Fortnite Won’t Be Coming To iOS Soon, As Apple Blocks Epic’s App Store Submission
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Epic Games has announced that Apple has “blocked” its submission to the App Store and Epic Games Store on iOS, meaning that Fortnite won’t be available on Apple devices globally for the foreseeable future.
The news comes around two weeks after Epic Games announced that Fortnite would be back on iOS, after a judge filed a major injunction against Apple. A post on the official Fortnite X account reads, “Apple has blocked our Fortnite submission so we cannot release to the US App Store or to the Epic Games Store for iOS in the European Union. Now, sadly, Fortnite on iOS will be offline worldwide until Apple unblocks it.”
The official Fortnite X account announced on May 9 that the game had been submitted for review on the App Store, however the company was left waiting an unusually long time without hearing back from Apple with either approval or rejection. Apple’s developer website states that 90% of submissions are reviewed within 24 hours, and says developers will be emailed with any status changes.
