{"id":145,"date":"2025-05-16T02:53:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T22:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/tim-sweeney-is-mocking-apple-for-letting-fortnite-fakes-into-the-app-store\/"},"modified":"2025-05-16T02:53:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T22:53:25","slug":"tim-sweeney-is-mocking-apple-for-letting-fortnite-fakes-into-the-app-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/tim-sweeney-is-mocking-apple-for-letting-fortnite-fakes-into-the-app-store\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Sweeney is mocking Apple for letting Fortnite fakes into the App Store"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Epic Games has been waiting for Apple to approve Fortnite<\/em> 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<\/em> lookalikes that are currently on the App Store and made a direct appeal to Apple CEO Tim Cook.<\/p>\n

In one post<\/a>, Sweeney included screenshots of the App Store listing for a game called Fort Battle Royale Epic Shoot<\/em>. A screenshot in the app listing shows a game with Fortnite<\/em>-inspired graphics, but it\u2019s clear if you look closely that it isn\u2019t the real Fortnite<\/em>. \u201cHey @AppStore can we get the real Fortnite up pls?\u201d Sweeney asked<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Soon after, Sweeney said that<\/a> Fort Battle Royale Epic Shoot<\/em> had been taken down from the App Store but also highlighted another Fortnite<\/em> clone, Epic Survival Battle Royale 3D<\/em>. That app, as of this writing, is still available on the App Store. (Apple has something of a history of letting unofficial<\/a> fakes<\/a> of popular games slip onto the store.)<\/p>\n

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Update: Apple has taken down Fort Battle Royale Epic Shoot. Players looking for a fake adware version of Fortnite on the App Store should instead try Epic Survival Battle Royale 3D Clash Squad Battle Royale 3D, approved by Apple. https:\/\/t.co\/FfKD0jYYpS<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/rYGeXH5WId<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) May 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Sweeney also replied to a post Cook made earlier in the day. \u201cHi Tim. How about if you let our mutual customers access Fortnite? Just a thought,\u201d Sweeney wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Shortly after the April 30th ruling<\/a> in Epic Games v. Apple<\/em> that blocked Apple from charging a fee on purchases made outside the App Store, Sweeney announced that Epic would bring Fortnite<\/em> back to the US iOS App Store \u201cnext week.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Epic said it submitted Fortnite<\/em> to Apple on Friday, May 9th<\/a>, but the app hasn\u2019t yet been approved. (Apple\u2019s website says that<\/a> \u201con average, 90 percent of submissions are reviewed in less than 24 hours.\u201d)<\/p>\n

Sweeney said yesterday<\/a> that the company submitted a new version because \u201cwe need to release a weekly Fortnite update with new content this Friday, and all platforms must update simultaneously.\u201d But that updated submission still hasn\u2019t been approved, either.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t have an update on our Fortnite<\/em> submission to the App Store,\u201d Sweeney said earlier on Thursday<\/a>. \u201cApple has neither accepted nor rejected it. So the Friday update to Fortnite<\/em> is now in jeopardy.\u201d<\/p>\n

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We don\u2019t have an update on our Fortnite submission to the App Store. Apple has neither accepted nor rejected it. So the Friday update to Fortnite is now in jeopardy.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) May 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

It\u2019s unclear if that last sentence means that Epic plans to delay the planned Friday Fortnite<\/em> update<\/a> for all platforms where Fortnite<\/em> is available as a result of Apple not yet approving the update.<\/p>\n

Apple and Epic Games didn\u2019t immediately reply to a request for comment.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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