Almost five years after the withdrawal of the game from the App Store, triggering a legal dispute that has shaken the world of mobile games and has been clinging since, since then, since then, since then, since then, since then, since then, since then, since then, since then, since then, since then, since then, since then, since then, since then, since then, since then, since then, since then, since then, since then, since then, since then, since then, since then Fortnite appears close to a return. Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games, says that the popular game could be back on Apple platforms tomorrow.
At the end of last month, a judge seriously reprimanded Apple and insisted that he complies with a previous prescription to allow external purchase links in the applications, the problem that caused the original break with Epic. In the light of this decision, Sweeney promised that the game would return to the American App Store starting “next week”. This week is now almost over, and in several appearances and publications on social networks since (as Appleinsider reported), he reiterated his hope and his expectation that Fortnite returns to the mobile devices of Apple.
On May 3, Sweeney tweeted that Epic had spoken with Apple FortniteThe restoration of the App Store and (since the American account was prohibited) planned to use a Swedish App Store account to submit it for approval. In an appearance Tuesday on the podcast channels, in the meantime, he insisted that he would be “very surprised if Apple took measures to block it. I cannot imagine the blocking of Apple Fortnite at this point.”
Of course, we have already heard this kind of thing. At the beginning of 2023, we covered a cryptic tweet by Sweeney suggesting that the game would be back on the App Store by the end of this year. Perhaps it was referring to its reappearance on Apple Devices in the EU, which occurred in the second half of 2024, but was only possible because of the position of the EU in third -party stores – the game did not actually return to official application stores. Epic has always been optimistic through this saga, but not always with a good cause.
We await the latest developments. But if the game does not come back in the App Store after all, don't worry. There are still ways to play Fortnite On the iPhone and iPad despite everything.
