Apple Bans Fortnite From the App Store Indefinitely

As the legal battle between Apple and Epic games rages on, the tech giant has officially banned the popular video game from its App Store until the legal fight is resolved.

Epic’s CEO Tim Sweeney shared the news in a series of tweets that revealed that an attempt at an agreement between the two companies unraveled.

Sweeney posted a letter from Apple in which they accused Epic of an “intentional breach of contract” and informed that Fortnite would not be returning to the App Store “until the district court’s judgment becomes final and non-appealable.”

Sweeney explained to his Twitter followers that a final judgment could take some time.

Apple lied. Apple spent a year telling the world, the court, and the press they’d "welcome Epic’s return to the App Store if they agree to play by the same rules as everyone else". Epic agreed, and now Apple has reneged in another abuse of its monopoly power over a billion users.

— Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) September 22, 2021

Late last night, Apple informed Epic that Fortnite will be blacklisted from the Apple ecosystem until the exhaustion of all court appeals, which could be as long as a 5-year process. pic.twitter.com/QCD7wogJef

— Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) September 22, 2021