You gained’t spend this weekend taking part in Fortnite in your iPhone … regardless of the place you reside. Epic Video games says the favored recreation is offline worldwide on iOS after Apple blocked the app from getting up to date globally.
Epic not too long ago resubmitted Fortnite to the U.S. App Retailer, and that is apparently the consequence.
Fortnite not playable on iPhone anyplace
Apple banned Fortnite from the App Retailer again in 2020 in a spat between Epic Video games and the iPhone maker. They had been preventing over in-app cost methods, and a choose not too long ago dominated that Apple should allow what Epic wished to do all these years in the past. Within the wake of that call, Epic resubmitted Fortnite to the U.S. App Retailer and waited to see how Apple would reply.
Seems the response wasn’t constructive. On Friday, the sport developer mentioned by way of X that, “Apple has blocked our Fortnite submission so we can not launch to the US App Retailer or to the Epic Video games Retailer for iOS within the European Union. Now, sadly, Fortnite on iOS will probably be offline worldwide till Apple unblocks it.”
Apple has blocked our Fortnite submission so we can not launch to the US App Retailer or to the Epic Video games Retailer for iOS within the European Union. Now, sadly, Fortnite on iOS will probably be offline worldwide till Apple unblocks it.
— Fortnite (@Fortnite) Could 16, 2025
The sport turned out there for iPhone homeowners within the European Union after the Digital Markets Act pressured Apple to permit rival iOS app marketplaces. Fortnite went onto a kind of, however it doesn’t work proper now.
As Epic Video games CEO Tim Sweeney says, “We have to launch a weekly Fortnite replace with new content material this Friday, and all platforms should replace concurrently.” Because the iPhone model can’t be up to date, it stopped working.
It’s potential the worldwide block on the sport is a mistake by Apple. Whereas the corporate can deny Epic entry to the U.S. App Retailer so long as it needs to, the European Fee goes to have one thing to say concerning the E.U. block.
iPhone customers desperate to play the battle royale title proper now can flip to cloud-gaming companies. Fortnite is offered by way of Amazon Luna, Xbox Cloud Gaming and extra.
