Epic Video games has been ready for Apple to approve Fortnite for the US iOS App Retailer for almost per week, and now Epic CEO Tim Sweeney is utilizing X to attempt to put stress on Apple. On Thursday, he highlighted examples of Fortnite lookalikes which might be at present on the App Retailer and made a direct attraction to Apple CEO Tim Cook dinner.
In a single put up, Sweeney included screenshots of the App Retailer itemizing for a sport known as Fort Battle Royale Epic Shoot. A screenshot within the app itemizing reveals a sport with Fortnite-inspired graphics, however it’s clear when you look intently that it isn’t the actual Fortnite. “Hey @AppStore can we get the actual Fortnite up pls?” Sweeney requested.
Quickly after, Sweeney mentioned that Fort Battle Royale Epic Shoot had been taken down from the App Retailer but in addition highlighted one other Fortnite clone, Epic Survival Battle Royale 3D. That app, as of this writing, continues to be obtainable on the App Retailer. (Apple has one thing of a historical past of letting unofficial fakes of fashionable video games slip onto the shop.)
Sweeney additionally replied to a put up Cook dinner made earlier within the day. “Hello Tim. How about when you let our mutual prospects entry Fortnite? Only a thought,” Sweeney wrote.
Shortly after the April thirtieth ruling in Epic Video games v. Apple that blocked Apple from charging a charge on purchases made exterior the App Retailer, Sweeney introduced that Epic would deliver Fortnite again to the US iOS App Retailer “subsequent week.”
Epic mentioned it submitted Fortnite to Apple on Friday, Could ninth, however the app hasn’t but been authorised. (Apple’s web site says that “on common, 90 p.c of submissions are reviewed in lower than 24 hours.”)
Sweeney mentioned yesterday that the corporate submitted a brand new model as a result of “we have to launch a weekly Fortnite replace with new content material this Friday, and all platforms should replace concurrently.” However that up to date submission nonetheless hasn’t been authorised, both.
“We don’t have an replace on our Fortnite submission to the App Retailer,” Sweeney mentioned earlier on Thursday. “Apple has neither accepted nor rejected it. So the Friday replace to Fortnite is now in jeopardy.”
It’s unclear if that final sentence signifies that Epic plans to delay the deliberate Friday Fortnite replace for all platforms the place Fortnite is out there on account of Apple not but approving the replace.
Apple and Epic Video games didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
