Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has hinted in a tweet that Fortnite could make an official return to the iPhone and iPad this year, nearly 3 years after its removal from the App Store.
“Next year on iOS!”, Sweeney wrote on Twitter. He then shared a Fornite screenshot in the subsequent tweet with 2023 written in fireworks.
— Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic)
Sweeney doesn’t go into detail following the cryptic tweets, but it wouldn’t be wrong to assume a return of Epic Games’ battle royale to iOS later this year.
Apple pulled Fortnite from the App Store in 2020 following the developer’s implementation of its own payment system that bypasses Apple’s 30% fee.
Apple and Epic Games have been fighting a legal battle ever since, with Sweeney saying, “We’re fighting for open platforms and policy changes equally benefiting all developers.”
Meanwhile, Apple is also said to be planning to allow alternative app stores with iOS 17 next year, in order to comply with the EU’s new law.
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pretty epic! probably cut a deal for 29% fee!
After they got caught and fined over half a billion for scamming users to make purchases and focusing that scam mostly on children, I expect they realized that even the biggest Apple haters wouldn’t be daft enough to see them as the hood guys.
Their disagreement was Apple was always about trying to break their contract to make more money. They might be clueing in that they make more in bed with Apple than trying to screw users.