pple in mid-August said that it would terminate Epic Games’ developer account if the Fortnite app continued to break the App Store rules, and today, Apple followed through with that threat and removed Epic’s access to the Epic Games account.
Fortnite has been unavailable for a few weeks, but other Epic Games titles like Battle Breakers and Infinity Blade Stickers were still in the App Store. Now that the Epic Games developer account has been terminated, those apps are gone.
Searching for Epic Games in the App Store brings up no apps and on the web, the Epic Games developer account is blank. Though the Epic Games developer account is no longer available, Fortnite continues to work.
Those who have downloaded Fortnite on an iPhone or iPad can continue to play the game, but there’s a catch – none of the new Marvel-themed Season 4 content is available because Fortnite is unable to be updated.
Fortnite has been in violation of the App Store rules since August 13, when it introduced a direct payment option that skirted Apple’s in-app purchase system by allowing payments directly to Epic Games. Shortly after Epic blatantly disregarded App Store policies, Apple pulled the app from the App Store, leading to a lawsuit from Epic and a quickly escalating legal fight between the two companies.
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