Fortnite says it’s now unavailable on Apple’s iOS globally because the tech giant blocked a bid to release the popular video game for iPhone users in the U.S. and Europe.

Apple pulled Epic Games-owned Fortnite from its app store back in 2020, just two years after the widely-popular, multiplayer survival game had launched on iOS and garnered millions of users ...

In 2020, Apple blocked “Fortnite” from its App Store after Epic Games enabled a feature that allowed customers to pay them directly. A lawsuit filed by Epic Games resulted in a split verdict ...

Apple called Fortnite’s Epic bluff, booting the game for violating App Store rules (and Google followed suit), all the while Epic Games responded with a lawsuit.

In retaliation, Apple is blocking Fortnite from a billion devices," Epic wrote in its ad, called Nineteen Eighty-Fortnite and posted to YouTube. "Join the fight to stop 2020 from becoming '1984.

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Apple and Google subsequently pulled "Fortnite" from their stores. That led to Epic Games filing suits against both companies, charging that their app stores are anti-competitive and monopolistic.

Fortnite developer Epic Games is fighting against what it believes are unjust policies for both Apple’s App Store and Google Play. Here are all of the news and developments.