Apple has finally gone ahead with the threat to terminate Epic Games’ developer account. The imbroglio between the two companies began when Epic went against the App Store rules by incorporating its own direct payment option on its popular game Fortnite.
Apple had already removed Fortnite from the App Store for a few weeks since the dispute began but left other titles by Epic Games like Battle Breakers and Infinity Blade Stickers With the new development where Epic’s developer account has been terminated, all other Epic Games titles have been yanked off the App Store. A search for Epic Games in the store now returns nothing while on the web, the Epic Games developer account is blank.
The good thing i that if you already downloaded Fortnite, the appcontinues to work but you won’t be ale to any of the new Marvel-themed Season 4 content.
A statement released by Apple confirmed the account has been removed and expressed disappointment that the termination had to happen.
“We are disappointed that we have had to terminate the Epic Games account on the App Store. We have worked with the team at Epic Games for many years on their launches and releases. The court recommended that Epic comply with the App Store guidelines while their case moves forward, guidelines they’ve followed for the past decade until they created this situation. Epic has refused. Instead, they repeatedly submit Fortnite updates designed to violate the guidelines of the App Store. This is not fair to all other developers on the App Store and is putting customers in the middle of their fight. We hope that we can work together again in the future, but unfortunately, that is not possible today,” the statement read.
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