Apple returned Epic Games’ developer account to its Swedish subsidiary after immediate EU intervention following cancellation
It didn’t take long for Apple to reverse the decision to remove Epic Games’ developer account in the European Union. According to a new statement made in X, Those from Cupertino have engaged with the European Commission and Epic to restore the account
The Epic Games Store is still standing after intervention by the European Commission
In the updated statement on the Epic Games website, it is stated that this is a “strong signal to developers that the European Commission will act quickly to enforce the law on digital markets.” Epic Sweden subsidiary account will be integrated into the Apple Developer Program.
They confirm that they have already signed the developer agreementso the Epic store is still standing and so It will only be a matter of time before the launch of Fortnite and the entire catalog of games
What was Apple’s main problem when removing the developer account?
Those from Cupertino had no obstacle to taking new actions against Epic at the start of the week. They indicated that they had canceled the aforementioned account due to a “failure by Epic Games to fulfill its contractual obligations.” They also relied on a previous court ruling that gave Apple the right to close any account. linked to Epic at any time.
Later, Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior director of App Store and events; In addition to being senior vice president of global marketing, he asked Epic CEO Tim Sweeney for a written guarantee in which his company agreed to comply with the new rules issued for alternative stores. Your answer was not complete according to Apple.
The EU acted immediately and asked Cupertino for a solid explanation for the denial of the developer account. Coincidentally, a day before the deadline to comply with the Digital Markets Act, Apple closed Epic Sweden’s account so they were really playing with fire in the last 48 hours.