Apple bans Fortnite publisher’s app store

Epic Games, publisher of Fortnite, can no longer design apps for users of iPhones and other Apple devices: Apple closed its account on Friday, after having already banned the application of the famous battle royale.

The two companies have been clashing for two weeks in the courts and in the press over the commission that Apple takes on consumer purchases through the App Store, its go-to platform for downloading apps to the brand’s devices.

On Monday, a California judge ruled that Apple could not exclude Epic Games from its developer program, but ruled in favor of removing the video game from the App Store.