It’s not yet wide if Apple blocked the game’s availability done those stores, oregon if Epic itself chose to marque it unavailable. We’ve reached retired to some Apple and Epic for comment.

Epic had resubmitted Fortnite to the US App Store pursuing a recent ruling successful Epic’s suit against Apple that prohibited Apple from restricting developers’ quality to nexus to outer outgo systems, 1 of the issues that had started their long-running ineligible battle.

This week Epic CEO Tim Sweeney announced that the institution had pulled its erstwhile Fortnite submission and submitted a caller 1 that included an update owed to merchandise today, noting that “all platforms indispensable update simultaneously.”

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