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Yesterday, Apple decided to remove Epic Games from its App Store entirely. This means that all the games that Epic Games had on the App Store (both iOS and macOS) have now been removed.
Apple wrote in a statement that they are disappointed to have to do this, but since Epic did not follow the guidelines, they believe they have no other choice.
“We are disappointed that we had to cancel the Epic Games account on the App Store. We have worked with the Epic Games team for many years on their releases and launches. The court recommended that Epic adhere to the App Store guidelines while its The case is moving forward, guidelines that they have followed for the last decade until they created this situation. Epic has refused. Instead, they repeatedly send out Fortnite updates designed to violate App Store guidelines. This is not fair to everyone else. developers of the. Store app and is putting customers in the middle of their struggle. We look forward to working together again in the future, but sadly that is not possible today. “
As you know, Epic Games chose to offer users bypassing Apple’s commission-based payment system through a direct payment option in Fortnite on iOS. Not entirely unexpected, Apple didn’t like this, which led to a ton of lawsuits among these billionaires.
In the tweet below, you can see what Epic Games’ Tim Sweeney had to say about it all.
