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The game is back on the Google Play Store, but another court decision is rolling back some of the developer-friendly changes on iOS.
The battle royale may rage on in Fortnite, but the real-world standoff that kept the game off major mobile app stores is finally easing. Fortnite is back on the Google Play Store, according to a post from the company on X.
Epic Games has relaunched Fortnite on Play Store in the US, ending a five-year standoff triggered by its 2020 in-game app purchase dispute with Google
A three-judge panel found that the tech giant willfully violated a 2021 antitrust injunction by imposing 27% commission and restrictive link designs for non-App Store purchases
Epic Games launched its mobile store for iPhone and iPad in the EU last year, and it has since established a popular program of weekly game giveaways. This week, it is making one of the most awarded indie action games of recent years free to download for a limited time.
A federal appeals court on Thursday backed a ruling that held Apple in civil contempt for brazenly defying an order designed to open its iPhone app store to other payment systems besides its own, but the decision also reopened a door for the company to collect commission from the rival options.