


The moves escalate a dispute between the companies that had been brewing in recent weeks. and Google removed Fortnite from their app stores on Thursday, prompting lawsuits by the game’s creator, Epic Games Inc. So what’s going on? According to Yahoo News: Google pulled Fortnite from their App Store as well, so Android users aren’t able to download and play the game right now either. The wildly popular team shooter and building game is currently unavailable to play because of a dispute between Epic Games, the creator of Fortnite, and Apple, who hosts the App Store for iPhone and iPad. On iPhone and iPad, if you already have the most recently updated version you’ll be able to play Fortnite for a bit longer until the new season comes out or the game requires an update.īut if you’re on iPhone and iPad and you need to update Fortnite first, launching Fortnite may tell you that you need an app update, but when you go to update the app you will see an error message stating “‘Fortnite’ No Longer Available” and how the game has been removed by the developer.
