Fortnite unavailable on iPhones globally after Apple rejects App Store release

<p>Latest twist in a contest between iPhone maker and Epic Games over payments for hit game on Apple devices</p><p>Epic Games says <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/games/fortnite">Fortnite</a> is now unavailable on iPhones and iPads globally because <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/apple">Apple</a> blocked a bid to release the popular video game in the App Store in the US and Europe.</p><p>“Apple has blocked our Fortnite submission so we cannot release to the US App Store or to the Epic Games Store for iOS in the European Union,” the X account for Fortnite posted early Friday – claiming that Apple’s move would now prevent the game’s iOS availability around the world.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/may/16/epic-games-apple-fortnite-app-store">Continue reading...</a>