He said, however, that the company would only rerelease Fortnite on Apple’s most popular products if Apple updates its review guidelines to match the “plain language” of the recent ruling. Sweeney said that if Epic gets its developer account back, it plans to rerelease Fortnite for Mac computers “as soon as possible” and reincorporate Fortnite for iPhones and iPads into its Unreal Engine development process. Late last night, Apple informed Epic that Fortnite will be blacklisted from the Apple ecosystem until the exhaustion of all court appeals, which could be as long as a 5-year process. “Epic promises that it will adhere to Apple’s guidelines whenever and wherever we release products on Apple’s platforms,” Sweeney wrote in an email, which he published on Twitter Wednesday. That would allow the future resubmission of Fortnite and let the gaming company develop its Unreal Engine and other software for Apple devices.

16, Sweeney asked Phil Schiller, Apple’s executive in charge of the App Store, to reinstate Epic’s developer account. The ruling doesn’t take effect until early December, and Epic has already said it will appeal. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers mostly siding with Apple - though she said the company should allow app developers to point users to outside payment systems. The battle came to a head this month, with U.S.

Keep reading list of 4 items list 1 of 4 Apple fixes flaw exploited by Israeli firm’s Pegasus spyware list 2 of 4 Premium 5G iPhones and subscriptions propel Apple sales list 3 of 4 Epic blow: Judge strikes down Apple’s in-app payment restrictions list 4 of 4 Epic battle: Apple faces Fortnite creator in court end of listĮpic sued Apple in August 2020 after the iPhone maker removed Fortnite from its App Store, citing a workaround that circumvented Apple’s commission on purchases.

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