Epic Games claims victory over Apple in court, Fortnite could soon return to Apple Store

After years of Epic Games battling Apple in court over restrictions around alternative payment methods and notices preventing users from using web links to purchase items, it appears the battle has finally come to an end.

As caught by The Game Business, U.S. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ordered Apple to stop imposing a 27% commission on purchases made through Web links, and to stop calling out the aforementioned messages.

Epic Games has claimed this as a victory and has offered to stop all further lawsuits if Apple accepts this ruling worldwide. There are even plans to get Fortnite back on the Apple Store as early as next week.

“We were one of Apple’s best partners for over a decade, from the time we released Infinity Blade for iOS and did great Unreal Engine support, until we started fighting them in 2020.” said Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic. “A good decade of great collaboration. We hope we can hopefully resolve our dispute now that the law is secret and Apple’s legal obligations under these consumer protection laws are clear, and now that Apple is being forced by the courts to comply.”

We are still waiting for Apple’s response, but it looks like years of fighting between these two titans may be coming to an end.