The battle royale may rage on in Fortnite, but the real-world standoff that kept the game off major mobile app stores is finally easing. Fortnite is back on the Google Play Store, according to a company post on X .
It's been five years since publisher Epic Games challenged Apple and Google over the companies' app store fees, which led to Fortnite being removed from both.
In 2020, Epic Games initiated litigation against the two tech giants over their 30% cut of in-app purchases, introducing a way for players to pay outside the official app stores. In response, both companies removed Fortnite for violating store rules. Epic then sued, sparking a prolonged legal battle.
Epic ultimately won its case against Google in 2023, but the appeals process only concluded this year. As

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