Now the dust has settled in the legal brawl between the two tech heavyweights, Epic’s battle Royal behemoth could return to iPhones later this year.
Taking to Twitter on New Year’s Eve, Epic CEO Tim Sweeny posted a cryptic tweet that simply stated ‘iOS 2023’. Moments later he clarified his statement with a picture clearly depicting a Fortnite character in the snow looking up at a festive 2023.
Although Sweeny didn’t give any kind of time frame for when Fortnite will be returning to the App Store, the tweet would suggest that despite previously stating that the game would only reappear on iOS devices "when and where Epic can offer in-app payment in fair competition with Apple in-app payment", some kind of compromise has been reached. The tweet gives a clear indication that Epic has either figured out a way to make this possible or that hell has indeed frozen over, and Epic has decided it’ll settle for a lot of cash instead of all the cash.
