Epic Video games plans to make use of its Sweden developer account to submit Fortnite to Apple’s US iOS App Retailer, in accordance to CEO Tim Sweeney.
On Wednesday, following the foremost ruling in Epic Video games v. Apple that blocked Apple from accumulating charges on purchases exterior of apps, Sweeney stated that Fortnite would return to the US App Retailer “next week.” (Apple has appealed the ruling.) However Apple terminated Epic’s App Retailer developer account in 2020 after Epic launched an in-app cost system into Fortnite that finally led to the whole legal battle, so it was unclear how Epic would possibly convey the sport again to the US App Retailer till Sweeney’s put up.
“We’ve conversed with Apple on the subject,” Sweeney stated in an X put up over the weekend. He famous that Epic created its Sweden account final 12 months so it might launch the Epic Video games Retailer and Fortnite within the EU. (That account was banned and reinstated in 2024 over another dispute.)
Fortnite received’t be again on iOS on Monday or Tuesday, Sweeney said. “Past that, we’re working as onerous as potential and aren’t sure what day it will likely be prepared.” Epic Video games didn’t instantly reply to a request for extra particulars about when the sport would possibly return.