After claiming that Apple was blocking Epic from providing Fortnite in each the US App Retailer and the Epic Video games Retailer within the European Union, Apple now says it wasn't, in line with a report from Bloomberg.
A spokesperson informed Bloomberg that Apple "didn’t take any motion to take away the reside model of Fortnite from different distribution marketplaces," and that the corporate needs Epic's European department to resubmit the newest gameupdate for publishing, "with out together with the US storefront of the App Retailer in order to not affect Fortnite in different geographies."
Apple has blocked our Fortnite submission so we can not launch to the US App Retailer or to the Epic Video games Retailer for iOS within the European Union. Now, sadly, Fortnite on iOS shall be offline worldwide till Apple unblocks it.
— Fortnite (@Fortnite) Could 16, 2025
Whereas that feels like a denial of wrongdoing, it does suggest Apple particularly doesn't need Epic to relaunch Fortnite on the US App Retailer. The corporate submitted Fortnite for publishing on Could 9 following a victory in court docket that pressured Apple to permit builders to help different fee strategies for apps on the net. On the time, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney hoped to make use of the change as justification to deliver Fortnite again totally, after solely providing the sport by way of streaming platforms on cellular.
Fortnite was initially faraway from the App Retailer as a result of Epic began directing gamers to avoid Apple's in-app fee system to purchase in-game forex. The transfer was half of a bigger plan from Epic to push again on Apple and Google's tight management over their respective platforms and storefronts. That plan has partially labored. Because of Epic's court docket win, a number of app builders at the moment are providing different fee strategies of their apps, nevertheless it clearly hasn't modified how Apple feels concerning the recreation developer.
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