[ad_1]
New Delhi, September 1 (IANS): As Epic Games waged a legal battle with Apple to remove the Fortnite game from the App Store, CEO Tim Sweeney criticized the Cupertino, California-based tech giant, promoting PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) Mobile on the App Store.
On September 8, Fortnite’s rival Battle Royale game PUBG Mobile will officially enter its ‘New Era’ with the Version 1.0 update, with a complete overhaul of the ‘Erangel’ signature map and improved graphics providing more textures. clean and more striking effects.
The Apple App Store said in a tweet: “A new era of @PUBGMOBILE is coming, with a revision of the Erangel map and a bold new look.”
Sweeney replied, “While you wait for Apple to make #FreeFortnite on iOS and Mac, here’s another amazing battle royale game powered by Unreal Engine!”
PUBG Mobile is built on Epic Games’ real-time and open 3D authoring platform, Unreal Engine.
A US judge ruled last week that Apple cannot remove the Epic Games developer account that supports Unreal Engine, but can keep the Fortnite game away from the App Store for violating its policies.
The game Fortnite was removed from the App Store on August 13 for adding an in-app payment system in violation of its rules.
The Fortnite game just got ‘Season 4; update on platforms other than iOS.
Released in 2017, Fortnite features a battle royale format in which 100 players compete to survive as the last player standing on a remote island.
The popular game has amassed a huge following of more than 350 million players and is available on multiple platforms.
[ad_2]
