Epic Games will restrict the functionality of older versions of Fortnite. Concretely, iPad and iPhone players will no longer be able to spend V-Bucks, and must be 18 years old to start a game.
Do you know anyone who plays Fortnite on iPad and iPhone, while the game has been removed from the App Store for several months now? The people concerned, diehard fans deprived of updates because of the war between Apple and Epic Games, will be even more sidelined at the end of the month. As indicated the Fortnite Status Twitter account on January 23 : old versions of Fortnite will no longer allow V-Bucks to be spent.
Epic Games will also impose a minimum age required to start a game of Fortnite (18 years old), as long as the game version is August 2020 (13.40). In addition to iOS, other platforms are affected: Macs and the Google Play Store. ” We want all game releases to meet our Epic Online Services rules, which includes parental controls, purchases settings, and verification features “says Epic Games.
How to play the real version of Fortnite on iPad and iPhone?
Whether Fortnite can no longer be retrieved on an iPhone and iPad via the App Store, it is still playable from the moment it was installed before it was removed from the distribution channel. However, without App Store, no updates can be installed. And so it’s been several months that the owners of an Apple device have been playing an old version of Fortnite, with all that this implies in terms of limits (no recent novelty, for example). In August 2020The Verge was already making a terrible observation: “ Fortnite on iOS is already blank and dated. Imagine more than a year later.
Epic Games obviously blames Apple and Google, whose distribution conditions are not to its liking (especially in terms of commissions). It should be noted that these new restrictions are linked to the launch of Epic accounts dedicated to the youngest (which allow for more extensive parental control). A way for the multinational to put on the costume of a good student after being condemned for the ” obscure patterns of its monetization. Without the ability to spend V-Bucks, there will be no more drift.
We remind you that it is possible to play the real version of Fortnite on iPhone and iPad, thanks to Microsoft’s cloud technology (no need to have a subscription). It is also possible to go through GeForce Now, a competing service. In short, mourn this application Fortnite which has not been updated since August 2020.
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