Epic Games claims that Apple is obstructing its Fortnite app from the U.S. and E.U. App Stores.
After successful a decisive victory for app builders in a authorized battle with Apple, forcing the tech large to permit exterior funds in its U.S. App Store with out charging fee, Epic Games tried to resubmit Fortnite to the U.S. App Store on May 9, 2025.
However, Apple failed to just accept its submission for every week, main Epic Games to tug its request and check out once more. According to Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney, the replace was pulled as a result of Epic Games must launch a weekly Fortnite replace with new content material, and all platforms have to be up to date concurrently.
The firm then submitted a brand new model to the U.S. App Store for evaluation on Wednesday, May 14, with the up to date content material.
In a Friday morning put up on X, Fortnite mentioned that Apple has blocked its newest U.S. submission and has made it so Epic Games can’t launch its app to the European Union, both.
“Now, sadly, Fortnite on iOS might be offline worldwide till Apple unblocks it,” the put up from Fortnite reads.
TechCrunch reached out to Epic Games and Apple to study extra and can replace if additional data is offered.
