San Francisco: Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has hinted at the return of the Fortnite game to iOS in 2023, nearly three years after the best-selling game was removed from the App Store for flouting the platform’s guidelines.
As MacRumors reports, in a tweet to celebrate the new year, Sweeney wrote, “Next year on iOS!”
The game was removed from the App Store in August 2020, after Epic Games included a direct payment option in Fortnite that bypassed Apple’s in-app purchase system and broke App Store guidelines.
The iPhone maker eventually banned Fortnite from the App Store, placing the blame directly on Epic for violating its rules.
“Epic Games took the unfortunate step of violating the App Store guidelines which apply equally to every developer and are designed to keep the Store safe for our users. As a result their Fortnite app has been removed from the Store has been delivered,” Apple said in a statement. Statement.
“Epic enabled a feature in its app that was not reviewed or approved by Apple,” it added.
The removal of Fortnite from the App Store has led Epic Games to file a lawsuit against the tech giant.
“Three years later, both Epic Games and Apple are now appealing a court decision made in September 2021 that would have required Apple to allow developers to add in-app links to external websites,” the report said. has gone.