Fortnite Coming to AltStore on iOS in European Union

Apple rival Epic Games today announced plans to bring Fortnite to alternative app store AltStore in the European Union, which will mean the popular game will soon be available to download on iPhones and iPads.

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Created by developer Riley Testut, AltStore PAL was one of the first alternative app stores on iOS when it launched back in April. AltStore PAL is available in the European Union, where Apple supports sideloading to comply with Digital Markets Act.

AltStore is an open-source app that distributes Testut's popular Delta game emulator as well as apps from other independent developers. Distributing apps through AltStore is free of charge, so ‌Epic Games‌ will not need to pay a fee to Testut, but Apple will collect an 0.50 euro Core Technology Fee (CTF) from ‌Epic Games‌ after Fortnite receives more than one million annual first installs.

Customers who install AltStore must also pay 1.50 euros per year, a fee that is required because of Apple's CTF. Apple charges Testut 0.50 euros each time AltStore is installed.

Along with bringing Fortnite to AltStore, ‌Epic Games‌ said that it will bring Fortnite to other mobile stores that "give all developers a great deal," while also "ending distribution partnerships with mobile stores that serve as rent collectors." ‌Epic Games‌ said that it will be removing Fortnite and other Epic titles from the Samsung Galaxy Store to protest Samsung's "anticompetitive decision to block side-loading by default" on Samsung devices.

‌Epic Games‌ also reiterated plans to bring its ‌Epic Games‌ Store to iOS in the European Union. Epic will charge a store fee of 12 percent for payments that it processes, and 0 percent on third-party payments.

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Top Rated Comments

rjp1 Avatar
15 months ago

lol dead game, dead store, but either way, Epic will find some way to blame Apple for lack of players.
I don't play the game and don't care about it.

However, the game is still massively popular and the playerbase is still growing. Companies would kill to have a "dead" game like this.
Score: 27 Votes (Like | Disagree)
breenmask Avatar
15 months ago
lol dead game, dead store, but either way, Epic will find some way to blame Apple for lack of players.
Score: 20 Votes (Like | Disagree)
icanhazmac Avatar
15 months ago

Customers who install AltStore must also pay 1.50 euros per year, a fee that is required because of Apple's CTF. Apple charges Testut 0.50 euros each time AltStore is installed.
What?!?!

That is an unreasonable markup and should be investigated! :rolleyes:
Score: 14 Votes (Like | Disagree)
GizmoDVD Avatar
15 months ago
Neat! Epic coming to make hundreds of dollars on this as opposed to the millions they were making
Score: 13 Votes (Like | Disagree)
dotnet Avatar
15 months ago
Are Epic games 30% cheaper on side-load stores than on the Apple App Store?
Score: 12 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Realityck Avatar
15 months ago
In other news
https://www.phonearena.com/news/epic-games-pulling-fortnite-from-galaxy-store-just-as-the-game-returns-to-ios-in-the-eu_id160788

Epic Games has just announced ('https://www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/news/epic-s-new-game-strategy-for-mobile-stores') that Fortnite and other Epic Games titles will be leaving the Samsung Galaxy Store. This is in protest of Samsung's decision to block side-loading by default on their Android devices, which Epic Games considers anti-competitive.

The decision above is a response to revelations in the US Epic v Google lawsuit about Google's proposals to Samsung to limit competition in the Android app distribution market. However, there is a silver lining, as Fortnite is set to return to iOS devices in the European Union.
Are things never happy at Epic? If it isn't Apple now it's with Samsung. :D
Score: 11 Votes (Like | Disagree)