{"id":303233,"date":"2025-05-16T00:23:47","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T07:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=303233"},"modified":"2025-07-01T14:38:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T21:38:01","slug":"tim-sweeney-says-apple-has-neither-approved-nor-rejected-fortnite-whats-going-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/tim-sweeney-says-apple-has-neither-approved-nor-rejected-fortnite-whats-going-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Sweeney says Apple has neither approved nor rejected Fortnite: What\u2019s going on?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The return of&nbsp;<strong>Fortnite to the App Store is once again stuck in limbo<\/strong>, and Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney is calling Apple out. According to Sweeney, Apple has&nbsp;<em>neither approved nor rejected<\/em>&nbsp;the latest submission of Fortnite, which threatens to derail a major content update planned for this Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Apple\u2019s silence may not be accidental<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sweeney revealed that&nbsp;<strong>Epic submitted Fortnite for review on May 9<\/strong>, shortly after Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers reaffirmed a 2021 order requiring Apple to comply with certain terms related to developer access. However, Apple gave&nbsp;<strong>no response for five days<\/strong>, prompting Epic to withdraw and resubmit a new version to meet the update deadline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Apple&#8217;s own rules state that&nbsp;<strong>90% of submissions are reviewed within 24 hours<\/strong>, so this level of silence is highly unusual. It may be a tactical move: the original court ruling clearly stated that Apple is&nbsp;<em>not obligated<\/em>&nbsp;to allow Fortnite back, given Epic\u2019s prior violation of App Store rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sweeney turns to public pressure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sweeney has been vocal on X (formerly Twitter), highlighting&nbsp;<strong>how fake Fortnite clones continue to be approved<\/strong>&nbsp;by Apple while the original game remains in limbo. He shared screenshots of knock-offs with names like&nbsp;<em>Epic Survival Battle Royale 3D<\/em>, which Apple eventually removed\u2014but only after public exposure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fortnite\u2019s fate still unclear<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>With a Friday update looming and no response from Apple<\/strong>, Fortnite fans on iOS remain stuck in uncertainty. Sweeney hasn\u2019t disclosed what Epic\u2019s next move will be, but the public campaign suggests the battle is far from over.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The return of&nbsp;Fortnite to the App Store is once again stuck in limbo, and Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney is calling Apple out. According to Sweeney, Apple has&nbsp;neither approved nor rejected&nbsp;the latest submission of Fortnite, which threatens to derail a major content update planned for this Friday. Apple\u2019s silence may not be accidental Sweeney revealed &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/tim-sweeney-says-apple-has-neither-approved-nor-rejected-fortnite-whats-going-on\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tim Sweeney says Apple has neither approved nor rejected Fortnite: What\u2019s going on?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9317,"featured_media":303234,"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-303233","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\/303233","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=303233"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":303235,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303233\/revisions\/303235"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303233"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=303233"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=303233"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=303233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}