Apple Blocks Epic’s App Store Updates After Fortnite Fee Clash

  • Move means Epic’s other games, apps removed from the App Store
  • Apple keeps account of Epic gaming platform Unreal Engine
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Apple Inc. terminated Epic Games’s App Store developer account, escalating a bitter legal fight over the iPhone maker’s controversial fees and rules.

This means Epic can’t submit new apps or updates to the App Store and it prevents iPhone users from making purchases inside Epic’s popular Fortnite video game via Apple’s payment system. It will also leave the Apple version of Fortnite stalled in its current state.