Fortnite Returns to Apple App Store Worldwide Ahead of Epic's Legal 'Final Battle'

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The years-long legal battle between Epic Games and Apple heads toward its "final battle" according to Epic, touting the coming conflict as such as it re-released Fortnite onto iOS nearly worldwide. Key word there is nearly: the game is not yet back on the Australian App Store despite Epic having won its case there, so Epic is waiting for the Court to enforce terms on Apple in that region. Even so, it's an interesting coincidence for Epic to be declaring Fortnite's final battle during a major Overwatch crossover event, one that almost implies even Blizzard's characters are joining the fight against Apple, at least until the event ends on June 4th.

Fortunately for Fortnite players on other platforms, the conflict has largely been resolved. Fortnite makes no effort to be on anything but Epic Games Store on PC, and consoles have no choice of app store (yet.)...

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