Almost five long time after the game wasremoved from the App Store , triggering a legal contravention that rocked the roving gaming worldly concern and has been grinding on ever since , Fortniteappears close to a return . Tim Sweeney , CEO of Epic Games , say the pop biz could be back on Apple ’s platforms as shortly as tomorrow .
Late last month , a judgeseverely reprimanded Appleand insisted that it comply with an early order to allow international purchase link in apps , the issue which caused the original bust - up with Epic . In light of this ruling , Sweeney pledge that the biz would return to the U.S. App Store begin “ next calendar week . ” That hebdomad is now almost over , and in multiple appearances and social media posts since ( as report byAppleInsider ) , he has reiterated his hope and first moment that Fortnite will come back to Apple ’s mobile devices .
On May 3 , Sweeneytweetedthat Epic had spoken with Apple aboutFortnite‘s return to the App Store , and ( since the U.S. write up was banned ) planned to utilize a Swedish App Store account to submit it for commendation . In an visual aspect Tuesday on theChannels podcast , meanwhile , he insisted he would “ be very surprised if Apple took action to block it . I ca n’t ideate Apple blockingFortniteat this point . ”
Of course , we ’ve find out this kind of thing before . At the start of 2023 , we track acryptic tweetby Sweeney suggesting that the biz would be back on the App Store by the last of that twelvemonth . Perhaps he was referring to its return on Apple machine in the EU , which happened in the second half of 2024 , but was possible only because of the EU ’s post on third - party memory — the game did n’t really refund to any official App Stores . Epic has been systematically bullish through this saga , but not always with good cause .
We await the latest developments . But if the game does n’t add up back to the App Store after all , do not fret . There remainways to playFortniteon the iPhone and iPad disregarding .
