As promised, and following years of litigation between Apple and Epic Games, Epic Games on Thursday announced plans to bring Fortnite to alternative app store AltStore in the European Union, which will mean the popular game will soon be available to download on iPhones and iPads.
AltStore PAL, which was created by developer Riley Testut, surfaced as one of the first alternative app store for iOS when is launched this past April. The storefront is available in the European Union, where Apple supports sideloading to comply with Digital Markets Act.
AltStore is an open-source app that distributes Testut’s popular Delta game emulator as well as apps from other independent developers. Distributing apps through AltStore is free of charge, so Epic Games will not need to pay a fee to Testut, but Apple will collect an 0.50 euro Core Technology Fee (CTF) from Epic Games after Fortnite receives more than one million annual first installs.
Customers installing AltStore pay an annual fee of 1.50 euros per year, which is required given Apple’s CTG. Apple, in turn, charges developers like Testut 0.50 euros each time AltStore is installed.
Epic Games has said that it will bring Fortnite to other mobile stores that “give all developers a great deal,” while also “ending distribution partnerships with mobile stores that serve as rent collectors.” Epic Games has also stated that it will be removing Fortnite and other Epic titles from the Samsung Galaxy Store to protest Samsung’s “anticompetitive decision to block side-loading by default” on Samsung devices.
For its end, Epic will charge a store fee of 12 percent for all payments that it processes, as well as zero percent on third-party payments.
Via MacRumors and Epic Games