• Epic Games has entered the app stores of Apple and Google declared war, so the current – Season of Fortnite* is not on iOS devices available.
• The reason for this is an additional In-game purchase option for mobile versions of “Fortnite“, on which the store operators earn nothing.
• Epic Games has lost millions of players who played exclusively on Apple devices due to the dispute with Apple.

Update from 21 October 2020: The dispute between Epic Games and Apple has taken its toll. After the iPhone company “Fortnite” has banned from the App Store, numerous players with iOS devices can no longer participate in the current – Season 4. The extent of this player loss is now known. The games analyst Daniel Ahmad has given the numbers via Twitter. According to this an incredible 73 million people exclusively via iOS devices “Fortnite” – a crushing loss for Epic Games. Although many players have probably switched to other platforms, Epic will probably not be able to recover from this so quickly.

App stores block Fortnite: This is what Apple users can do against the blocking now

Update from 2 September 2020: On August 23, the game developer Epic Games already big wind against “the rotten apple Apple made. With the #Freefortnite Cup, the worldwide Fortnite community protest against the ban of the popular Battle Royale game. But so far, it seems to remain that way: The new – Season 4 of Chapter 2 will start without the many iPhone and iPad owners. There will also be an important change for all Android users. Therefore, Epic Games has explained in a message what the affected players can do to still always be able to play all new – Season s.

Fortnite ban from App Store: Prepare the account for the next – Season with four steps.

Whether Android or iOS users: These are the steps every gamer should take now:

1. Update account information: All game data, purchased items, and friends are stored on your Epic account. So if you want to switch from iOS to another platform, for example, it is an important requirement that the account is updated. Updating is as simple as logging in to epicgames.com/id.
2. Change operating system: Besides smartphones, Fortnite can also be played on PC, MAC, Playstation, Xbox and Nintendo Switch. If one of these other devices is at hand, now would probably be the given occasion to switch to it.
3. Android also without Google Play Store: For all smartphones running Android, you don’t necessarily need Google’s official app store to install anything. Therefore, all Android users can simply install or update Fortnite via Epic Games’ in-house platform in the future. This is the link there.
4. Protest Out Loud: Last but not least, Epic Games wants to draw attention once again to what it sees as Apple’s unfair actions. All iOS users should “make themselves heard” and protest publicly, for example via social media with the hashtag #FreeFortnite or with a message directly to the app store.

Fortnite: Millions of players can’t continue playing in – Season 4 – here’s why

Original news from August 30, 2020: “These are the last days for the entire Fortnite community to play together.” The developers address players with these dramatic words in the latest blog post on the official Epic Games site. “Apple has Fortnite blocked in the App Store, preventing some players from getting game updates. Player, the iOS–Use devices, are described in chapter 2 – – Season 3 left behind, while the rest of the community moves to Chapter 2 – – Season 4 on August 27,” the post reads.

Currently, players can play as usual on all platforms on “Fortnite“access. Download and install the game can no longer be downloaded and installed via the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.. The Android–Version is still available on other sites.

What happens to players on iOS devices? “Fortnite” players on iPhones– and iPads will not be able to play from – Season 4 onwards. The reason for this is that apps on these devices can only be downloaded via the App Store. Apple basically excludes other download options because external sources pose potential risks for consumers and their devices.

With the launch of – Season 4 of Chapter 2 of “Fortnite“, will be iOS–User the game thus can no longer update and play with players on other platforms. This will possibly affect a very large number of players. According to a report by Business of Apps, the iOS version of Fortnite had 100 million downloads after only five months of release.

“Fortnite: Can Android users continue to play and receive updates without any problems?

Android–User meanwhile, are in luck. As already mentioned, “Fortnite” can be downloaded from sources other than the Google Play Store, including from Epic Games itself. Once the game is installed, it automatically downloads current updates at startup.

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Epic Games versus Apple and Google: What happened?

Epic Games recently announced a new purchase–Option in “Fortnite introduced: Players on mobile devices will receive a 20 percent discount through this path when they purchase the “Epic–Direct purchase” choose. But Epic Games* has messed with two giants with this step: Because through this payment method, the Commission in the amount of 30 percent bypassed, which normally Apple and Google when players make purchases on the iPhone, iPad or Android device. The two companies do not approve of the additional purchase option at all. As a consequence, “Fortnite” was removed from the respective app stores. Epic Games has filed a lawsuit against Apple after the app store removal of “Fortnite” – the colleagues from ingame.de reported. (ök)*tz.de and ingame.de are part of the nationwide Ippen Digital editorial network.