In January, Appleopened a crack in its infamous walled gardento comply with the European Unions Digital Markets Act.
This allowed for third-party app stores on iOS for the first time in the iPhones 17-year history.
After that news dropped, EpicdeclaredFortnitewould return to iOS through the Epic Games Store.
With Fortnite removed from App Store and Galaxy Store, players will need to wait for third party app shops like AltStore and Epic Games Store to play on mobile.Photo: CHRIS DELMAS/AFP via Getty Images
According to Epic, the company is extricating itself from Samsungs Galaxy store.
Epic CEO Tim Sweeneysaidthis is because Samsung blocks sideloading by default.Epic sued Google, calling the Play Store anti-competitive.
Those games are coming to two other third-party app shops soon, the company said.
Epic made that letter public, and CEOTim Sweeney claimed they lost their access over his anti-Apple tweets.
Apple told Gizmodo the matter was due to Epics egregious breach of its contractual obligations.
Two days later,Apple reinstatedEpics developer account in the EU.
Epic cites itself as having a better deal for developers.
The company takes a 12% cut for all payments on the platform.
The EU will be the first to get the Epic Games Store on iOS and Android later this year.
The games shop will be on iOS in the UK in thesecond half of 2025.
As a reminder, you dont necessarily need theFortniteapp to play the game on iPhone or Android.
Are Epic and Big Daddy Sweeney right to be angry?
But all this infighting hits consumers the hardest.
A new player likely wont know where to goactually to playFortniteor any other Epic mobile game.
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