After months of testimony and deliberation, we received an preliminary determination earlier at this time within the authorized battle between Apple and Epic. As a Fortnite participant, chances are you’ll surprise what all of it means when it comes to enjoying the sport on an iOS machine. The brief reply will not be a lot.

The lengthy reply is neither facet got here away from the competition with a decisive win. Judge Gonzales Rogers might have dominated in Epic’s favor when on the problem of permitting App Store builders to direct customers to alternate fee methods, however on each different depend, she sided with Apple. That consists of the query of whether or not the corporate was proper to terminate Epic’s App Store developer account when it added a direct fee choice in Fortnite final 12 months.

On that matter, Judge Gonzales Rodgers stated Apple’s determination was “valid, lawful and enforceable.” It’s due to this fact as much as the corporate whether or not or to not permit the sport again on the App Store. Based on the very fact the tech big rejected Epic’s request to after South Korea that may require each Apple and Google to permit different fee methods on their app shops, and the very fact Epic says it’ll , it’s unlikely the sport will return to iOS anytime quickly.

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney made that a lot clear following the choice. “Fortnite will return to the iOS App Store when and where Epic can offer in-app payment in fair competition with Apple in-app payment, passing along the savings to consumers,” he said on Twitter.

It’s exhausting to place a timeline on once we would possibly see a brand new improvement within the state of affairs. Court instances involving tech firms can take months and generally years to resolve. In the meantime, Fortnite remains to be accessible on different platforms, together with PC, PlayStation and Xbox.