Overview
- Epic relaunched Fortnite on the App Store on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, making the game available on iPhone and iPad in nearly every country except Australia.
- The company says the global return is designed to push U.S. courts and international regulators to force Apple to reveal how it calculates App Store commissions and other fees.
- The broader legal fight continues in U.S. courts after the Ninth Circuit reversed a stay and sent commission-rate questions back to Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers for a decision on what fees Apple may charge for purchases made via external links.
- Epic refuses to restore Fortnite in Australia because it says Apple is still enforcing developer terms that an Australian court found unlawful and it will wait for a court order or lawful interim terms before returning there.
- Players can now redownload Fortnite on iOS, access main game modes and returning-player rewards, and Epic warns the case could shape app-store payments and competition rules in the EU, Japan, the UK and other major markets.