Fortnite isn’t available on iOS right now, but why?

Fortnite maker Epic Video games has introduced that Apple has blocked the sport’s return to iOS. Following the rejection, Fortnite is now not accessible on iPhones and iPads even within the European Union, the place it had beforehand been accessible to obtain via the Epic Video games Retailer.

“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,” the corporate posted on the official Fortnite X account. “Now, sadly, Fortnite on iOS shall be offline worldwide till Apple unblocks it.”

The Verge has confirmed that the sport is now not accessible to obtain on iOS from the Epic Video games Retailer or the choice market AltStore PAL within the EU, the place it had beforehand been accessible.

Nonetheless, based on Apple, that isn’t its doing.

“We requested that Epic Sweden resubmit the app replace with out together with the US storefront of the App Retailer in order to not affect Fortnite in different geographies,” Apple spokesperson Olivia Dalton tells The Verge. “We didn’t take any motion to take away the reside model of Fortnite from various distribution marketplaces.”

This week Epic CEO Tim Sweeney announced that the corporate had pulled its earlier Fortnite submission and submitted a brand new model that included an replace resulting from launch at the moment, noting that “all platforms should replace concurrently.” He’s since taken to X repeatedly to complain that unofficial Fortnite knock-offs have been allowed into the App Retailer whereas Fortnite hasn’t, claiming that Apple’s app evaluate course of has been “weaponized by senior administration.”

Replace, Could sixteenth: Added remark from Apple.