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Fortnite, the battle royale game from Epic Games, has been removed from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store on Thursday. The development is on the heels of the developer implementing its own in-app payment system on Fortnite that bypasses Google Play Store and Apple App Store. The Fortnite team on Thursday introduced the Epic direct payment system on iOS and Android packed with multiple security measures. The developers of the battle royale game highlighted that PayPal and Chase are among the payment partners for its e-commerce system.
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Fortnite Removed from App Store
In a statement to The Verge, Apple said that “Epic enabled a feature in its app which was not reviewed or approved by Apple.” The company said that Epic Games “did so with the express intent of violating the App Store guidelines regarding in-app payments that apply to every developer who sells digital goods or services.” Apple said that the Fortnite app was thus removed from the App Store but that company would “work with Epic to resolve these violations.”
Following the development, Epic Games provided a series of responses that included a video where it asked its fans to “join the fight” against Apple. The developer behind the popular battle royale game also took a legal action to “end Apple’s anti-competitive restrictions on mobile device marketplaces.”
In a blog post, Epic Games said that Apple had asked the developer to “remove the ‘Epic direct payment’ feature” while blocking Fortnite from the App Store.
“Apple is keeping prices high so they can collect 30% of your payments, and is blocking Fortnite in order to prevent Epic from passing on the savings from direct payments to you,” Epic Games said in a blog post.
Crucially, Epic Games said that the Fortnite users will not be able to play the new season dubbed as “Fortnite Chapter 2 – Season 4” on iOS as Apple has blocked the “ability to update.” The developer said that the existing players who have already downloaded the Fortnite app “should have no issues continuing to play Chapter 2 – Season 3’s 13.40 update.” However, Epic Games said that players accessing Fortnite after Season 4 release will not be able to access the new content or new Battle Pass but can only play the 13.40 version.
