Apple bans Fortnite from App Store until legal case is settled

Tim Sweeney, CEO of Fortnite maker Epic Games Inc., said Wednesday it's been told by Apple that the game will be "blacklisted from the Apple ecosystem" until the companies' legal case is resolved and all appeals are exhausted, which could take as long as five years.

Sweeney posted on Twitter that Epic has asked Apple to reinstate Fortnite and promised "that it will adhere to Apple's guidelines whenever and wherever we release products on Apple's platforms."

"Apple spent a year telling the world, the court, and the press they'd 'welcome Epic's return to the App Store if they agree to play by the same rules as everyone else.' Epic agreed, and now Apple has reneged in another abuse of its monopoly power over a billion users," Sweeney tweeted.