After a five-year absence, Fortnite has made its long-awaited comeback to the US App Store, reigniting conversation around digital rights and corporate power in the tech industry. Its return marks the end of a bruising legal war between Epic Games and Apple—one that reshaped the rules of the App Store and sent shockwaves through the developer

Epic Games has been waiting for Apple to approve Fortnite for the US iOS App Store for nearly a week, and now Epic CEO Tim Sweeney is using X to try and put pressure on Apple. On Thursday, he highlighted examples of Fortnite lookalikes that are currently on the App Store and made a direct appeal to Apple CEO Tim Cook.

Last month, a ruling stopped Apple from charging a commission on purchases made outside of an iOS app—the point of contention that initially led to Fortnite being pulled from the App Store way back in 2020.

Apple reinstated Epic Games’ Fortnite to the U.S. App Store, ending a five-year restriction for the first-person shooter.

Fortnite has technically been available on Apple devices in other ways for a while now, whether its through the Epic Game Store in the European Union, or game streaming services like Xbox Cloud Gaming and NVIDIA GeForce Now in the US. Returning to the App Store is a symbolic victory. The real prize are the court orders that came from Epic v. Apple.

The mobile version of Fortnite was banned from Apple’s and Google’s app stores near the height of its popularity.

The Apple App Store seems to be filled with Fortnite fakes, and Epic’s CEO, Tim Sweeney, is calling them out on it.

Fans have awaited Fortnite iOS information since the title announced its mobile return. Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney originally stated on April 30 2025 that it wo

Apple's developer website states that most apps are reviewed in about a day, but Sweeney claims Apple hasn't responded at all in almost a week.

Ostensibly out of a desire to avoid further legal troubles from Epic Games, Apple has finally restored 'Fortnite' to their iOS App Store.