Fortnite developer Epic Games, via founder and CEO Tim Sweeney on X, announced that the game would return to the iOS App Store in the U.S. next week. This comes half a decade after the game was unceremoniously dropped from Apple devices due to a dispute between Apple and Epic over Apple's policy of taking a commission on in-app purchases.

A District Court found that Apple willfully violated the court order in Epic Games v. Apple suit. "Fortnite" will return to the U.S. iOS App Store.

Cultural metaverse Fortnite is set to return to the U.S. iOS App Store next week following a ruling in the years-long legal battle between Epic Games and Apple. The decision comes after a California federal court found that Apple had “willfully violated” a previous injunction designed to open the App Store to greater competition and