Four years later, the popular video game appeared. Fortnite is back on iPhone and Android mobile phonesThis is what the manufacturer, the American company, announced. epic gameswhich has also launched a new digital platform through which it can be obtained.
In August 2020, Apple and Google – which develop iOS and Android systems – decided to remove Fortnite from their digital stores. The reason is that Epic Games created a website Alternative payment system In-game, allowing users to make purchases. Cheaper and without going through the App Store or Google Play StoreAnd Apple and Google stores that charge a commission.
But in the past few hours, Fortnite players can now download it again via the linkEpic Games StoreAn alternative to the tech giants’ stores. The new platform can only be used in the European Union in the case of iOS, and worldwide for Android.
Although the Epic Games Store has been available on PC since 2018, it wasn’t available until now. New Digital Markets Law The Mars community has forced Apple and Google to open up to competition and Allow alternative digital stores to your devices in the EU.
The battle Apple and Google have been waging against Epic Games in recent years Comes from 30% commission The first two are imposed on all transactions made within the App Store and Google Play Store. Percentage It is considered offensive. By video game creators like Fortnite, who rebelled against it.
The legal battle does not end here.
As a first result of this legal confrontation, the CEO of Epic Games announced, Tim SweeneyHe has already managed to convince the European Union to force Apple and Google to allow alternative stores like the one his company developed. The success that would have cost Epic Games More than a billion dollars In litigation and lawyers: “It’s a small price to pay.” For the future freedom of our company “And for anyone who wants to participate in the market,” Sweeney told Game File.
#Fortnite for free Status: Fortnite has been released on iOS in Europe, thanks to the Digital Markets Act. Apple continues to block Fortnite from reaching its billion players in the rest of the world, and the battle to regain competition in the free market continues.https://t.co/A4JFGI4EbC
— Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) August 16, 2024
However, the European regulations that allow Fortnite to return to mobile phones for EU citizens do not have a similar law in other parts of the world, where applications can only be downloaded on mobile through the App Store in the event of an iOS device. For this reason, Sweeney accuses them of preventing a billion people from accessing his game, and promises to continue the legal battle. “to restore competition in the free market”.
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