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Epic Games revealed today that it’s planning to return to Apple’s digital storefront this year, at least in Europe. The company had parted ways with Apple in 2020 and had been banned from the App Store after attempting to introduce in-app purchases to Fortnite that circumvented Apple’s in-app purchasing rules. However, Epic has now received an Apple Developer Account thanks to the EU’s Digital Markets Act and announced earlier this year that it planned to return to the App Store at some point. Epic Games Sweden AB is responsible for iOS efforts in Europe.
Epic CEO Tim Sweeney said in a post on Twitter: “I’ll be the first to acknowledge a good faith move by Apple amidst our cataclysmic antitrust battle, in granting Epic Games Sweden AB a developer account for operating Epic Games Store and Fortnite in Europe under the Digital Markets Act.”
Under the DMA, Apple must open iOS to third-party stores, including the Epic Games Store. Sweeney previously criticized Apple for using “malicious compliance” to circumvent the DMA’s rules by way of fees and taxes on downloads and payments the company doesn’t process. Sweeney believes this is to make it more difficult for developers to use third-party storefronts rather than Apple’s own.
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