
Tap the Account icon > Purchased > My Purchases to access a list of all the apps and games you’ve ever downloaded. The steps are as follows: Open the App Store on your iPhone or iPad. Apple said it provided Epic Games 14 days to update Fortnite to meet its app store guidelines, after which it would suspend Epic Games account.Apple said this is standard practice for all developers. The short will air at 4pm today, which also indicates Epic was ready for this.įortnite Party Royale will premiere a new short: Nineteen Eighty-Fortnite. If you have bought/installed Fortnite in the past, you can still download Fortnite via the App Store. The rival company also announced it would be streaming a short film called Nineteen Eighty-Fortnite, a poke at Apple's 1984 ad for the Machintosh. In response, Epic has already filed a lawsuit against the Cupertino powerhouse asking for injunctive relief, indicating that it expected such a response. It claims the guidelines ensure a level playing field for all developers in the App Store ecosystem and keeps its users "safe."Īpple's statement on removing Fortnite: /5BAAZXvtYc Apple is apparently not messing around in enforcing its App Store tax.Īpple issued a statement saying that the move to bypass the App Store's in-app purchasing fees is a violation of store policy. The removal came just hours after Epic issued its press release. Shortly after Epic Games announced its Epic Direct Payment option for Fortnite, Apple removed the battle-royale game from the App Store.


Almost immediately after Epic launched an alternative payment method for Fortnite users that bypasses Apple's 30-percent App Store tax, Apple removed the game from the store.
