After a battle in (and out of court), and the house of the software and run by Tim Sweeney, has announced the return of Fortnite on the iOS (only in Europe) via the Epic Games Store. This was possible because of Apple's need to comply with the Act, to the Markets, the Digital, and for this reason, to allow for the installation of the shops and most of the third-party. The games (there is even a Rocket League goals, Sideswipe, and the Fall Guys are also available on the AltStore, a PAL, and the Android in the world.
The battle continues
Fornite returned to apple after more than 4 years. It was removed from the Apple, because Epic Games have introduced an alternative way of payment, which bypassed the rate of 30%. Of the house of the software and lost the battle in the court of law, but, on the good luck came in the Markets, the Digital Company's Cupertino to allow for the installation of the shops and most of the applications to the third-party settlement.
Shop Epic Games and is available from the beginning of July. It is not known if they are making the changes demanded by Apple. However, the user must follow a series of step-by-step download Fortnite and other games on the iPhone.
Epic Games says that the installation process is quite long, because Apple and Google have introduced a purpose relevant to the quality of low-to steps and to the numerous settings of confusing, and “the displays to be scary”.
All three games are also available on the AltStore CAN, which is carried out free of charge thanks to the financial contribution of the Epic Games. In the next few months and will be shipped in iPadOS, Aptoide (iOS), and ONE Store (Android).
The CEO and founder Tim Sweeny said:
The tide is changing, and the ecosystem the mobile finally they opened up to the competition. We are grateful to the European Commission, which made possible the opening of the Epic Games Store, and provide the use of our own to the users of the apple in the European Union. Now, users in the european iOS, and all the users of Android you can have access to the shop, and a game of our own, as they have always been able to do it in the open, as well as on PC and Mac to take advantage of the competition and the of the election.
The goal is that by the end of the year is to reach 100 million of the availability of the shop. During a press conference, Sweeney said that the company has spent hundreds of millions of dollars to fight it's against Apple's (lost) and Google + (win), plus approximately a billion dollars in revenue are lost after the removal of Fortnite from the App Store, but this one is the “price of freedom”.
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