The battle between Apple and Epic Games seems to be over. Fortnite returns to iPhone screens

The battle between Apple and Epic Games seems to be over. Fortnite returns to iPhone screens
  • Apple and Epic Games don’t exactly have the best relationship
  • The two companies have been in dispute for a long time, mainly because of Fortnite
  • This popular battle royale is now coming back to iOS

Epic and Apple have been in a relationship for a long time

Apple and Epic Games are in dispute mainly over the App Store. Of course, it is a huge source of income for Apple, but the fees for transactions made in it are very high (30%). That’s why Epic equipped its hit Fortnite with its own payment gateway to bypass this fee, and of course it didn’t go down well Apple. And the fire was on the roof.

Fortnite is coming back to iOS

Apple reacted to this move very forcefully and Fortnite removed from your app store. Then, of course, the lawyers of both giants got involved and a long court case arose. You can play Fortnite on Android, but you have to download it through the game’s official website, in the application store Google Play you won’t find him either.

Unfortunately, on iOS there are no such options and there is no installation of anything outside the official store. That is how it was in the past. Recently, the new European law on digital markets, known by the abbreviation DMA, came into play and among other things, it orders Apple to allow the installation of applications in Europe even outside the official store. So Fortnite is back in the game.

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Fortnite returns to iPhones and iPads

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Fortnite v AltStore

So far, there have not been many alternative stores on iOS, because it is quite difficult to meet all the conditions, however, there are a few of them. One of them is the AltStore, and it is through it that Fortnite will return to the screens of iPhones and iPads. On your website it she announced company Epic Games and this return is not the only news.

Thanks to alternative stores, the game store will soon be available on mobile phones Epic Games Store (for iOS it will only be in the EU) and Epic promises great conditions to all developers. Merchant fees will only be 12% for payments made via third-party apps, then there will be no fee. Epic seems to be done with traditional app stores for good.

Samsung users will lose Fortnite

In addition to AltStore, games from Epic Games should soon be available for other alternative application stores, however, Epic announced another news at the same time. This is to download Fortnite from the app store Samsungi.e. Galaxy Store, which is a form of protest against the South Korean manufacturer for starting to block the installation of third-party applications by default on its phones.

Source: mobilizujeme.cz