
It won't be receiving any further updates either, so Apple players should get used to the current version, because they'll be stuck with it for a while. Since Apple isn't allowing Epic to address those bugs, the entire game mode will be made totally unavailable starting on September 23rd.ĭespairing Fortnite fans can take some solace in the fact that the game's battle royale mode will still be playable on Mac devices, at least for the foreseeable future.
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The developer claims that this is because the newest update causes severe bugs for players who are stuck with the older version. Because of this new ban, Epic is completely removing Fortnite: Save The World from Apple computers. As was announced by Epic Games on the official Fortnite website, Apple has banned the developer from updating and maintaining its game on computers running Mac. Having successfully decimated Epic's presence on iOS, Apple is looking closer to home and beginning to target Fortnite on macOS. Related: Apple Says Fortnite IOS Ban Will Last ‘At Least A Year’ Not long after this ruling, Apple took an alternate course of action and banned every single Epic game from iOS. A judge prevented Apple from following through on this threat, but took no issue with the Fortnite ban.


After banning Fortnite from iOS devices, the tech giant threatened to cut Epic's developer access entirely, which would make it impossible for the developer to update and maintain Unreal Engine on iOS. Epic's legal action following the ban was swift, and to this day, it's sticking to its guns and insisting that Apple is maintaining an unfair monopoly on the app store.Īpple has been systematically purging Epic Games from its entire ecosystem. Fortnite was previously removed from the App Store following Epic's attempt to undercut Apple on profits from the in-game currency V-Bucks. Epic Games is removing Fortnite: Save The World from Mac devices due to the ongoing legal conflict between the developer and Apple.
