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Epic pulls, resubmits Fortnite's US App Store request after not hearing back from Apple all week

Epic Games has withdrawn its initial submission for Fortnite to return to the iPhone App Store in the US, after Apple failed to respond.

Epic Games has withdrawn its initial submission for Fortnite to return to the iPhone App Store in the US, after Apple failed to approve the game for launch this week. Now, due to the game's ever-updating nature, Epic has been forced to withdraw that submission and reapply using Fortnite's next game version - which had been due to go live on all platforms this morning, but has now been postponed until tomorrow. These developments follow the bombshell ruling of a US judge earlier this month that blasted Apple for continuing to impede developers from offering their own in-app payment methods - the issue which kickstarted Fortnite's long-running feud with Apple and got the game booted from the App Store worldwide.

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