Epic debuts the Epic Games Store on iOS in the EU, offering its games, including Fortnite, and plans to start onboarding third-party games starting in December

The Epic Games Store gives iPhone users in the EU an alternative to Apple's App Store for the first time.

Wired 2024-08-17 Morgan Meaker

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@benedictevans Benedict Evans on threads
The iPhone was a very small percentage of Fortnite use, but I wonder how much Epic's decision to leave cost it the zeitgeist even so (or whether that was inevitable anyway).
@stroughtonsmith … Steve Troughton-Smith on mastodon
Hey look at that, external payments in an iOS app for digital goods and the world hasn't ended. — Apple can go to hell — [images]
@macstories@mastodon.macstories.net @macstories@mastodon.macstories.net on mastodon
The Epic Cost of Tim Sweeney's App Store Disputes with Apple and Google https://www.macstories.net/...
@thierrybreton Thierry Breton on x
As of today, thanks to the #DMA, a new app store can be downloaded on iOS & Android devices. Great news for EU users & app developers across the globe who want to do business here. Yes, gamers, Europe means more #FREEDOM & choice! 🎮🇪🇺 #FreeFortnite https://www.epicgames.com/... […
@timsweeneyepic Tim Sweeney on x
#FreeFortnite status: Fortnite has been freed on iOS in Europe, thanks to the Digital Markets Act. Apple continues to block Fortnite from a billion players in the rest of the world, and the battle rages on to restore free market competition. https://www.youtube.com/...
@dimillian Thomas Ricouard on x
Hello 🇺🇸, so we in the EU have Fortnite on iPhone, but you don't. Force once that we have something that you don't, and I'm happy.
@nytimes @nytimes on x
Governments around the world have pressured Apple with laws and lawsuits that aim to loosen its grip over the digital economy. Now, the tech giant is beginning to make concessions that could change people's iPhone experience. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@alexguichet Alex Guichet on x
I'm very ready for a user revolt against @AppStore policies because Epic has published for iOS in the EU. Apple, it's time. Make the next era of iOS start now.
@dimillian Thomas Ricouard on x
Fuck you Apple for having an UX as convulated as this. [image]
@mysk_co @mysk_co on x
Trying out @EpicGames Store for iOS in the EU. @FortniteGame is back to the iPhone, and a couple scare views won't scare a #Fortnite gamer. [image]
@timsweeneyepic Tim Sweeney on x
@malti_offiziell @vlexz97 iPad support is coming soon.
@florian4gamers Florian Mueller on x
Note that Apple is still taxing this through various fees that @TimSweeneyEpic labeled junk fees. So Fortnite hasn't gained unfettered freedom, but it's remarkable that it's back. That said, all in all alternative app stores in the EU won't account for more than, at best, a low
@char_personal @char_personal on x
I knew the UK leaving the EU was a bad idea [image]
@stephentotilo Stephen Totilo on x
Sweeney to me: - $1 billion “is a small price to pay for the future freedom of our company and of all the others who want to participate in the market” - “We regard the mobile gaming business as largely broken” - Etc Read in full at the link (paywalled; there's a free trial)
@stephentotilo Stephen Totilo on x
- Epic says “almost all” of the top 250 mobile game devs are leery to sell in Epic's store because it'd trigger new Apple fees - Apple says 99% of all devs are exempt - Sides disagree on count of install steps for EGS on iOS. Epic: 15; Apple: 5. Count for yourself (vid via Epic) …
@mustardplays @mustardplays on x
This is huge. If Epic can get this in the US it's a whole new ball game for Fortnite and Creative. Roblox is so huge because they tap into the mobile space. If Fortnite can start getting mobile players, CCUs will skyrocket!
@marionawfal Mario Nawfal on x
APPLE'S WALLED GARDEN STARTS TO CRUMBLE Apple's once-impenetrable App Store walls are breaking down as the company has been forced to allow Epic Games to launch a rival store and Spotify to promote discounts directly in their app across Europe. In the U.S., Apple is opening its […
@stephentotilo Stephen Totilo on x
NEW: With Epic rolling out the Epic Game Store on mobile in the EU today, I asked @TimSweeneyEpic how much the fight against Apple and Google has cost Epic... About $1 billion, but it's been worth it, he said. Lots more in this morning's Game File: https://www.gamefile.news/...
@constantinidisa Andreas on x
IT'S HAPPENING! 🎮👀 #EpicStore available NOW! In a press release, Epic confirmed that the Epic Games Store is available to download on Android devices worldwide, in addition to iPhones, but only for Apple smartphone owners based in the EU. LFG! https://store.epicgames.com/ ... [im…
@pkafka Peter Kafka on x
Four years ago Epic Games dared Apple to kick Fortnite off the iPhone. Apple kicked Fortnite off the iPhone. Now Fortnite is back on the iPhone - but only in Europe, thanks to regulators there.
@gergelyorosz Gergely Orosz on x
Wow: that the only way to play Fortnite on iOS is to be in the EU. This begs the question: when you pay $1,000+ for a new high-end iPhone: why can you not play this (wildly popular game) in places like the US or Asia? Why can Apple ban it “just” for not using Apple's payments?
@fortnitegame @fortnitegame on x
Back like we never left. Download Fortnite via the new Epic Games Store on Android worldwide & iOS in the European Union and complete mobile Quests to unlock the Katalina Outfit ✨ http://fortnite.com/... [video]
@theagentshadow @theagentshadow on x
Fortnite Returns to iOS in the European Union! On August 16, a downloadable version of Fortnite will return to iOS in the EU! Learn how to download and, for EU and non-EU players, get the Katalina Outfit. https://www.fortnite.com/...
@wired @wired on x
Apple's own App Store is officially getting some well-deserved competition. Today, Epic Games officially launched a rival app store for iOS in the EU, marking the first time Apple's own App Store has had to face a serious rival. 🔗 https://www.wired.com/... [image]
@tomwarren Tom Warren on x
Epic Games has launched its own app store on iOS today, bringing Fortnite back to the iPhone four years after Apple pulled the game from its App Store https://www.theverge.com/... [image]
@shiinabr Shiina on x
FORTNITE IS BACK ON IOS IN THE EU!!! 🔥 Head to https://www.fortnite.com/... on iOS to download the Epic Games Launcher there. 👀 [image]
r/gamingnews r on reddit
Epic's Tim Sweeney: Fighting Apple and Google has cost Epic about $1 billion
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The Epic Games Store Launches on Mobile
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Epic's Tim Sweeney: Fighting Apple and Google has cost Epic about $1 billion
@altstoreio @altstoreio on threads
The moment you've been waiting for is here — Fortnite is now on AltStore PAL! Add Epic's “Recommended Source” to download Fortnite today, as well as Rocket League Sideswipe and the all-new mobile version of Fall Guys 🫘✨ Download AltStore PAL for FREE https://altstore.io/
@shanegill.io Shane Gill on threads
Won my first round of Fall Guys!
@stroughtonsmith … Steve Troughton-Smith on mastodon
Now do Steam. — [images]
@rileytestut@mastodon.social @rileytestut@mastodon.social on mastodon
The prophecy has been fulfilled — Fortnite has officially launched on AltStore 🙌 — Most importantly for me though: Fall Guys mobile too!! — https://fosstodon.org/...
@tomwarren Tom Warren on x
Epic Games has launched its own app store on iOS today in the EU, bringing Fortnite back to the iPhone four years after Apple pulled the game from its App Store https://www.theverge.com/... [image]
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Fortnite is back on the iPhone — with a whole app store in tow

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