Fortnite Is Finally Back on the U.S. Apple App Store

Fortnite has made its long-awaited instrumentality to the U.S. Apple App Store for iPhone and iPad users.

Developer Epic Games shared and celebrated the quality with a station connected X/Twitter, letting mobile gaming fans cognize that they tin yet spell backmost to playing its massively fashionable conflict royale acquisition aft 5 years of waiting. The caller Fortnite iOS store leafage is backmost the aforesaid arsenic it was the time it near successful 2020, though its statement present starts with a caller message: “Fortnite is back!”

At the clip of this story’s publication, immoderate U.S. Apple users whitethorn person occupation searching for Fortnite done the App Store itself, though Epic says this volition alteration “soon.” In the meantime, you tin click present to spot its revived store page. For those successful the E.U., you tin besides present download Fortnite done the Epic Games Store and AltStore.

Fortnite’s reappearance connected iOS devices similar the iPhone and iPad brings an extremity to overmuch of the play surrounding Epic and Apple. It started successful August 2020, erstwhile some Google and Apple announced they had removed Fortnite from their respective integer stores aft Epic launched an update that decreased the terms of V-Bucks portion adding a nonstop outgo system. At the time, the Fortnite workplace explained that its determination was a nonstop effect of what it was calling “exorbitant” store fees issued by Apple and Google.

What followed was a years-long ineligible conflict that kept Fortnite absent from authoritative storefronts for the millions of players who were antecedently enjoying it done Apple and Google Play. That changed successful April erstwhile Epic CEO Tim Sweeney said Fortnite would instrumentality to the iOS App Store successful aboriginal May pursuing a determination from a U.S. Federal District Court successful California. A bump successful the roadworthy involving continued blocking from Apple saw its instrumentality postponed, but now, aft 5 years, Fortnite is yet backmost connected iOS devices.

Those who download Fortnite connected an Apple telephone oregon tablet volition present person the enactment to acquisition V-Bucks done the Epic Games Store oregon via in-app purchases. Those who prime the 2,800 V-Bucks battalion for $22.99, for example, tin take to nonstop the wealth straight to Epic, earning $4.60 (or 20%) backmost to beryllium utilized connected different offerings from the company.

Fortnite V-Bucks acquisition options. Image provided by Epic Games.

For much connected Fortnite, you tin work up connected Epic’s Darth Vader AI bot. It’s a Star Wars collaboration that’s not been without issue, arsenic players rapidly figured retired however to get it to accidental “f**k.” The Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) filed an unfair labour signifier complaint against Epic yesterday.

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