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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Alex Hern

Fortnite is back on mobiles after four years thanks to EU law

Epic Games' Fortnite on a mobile screen
Epic Games, publisher of Fortnite, says the game should now also be available to UK users from the end of 2025. Photograph: Dado Ruvić/Reuters

The video game Fortnite is back on mobile phones, four years after Apple and Google pulled it from their app stores. Android users worldwide can install the game, along with two new titles from the publisher, Epic Games, by downloading the company’s new app store.

However, only iPhone users in the EU can follow suit as Epic becomes the highest profile company yet to adopt the looser restrictions forced on Apple by the Digital Markets Act (DMA).

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