{"id":302305,"date":"2025-05-07T00:11:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T07:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=302305"},"modified":"2025-07-01T14:43:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T21:43:09","slug":"fortnite-will-soon-return-to-the-iphone-how-is-it-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/fortnite-will-soon-return-to-the-iphone-how-is-it-possible\/","title":{"rendered":"Fortnite will soon return to the iPhone: How is it possible?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After years of legal disputes and platform bans,&nbsp;<strong>Fortnite is finally poised to make a comeback on the iPhone in the United States<\/strong>. The announcement follows a pivotal court ruling and a clever workaround by Epic Games, the developer behind Fortnite, that allows the popular game to bypass previous restrictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Epic Games sidesteps restrictions using EU developer account<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The key to Fortnite\u2019s return lies in&nbsp;<strong>Epic\u2019s decision to submit the game using its Swedish developer account<\/strong>, originally created to comply with the European Union\u2019s Digital Markets Act. This account had been approved last year for launching the Epic Games Store and Fortnite in Europe. After a recent U.S. judge ruled that Apple must allow third-party payment links in apps with zero commission, Epic saw an opening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although the court\u2019s order didn\u2019t specifically address Epic or Fortnite,&nbsp;<strong>CEO Tim Sweeney confirmed that Apple has agreed to accept the Swedish account<\/strong>&nbsp;for submission to the U.S. App Store. This move avoids the hurdle of Epic\u2019s U.S. developer account, which had been terminated in 2020 following the high-profile legal battle with Apple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fortnite could be back on iOS devices within days<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the major barrier now resolved,&nbsp;<strong>Epic is preparing to submit Fortnite for App Review in the coming days<\/strong>. If the process moves swiftly, iPhone and iPad users in the U.S. could be playing Fortnite again before the weekend. This would mark a significant shift in the long-standing standoff between Apple and Epic Games, potentially opening the door to other third-party apps using similar tactics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After years of legal disputes and platform bans,&nbsp;Fortnite is finally poised to make a comeback on the iPhone in the United States. The announcement follows a pivotal court ruling and a clever workaround by Epic Games, the developer behind Fortnite, that allows the popular game to bypass previous restrictions. Epic Games sidesteps restrictions using EU &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/fortnite-will-soon-return-to-the-iphone-how-is-it-possible\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Fortnite will soon return to the iPhone: How is it possible?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9317,"featured_media":302306,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-302305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302305"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":307255,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302305\/revisions\/307255"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302305"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=302305"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=302305"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=302305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}