Fortnite has been blocked on the App Store for the foreseeable future after its second attempt to bring the game to mobile on iOS.
Back in August 2020, Fortnite removed itself from the iOS App Store after taking a stand against the company’s commission on in-game purchases. After five years and a pretty intense court battle, which ruled in Fortnite’s favor, Epic Games has tried to get it back onto the App Store.
On May 9, Fortnite was sent to Apple for review. However, nearly a week later and after 120 hours, they were forced to pull the game and resubmit so they could roll out May 16’s Fortnite v35.10 update. In that attempt, on May 16, Fortnite revealed that the resubmission had been blocked, taking less than a day to process.
Fortnite won’t be coming to the App Store
In a post on X, the Fortnite account revealed that “Apple has blocked our Fortnite submission so we cannot release to the US App Store or to the Epic Games Store for iOS in the European Union. Now, sadly, Fortnite on iOS will be offline worldwide until Apple unblocks it.”
As such, it looks like Fortnite won’t be available on the App Store or Epic Games Store on Apple mobiles in the US and the European Union for the foreseeable future.
There’s been no word from Apple regarding this decision and what prompted it, but it’s certainly left players devastated, especially those looking to dive into the adventure in its latest Star Wars update.
“That is such a HUGE L. Honestly feel so bad for you all. Standing up for what is right and being treated like this. L Apple,” shared one comment, with many others echoing the same sentiment.
Whether it’s due to the previous lawsuit or otherwise, one thing is for certain — players can’t expect to see Fortnite gracing their Apple mobiles any time soon.
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