Fortnite: the Epic title is also removed from the Google Play Store

In the last few hours, a real media hurricane has broken out around Fortnite, the famous Battle Royale title epic Games  The development team, in fact, has recently decided to introduce a new payment system in Fortnite designed specifically for versions for versions Android e iOS of title. This system allows players to purchase directly within the game, thus bypassing Apple's payment processing and avoid the 30% tax on purchases. In response to this,  Apple has decided to remove the title from the App Store.

In a statement sent to The Verge, Apple said it removed Fortnite from the App Store for violated company guidelines, stating that the change was done with intent to violate these guidelines and that has not been reviewed or approved by Apple. Shortly after Epic Games, via a post published on the account Twitter Fortnite official, has announced that it has opened a lawsuit against Apple, because of his monopolistic and unfair behavior against the competition.

However, in the last few hours, the story has had a further implication. In fact, Fortnite has recently been removed from devices as well Android, and the result of that action is that epic Games, as it did with Apple, he decided to sue also Google. A very delicate situation that sees two different ways of seeing the mobile market opposed.

Epic Games, in any case, seemed ready for Apple's removal of the title, and officially announced a new short film in the Party Royale of Fortnite, titled Nineteen Eighty-Fortnite, clear reference to an old Apple commercial used in 1984 to sponsor the release of the Macintosh. At the moment we just have to wait for more information and answers from Apple and Google, which could arrive in the next few hours.