Apple has pulled the account Epic Games used to update Fortnite on iOS over this past weekend.
The move means that Epic Games will no longer be able to update Fortnite on iOS (which has already been removed from the platform’s App Store), but also ensures that the developer’s non-Fortnite titles have been removed from the App Store as well.
“We are disappointed that we have had to terminate the Epic Games account on the App Store,” Apple said in a statement. “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 move doesn’t impact the account Epic users to keep tabs on its Unreal Engine. As we previously detailed, a US District court has ensured that Apple cannot retaliate against Epic and Fortnite by attacking the popular engine.
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