{"id":217567,"date":"2025-05-01T21:44:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T21:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/som2nypost.com\/apple-2\/fortnite-will-finally-return-to-the-ios-app-store\/"},"modified":"2025-05-01T21:44:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T21:44:22","slug":"fortnite-will-finally-return-to-the-ios-app-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/som2nypost.com\/?p=217567","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Fortnite&#8217; will finally return to the iOS App Store"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article\">\n<p>For nearly five years, <em>Fortnite<\/em> has not been natively playable on iPhones. That could change as soon as next week.<\/p>\n<p><em>Fortnite<\/em> developer Epic Games, via founder and CEO Tim Sweeney on X, announced that the game would return to the iOS App Store in the U.S. next week. This comes half a decade after the game was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/apple-removes-epic-games-fortnite-from-app-store\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\">unceremoniously dropped<\/a>\u00a0from Apple devices due to a dispute between Apple and Epic over Apple&#8217;s policy of taking a commission on in-app purchases. That turned into an ongoing legal battle between the two companies, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/apple-epic-games-antitrust-lawsuit-contempt-court-violate-order\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\">Wednesday court order<\/a> in Epic&#8217;s favor prompted the decision to bring <em>Fortnite<\/em> back to iPhones.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex mx-auto mt-8 w-full max-w-3xl font-sans text-lg leading-normal md:text-xl md:leading-7\">\n        <span class=\"font-bold text-primary-400\">SEE ALSO:<\/span><br \/>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/meta-spotify-others-lobby-apple-google-over-age-verification\" class=\"flex items-center text-secondary-300\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"ml-1\">Meta lobbies Apple and Google to take over age verification for young people online<\/span><br \/>\n            <svg class=\"ml-1 w-4 h-4 font-normal fill-current\"><use href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/images\/icons\/spritemap.svg#sprite-arrow-right-thin\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitterEmbed twitter-tweet\"><p>\n    <a class=\"text-gray-600\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimSweeneyEpic\/status\/1917716512347152499\" title=\"(Opens in a new tab) (opens in a new window)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n        This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.<br \/>\n    <\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In case you haven&#8217;t been following along, the short version is that Apple likes to take as much as 30 percent off the top of all in-app purchases, and <em>Fortnite<\/em> got booted from the App Store because Epic sidestepped that process by encouraging users to make purchases on Epic&#8217;s website instead. Apple was eventually <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/apple-epic-games-fortnite-ruling\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\">ordered by the courts<\/a> to stop blocking third-party apps from linking to alternative payment options. <\/p>\n<section x-data=\"window.newsletter()\" x-init=\"init()\" class=\"relative p-8 my-12 mx-auto w-full max-w-3xl border md:p-12 md:my-16 border-secondary-300\" data-ga-impression=\"\" data-ga-category=\"newsletters\" data-ga-module=\"incontent_nl_signup\" data-ga-label=\"top-stories\">\n<p>\n            Mashable Top Stories\n        <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>However, Wednesday&#8217;s ruling found that Apple had allegedly been charging a 27 percent commission on out-of-app purchases, alongside other measures meant to deter users from paying for things that way. Apple is now held in contempt of court over all of this and has been ordered to stop. 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