Fortnite has made its long-awaited return to the U.S. Apple App Retailer for iPhone and iPad customers.
Developer Epic Video games shared and celebrated the information with a publish on X/Twitter, letting cell gaming followers know that they’ll lastly return to enjoying its massively common battle royale expertise after 5 years of ready. The brand new Fortnite iOS retailer web page is again the identical because it was the day it left in 2020, although its description now begins with a brand new message: “Fortnite is again!”
Fortnite is BACK on the App Retailer within the U.S. on iPhones and iPads… and on the Epic Video games Retailer and AltStore within the E.U! It’ll present up in Search quickly!
Get Fortnite on the App Retailer within the U.S. ➡️ pic.twitter.com/w74QPFFkOS
— Fortnite (@Fortnite) Could 20, 2025
On the time of this story’s publication, some U.S. Apple customers might have hassle looking for Fortnite by the App Retailer itself, although Epic says this can change “quickly.” Within the meantime, you may click on right here to see its revived retailer web page. For these within the E.U., you may also now obtain Fortnite by the Epic Video games Retailer and AltStore.
Fortnite’s reappearance on iOS units just like the iPhone and iPad brings an finish to a lot of the drama surrounding Epic and Apple. It began in August 2020, when each Google and Apple introduced that they had eliminated Fortnite from their respective digital shops after Epic launched an replace that decreased the worth of V-Bucks whereas including a direct fee system. On the time, the Fortnite studio defined that its choice was a direct results of what it was calling “exorbitant” retailer charges issued by Apple and Google.
What adopted was a years-long authorized battle that saved Fortnite absent from official storefronts for the hundreds of thousands of gamers who had been beforehand having fun with it by Apple and Google Play. That modified in April when Epic CEO Tim Sweeney mentioned Fortnite would return to the iOS App Retailer in early Could following a call from a U.S. Federal District Courtroom in California. A bump within the street involving continued blocking from Apple noticed its return postponed, however now, after 5 years, Fortnite is lastly again on iOS units.
Those that obtain Fortnite on an Apple cellphone or pill will now have the choice to buy V-Bucks by the Epic Video games Retailer or through in-app purchases. Those that choose the two,800 V-Bucks pack for $22.99, for instance, can select to ship the cash on to Epic, incomes $4.60 (or 20%) again for use on different choices from the corporate.
For extra on Fortnite, you may learn up on Epic’s Darth Vader AI bot. It’s a Star Wars collaboration that’s not been with out difficulty, as gamers rapidly found out how one can get it to say “f**okay.” The Display screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Tv and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) filed an unfair labor observe cost in opposition to Epic yesterday.
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