Apple And Google push out FORTNITE from their respective stores.
With Fortnite gaining popularity across the world. Google apple and epic have now entered a legal battle royal over app policies as apple and google pushed Fortnite out of their respective stores.
Apple and google have recently blocked Epics fortnite from the apple and google playstore the reason being Epic Games defied Apple’s app policies by adding a discounted price for V-bucks using a direct payment method.
Epic games and apple are now locked in a legal battle over iOS app store policies. iOS and android users are now essentially locked out of future updates of the game.
On august 13th 2020 Epic straight up pushed a server side update to its app that wasn’t reviewed by either Apple or Google that offers new direct payment in fortnite on ios and android, offering direct payments without giving Apple or Google a cut. So this is what led to apple pushing Fornite out of the play store.
Epic confirms the iOS version of the game will no longer be able to receive future updates, which means the game won’t work the next time the game receives a patch. “Fortnite” has remained one of the world’s most popular games thanks to constant updates. Updates include new game modes, map changes, characters and other features, all core elements of the wildly popular game.
As of now existing gamers can play Fortnite on an ios device until a new patch is released by epic games. As for android users the game can be downloaded from third party sites and the Samsung galaxy store
As epic games was expecting such a response from apple, Alongside the lawsuit, Epic launched a PR salvo on thursday as well, creating a marketing trailer that tied in with the suit and App Store removal.
“Fortnite” was released as a free game in 2017 by Epic Games. While it failed to make an immediate splash, the game quickly pivoted toward the then-growing battle royale game genre, which drew more fans every month. The game’s popularity skyrocketed in March 2018 when Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, one of the world’s most popular streaming personalities, played matches of “Fortnite” with rappers Drake and Travis Scott, and NFL star JuJu Smith-Schuster.
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