Epic Games warns Fortnite players about iOS 14

Published at 24/09/2020 at 05:33 By Clémence "Idril" Lemoal

Next iOS patch could cause Apple users to lose the latest version of Fortnite installed on their devices.

Epic Games warns Fortnite players about iOS 14

Epic Games turns on the warning signals as iOS 14 deployment approaches on Apple devices. According to the publisher, this patch could result in Fortnite being permanently removed from the updated device. This is a major issue for iOS users who, due to the open war between Apple and Epic, can no longer reinstall the battle royale.

Fortnite iOS players updating to iOS 14 may lose access to Fortnite. If the message “Temporarily Remove Apps to Install the Software Update?” is accepted, it may result in Fortnite being deleted. Fortnite cannot later be reinstalled due to Apple preventing users from doing so.

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This disturbance is another consequence of the conflict between Apple and Epic Games, which is now more than a month old.

By trying to bypass the 30% tax imposed by Apple on micro-transactions made on games downloaded from the App Store, Epic Games is involved in an unprecedented conflict.

In retaliation, Apple has frozen all deployments of Fortnite updates to iOS starting with v13.40, and has removed the battle royale from its application store.

Epic also gave a manipulation to do for those who still want to play Fortnite on their mobile:

iOS players who wish to continue playing Fortnite should press Cancel first. Then, to free up space you can offload apps or media by going to Settings->General->iPhone Storage. Once you have cleared out enough space, attempt the update again and the prompt will no longer appear.

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Original content by Romain "Zorg" Becquelin.

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