Fortnite Returns to the App Store Worldwide as Epic Signals 'Final Battle' With Apple
MacRumors • • technology
Key Points:
- Fortnite has returned to the App Store globally except in Australia, as Epic Games intensifies its legal battle against Apple over App Store fees and policies.
- The move follows Apple's admission to the U.S. Supreme Court that regulators worldwide are scrutinizing its commission rates, prompting Epic to call this the "beginning of the end of the Apple Tax worldwide."
- Fortnite's return to the U.S. App Store in May 2025 was triggered by a court order threatening Apple's app decision official with a subpoena, and the global rollout now extends that comeback to most markets.
- Epic is confident that upcoming court-mandated transparency about Apple's fee structures will expose what it calls "junk fees," and plans to continue challenging Apple's restrictions on alternative app stores and payment methods.
- Australia remains the only major market where Fortnite is absent, as Epic awaits a court order enforcing compliance after winning a case that deemed many of Apple's developer terms unlawful, but Apple continues to enforce those terms.