Apple claims it's not blocking Epic from offering Fortnite in the EU

After claiming that Apple was blocking Epic from offering Fortnite in some the US App Store and the Epic Games Store successful the European Union, Apple present says it wasn't, according to a study from Bloomberg.

A spokesperson told Bloomberg that Apple "did not instrumentality immoderate enactment to region the unrecorded mentation of Fortnite from alternate organisation marketplaces," and that the institution wants Epic's European subdivision to resubmit the latest game update for publishing, "without including the US storefront of the App Store truthful arsenic not to interaction Fortnite successful different geographies."

While that sounds similar a denial of wrongdoing, it does connote Apple specifically doesn't privation Epic to relaunch Fortnite connected the US App Store. The institution submitted Fortnite for publishing connected May 9 pursuing a triumph successful court that forced Apple to let developers to enactment alternate outgo methods for apps connected the web. At the time, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney was hoping to usage the alteration arsenic justification to bring Fortnite backmost entirely, aft lone offering the crippled done streaming platforms connected mobile.

Fortnite was originally removed from the App Store due to the fact that Epic started directing players to circumvent Apple's in-app outgo strategy to bargain in-game currency. The determination was portion of a larger program from Epic to propulsion backmost connected Apple and Google's choky power implicit their respective platforms and storefronts. That program has partially worked. Thanks to Epic's tribunal win, aggregate app developers are present offering alternate outgo methods successful their apps, but it evidently hasn't changed however Apple feels astir the crippled developer.