Epic Games has announced that Fortnite is coming back on iPhones, as a result of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) that will go into effect on March 7. The video game company said that it will offer both the game and the Epic Games Store on mobile in the European region.
“We’ve received our Apple Developer Account and will start developing the Epic Games Store on iOS soon thanks to the new Digital Markets Act.We plan to launch in 2024,” the company said.
Epic Games Sweden AB will operate the mobile Epic Games Store and Fortnite in Europe, with the Store team leading development. Epic Games Sweden has three studios and over 60 employees.
Epic Games Store in 2024
The Fortnite maker also shared its plans in 2024 saying the company is shifting the majority of its attention to improving game discovery, and the player experience overall. As part of this plan, the company will bring a new Download Manager to control timing with updates, schedule downloads, reorder your queue, and more.
There are “significant improvements” planned for Offline Mode, including the ability to deliberately switch to an offline state, a smoother launcher experience with clear error information, and improved authentication flows for users with limited connectivity.
The company will also allow developers and publishers to bring their own subscription service to the Epic Games Store.
Epic Games has also announced about 20 games that are coming to the Epic Games Store in 2024.
Epic Games Store 2023 Year in Review
Epic Games also announced its year in review for 2023. It said that there are now over 270 million Epic Games Store PC users – an increase of 40 million from 2022. This makes a total of 804 million Epic cross-platform accounts.
“In 2023 Daily Active Users peaked at 36.1 million, and Monthly Active Users reached 75 million users – up from last year’s 68 million,” it noted.
In 2023, publishers and developers brought over 1,300 new PC titles to the store, with Epic Games Store now offering over 2900 titles – an increase of 88% since 2022.
“We’ve received our Apple Developer Account and will start developing the Epic Games Store on iOS soon thanks to the new Digital Markets Act.We plan to launch in 2024,” the company said.
Epic Games Sweden AB will operate the mobile Epic Games Store and Fortnite in Europe, with the Store team leading development. Epic Games Sweden has three studios and over 60 employees.
Epic Games Store in 2024
The Fortnite maker also shared its plans in 2024 saying the company is shifting the majority of its attention to improving game discovery, and the player experience overall. As part of this plan, the company will bring a new Download Manager to control timing with updates, schedule downloads, reorder your queue, and more.
There are “significant improvements” planned for Offline Mode, including the ability to deliberately switch to an offline state, a smoother launcher experience with clear error information, and improved authentication flows for users with limited connectivity.
The company will also allow developers and publishers to bring their own subscription service to the Epic Games Store.
Epic Games has also announced about 20 games that are coming to the Epic Games Store in 2024.
Epic Games Store 2023 Year in Review
Epic Games also announced its year in review for 2023. It said that there are now over 270 million Epic Games Store PC users – an increase of 40 million from 2022. This makes a total of 804 million Epic cross-platform accounts.
“In 2023 Daily Active Users peaked at 36.1 million, and Monthly Active Users reached 75 million users – up from last year’s 68 million,” it noted.
In 2023, publishers and developers brought over 1,300 new PC titles to the store, with Epic Games Store now offering over 2900 titles – an increase of 88% since 2022.
