Epic Video games requested a court docket to drive Apple to approve entry to the hit sport Fortnite within the US App Retailer, the most recent tussle in a long-running feud over Apple’s management of sport distribution income.

The sport developer earlier stated that Apple “blocked” its newest Fortnite app submission in order that it could possibly’t be launched within the US or on the third-party Epic Games Store within the EU. “Now, sadly, Fortnite on iOS might be offline worldwide till Apple unblocks it,” in line with a publish on its X account. 

An Apple spokesperson responded in a while Friday to the X publish, saying that the corporate “didn’t take any motion to take away the reside model of Fortnite from various distribution marketplaces” within the EU. Apple stated it requested the sport firm’s European division, Epic Sweden, to “resubmit the app replace with out together with the US storefront of the App Store in order to not impression Fortnite in different geographies.”

It is the most recent battle in years of acrimony between the 2 corporations. They’ve fought in court docket over Apple’s App Retailer insurance policies, together with the commissions it expenses on in-app purchases — a key supply of Epic Video games income.

Epic Video games stated it submitted Fortnite to the US App Retailer final week, aiming to return it to US iPhone customers for the primary time in three years. That transfer adopted a decide ruling that Apple should permit third-party apps to steer customers to the net to finish in-app purchases with out taking a fee. Apple did not touch upon if it could permit Fortnite again into the US retailer. 

“Apple’s refusal to think about Epic’s Fortnite submission is Apple’s newest try to avoid” the injunction and the court docket’s authority, Epic stated within the court docket submitting. “Epic due to this fact seeks an order implementing the Injunction, discovering Apple in civil contempt but once more, and requiring Apple to promptly settle for any compliant Epic app, together with Fortnite, for distribution on the US storefront of the App Retailer.”

On Wednesday, Epic pulled its preliminary submission after not listening to again from Apple and resubmitted it with up to date content material to match the sport on different platforms.

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