By: Tech Desk | New Delhi | Updated: September 1, 2020 8:40:48 am
pple has removed Fortnite from its App Store, due to which you cannot simply head over there and install the latest version of the game.
Apple has removed Fortnite from its App Store completely due to the ongoing legal suit with Epic Games. This means that Apple device owners would not be able to access the game’s new Chapter 2 – Season 4, released on August 27. The new update is currently only available for PC, consoles and Android devices. Today we are going to take a look at how you can get the game on your Apple device even if it is not available on the App Store.
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Apple says Epic's Fortnite can come back any time it wants to play by the rules. In a court filing, Apple says Epic has asked for special permission to run its own store in the App Store, as well. Fortnite players on iOS, iPad and Mac won’t be able to play with their friends on other platforms either, Epic confirmed to The Verge. Since they’ll be on the same version of the game, cross.
Fortnite Chapter 2 – Season 4 on Mac
Apple has removed Fortnite from its App Store, due to which you cannot simply head over there and install the latest version of the game. But due to macOS being a Linux based platform, it is much more open to installing third-party software, compared to an iPhone. This allows you to download and install Fortnite Chapter 2 – Season 3 from inside of the Epic Games Launcher. However, if you want to play the latest Chapter 2 – Season 4 on your Mac, you can do so by using the Nvidia GeForce Now cloud gaming service, which is available to users free of cost.
Once you get Nvidia GeForce Now running on your Mac, you can simply access one of Nvidia’s remote servers to play the game’s latest rendition, whenever you want.
Downloading Fortnite on iOS
Now that Apple has removed Fortnite from the App Store, you cannot install it onto your iPhone or iPad. However, If you have downloaded the game in the past, you have a chance to re-install its Chapter 2 – Season 3 (v13.40). To do so, you need to open your App Store and click on your Account icon, located on the top right corner. Now click the ‘Purchase’ option to open the list of apps you’ve previously downloaded. From the list, download Fortnite.
If you have never downloaded Fortnite via the App Store, the app will not show up for you at all.
Apple in a statement has said Epic can revert the update, in which it implemented its own in-app payment processing system, to resume distributing and updating Fortnite via the App Store. However, Epic is adamant that it should not have to pay any fees to Apple for distribution of its game, due to which it will not be rolling back its own in-app payment processing system.
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Epic Games is still trying to get Apple to reinstate its Fortnite app on iOS devices. Late Friday, the gaming company filed a motion for a preliminary injunction against Apple's blocking Fortnite on iPhones and iPads.
The injunction brief says that more than 116 million gamers have played Fortnite on iOS, making it the game's biggest platform, larger than its player base on Nintendo Switch, Xbox, PlayStation, PC or Android.
Filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, the motion says, 'all Epic seeks is for the Court to stop Apple from retaliating against Epic for daring to challenge Apple's misconduct.'
In a Saturday statement to CNN Business, Epic said, 'today we ask the Court to stop Apple from retaliating against Epic for daring to challenge Apple's misconduct while our antitrust case proceeds.'
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Fortnite has been blocked on iOS since August, when Epic introduced a new way for players to buy in-game currency directly without paying Apple or Google their customary 30% cut of revenue. This move violated both Apple and Google's app store policies, the tech giants said, and Fortnite was pulled from both iOS and Android devices. Epic then sued both Apple and Google, accusing them of monopolistic practices.
In claiming that Apple monopolizes the distribution and purchase of iOS apps, Epic Games is 'going to have to convince the judge that those are markets to begin with,' John Bergmayer, legal director of consumer rights group Public Knowledge, told CNN Business.
On Saturday, Apple referred CNN Business to its previous statement, saying, 'the court recommended that Epic comply with the App Store guidelines while their case moves forward, guidelines they've followed for the past decade until they created this situation. Epic has refused.'
The statement continued: 'We hope that we can work together again in the future, but unfortunately that is not possible today.'
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The next hearing over the Apple lawsuit is scheduled for September 28. A judge ruled on August 24 that Apple must not block Epic's development platform Unreal Engine, which many developers rely on to create games on Apple devices, but that Fortnite would not be reinstated.
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That decision meant iOS gamers with Fortnite downloaded to their phones aren't able to access the game's latest updates that were released later in August.
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While Apple has maintained that its policies are industry standard and meant to ensure a consistent and secure app experience for consumers, critics say Apple's 30% fee and requirements that all in-app payments be run through Apple's payment channels chill competition.
'I think (Epic winning the lawsuits) would be pretty good for the markets overall,' said Mitch Stoltz, senior staff attorney of the non-profit digital rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation. 'You'd see more experimentation, you'd see more business models. You'd see more innovation.'