Fortnite is back on US iPhones again

Fortnite is erstwhile again disposable connected the iOS App Store successful the US, according to Epic Games. You tin get it from the App Store here. Epic says it has returned to the Epic Games Store and AltStore arsenic well.

Apple kicked Fortnite disconnected the App Store nearly 5 years ago aft Epic Games added its ain in-app outgo strategy to the game, which violated Apple’s rules. But aft a large tribunal ruling successful Epic Games v. Apple that forced Apple to not instrumentality fees from purchases made extracurricular of apps, the crippled is disposable to play connected US iPhones erstwhile again.

Apple didn’t instantly reply to a petition for comment.

Shortly aft the large ruling hit, CEO Tim Sweeney said that Epic planned to bring backmost Fortnite to iOS successful the US. He besides made a “peace proposal:” “If Apple extends the court’s friction-free, Apple-tax-free model worldwide, we’ll instrumentality Fortnite to the App Store worldwide and driblet existent and aboriginal litigation connected the topic.“

Ahead of the app’s return, Sweeney said that Epic would usage its Sweden developer account to taxable the crippled to the US App Store. On May 9th, it submitted the app to Apple.

Late past week, Epic said that Apple had blocked Fortnite’s instrumentality to the App Store, and the crippled besides became unavailable connected different alternate app stores successful the EU. However, Apple said that it had “asked that Epic Sweden resubmit the app update without including the US storefront of the App Store truthful arsenic not to interaction Fortnite successful different geographies” and that “we did not instrumentality immoderate enactment to region the unrecorded mentation of Fortnite from alternate organisation marketplaces.”

Epic past asked the justice successful the Epic v. Apple lawsuit to bid Apple to review its Fortnite submission. Yesterday, the justice said in a filing that Apple is “fully susceptible of resolving this contented without further briefing oregon a hearing,” and that if a solution wasn’t reached, the Apple authoritative who “is personally liable for ensuring compliance” would person to look astatine a proceeding adjacent Tuesday. Now that Fortnite has returned to the store, it appears that won’t person to happen.

Epic besides precocious rolled retired a caller promotion to promote players to use its outgo systems: if you usage Epic’s outgo strategy successful Fortnite, Rocket League, oregon Fall Guys connected PC, iOS, Android, and the web, the institution volition springiness you 20 percent backmost successful Epic Rewards that tin beryllium utilized for different purchases successful its games oregon connected the Epic Games Store.

The institution launched a caller Star Wars-themed season for Fortnite connected May 2nd.

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