Epic已经确认不会发布iOS或macOS即将推出的Fortnite第二季第四季，并称与苹果就应用内支付处理和其他应用商店纠纷持续存在的反垄断纠纷阻止了Epic在苹果设备上发布更新和新安装。虽然这是一个可疑的事态发展后，Fortnite的删除本月早些时候-史诗警告说，这可能发生在当天的应用程序被拉-本赛季的推出周四，8月27日已经很快接近没有正式的消息从史诗的计划。

“苹果正在阻止应用商店的Fortnite更新和新安装，并表示他们将终止我们为苹果设备开发Fortnite的能力。因此，Fortnite最新发布的第2章第4季更新（v14.00）将不会在8月27日的iOS和macOS上发布。“如果你还想在Android上玩Fortnite，你可以从Android上的Epic Games应用程序访问Fortnite的最新版本Fortnite.com/安卓或者三星Galaxy商店。”

Epic必须面对的一个因素是，它能否说服主持其对苹果诉讼的法官发布临时限制令，阻止苹果将Fortnite从应用程序商店拒之门外，并阻止Epic的更新。法官伊冯·冈萨雷斯·罗杰斯（Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers）周一晚间在当天早些时候的一次听证会后做出裁决，批准了Epic的限制令，但仅针对其不真实的引擎业务，苹果还以终止相关开发者账户为威胁目标。

这意味着苹果不需要将Fortnite恢复到App Store，Epic被迫围绕无法发布iOS或macOS版本游戏更新这一事实进行规划。苹果表示，Epic可以简单地恢复其应用内支付处理系统的更新，恢复在iOS和macOS上分发和更新Fortnite。

但Epic拒绝了，在今天发表的一篇题为《我们为什么战斗》的新博客文章中说，苹果的提议是“邀请Epic与苹果勾结，以维持其垄断地位”，而Epic“作为一个原则问题。。。不会参与此计划。”

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Epic gave Fortnite players on iOS a choice between Apple payment and Epic direct payment, passing on savings to direct purchasers. Apple retaliated by blocking Fortnite updates on iOS devices and threatening to prevent Epic from creating software for all Apple devices - not just on Fortnite but all of our games, and Unreal Engine too.

Apple is asking that Epic revert Fortnite to exclusively use Apple payments. Their proposal is an invitation for Epic to collude with Apple to maintain their monopoly over in-app payments on iOS, suppressing free market competition and inflating prices. As a matter of principle, we won’t participate in this scheme.

You, as a mobile device owner, have the right to install apps from sources of your choosing. Software makers have the right to freely express their ideas and to compete in a fair marketplace. Apple’s policies take these freedoms away.

Apple’s policies are so restrictive that they block gaming services like Microsoft xCloud, NVIDIA GeForce NOW, and Google Stadia from existing on iOS. Apple’s policies would have even blocked the World Wide Web if it had been invented after the iPhone, because Apple policies disallow running code not reviewed by Apple, accepting payments directly from customers, and accessing content not reviewed by Apple - all fundamental features of the web. These policies, together with Apple’s chilling enforcement strategy, directly impede innovation and invention of entirely new kinds of apps, games, and businesses.

Epic is one of the many game developers who has long worked to advance better and fairer platform practices, such as cross-platform gameplay, communication, accounts, and items in Fortnite on seven platforms (though now only six). We are committed to securing lasting freedoms for all. This is why we fight.

You can view the record of our legal dispute in our August 13, August 17, and August 23 filings.