Previously announced plans to make games like Fortnite Heroes available through third-party software marketplacesBringing it to the European iOS platformEpic Games announced earlier that it will help share the first year's core technology costs of the iOS platform for developers, thereby attracting more game content to its software market service.
Prior to this, Epic Games stated that in addition to "Fortnite" returning to the iOS platform through the third-party software market, games including "Rocket League" will also enter the third-party software market in the same way, allowing more Epic Games games to return to the iOS platform.
In response to the EU Digital Markets Act, Apple previously agreed to allow third-party apps and game content to be provided to iOS platform devices through third-party software markets, but it will still charge a fee.iOS platform core technology costsIf the number of downloads exceeds 100 million times within a year, even if the download is distributed through a third-party software market, Apple will still charge 0.5 euros for each download and installation of the App and game content. Content with global revenue of less than 1000 million euros will have a grace period of up to 3 years.
Therefore, if Epic Games promises to help share the developers' first-year iOS platform core technology costs, it is expected to attract more developers to put their content on the Epic Games Store.
Epic GamesExplainProviding subsidies to developers for a long time is not a long-term solution, but the reason for doing so now is mainly because Apple charges developers fees for inappropriate reasons.
The news is out! We're bringing a bunch of awesome new third-party games to the Epic Games Store on mobile but ran into a few bugs that we're working through now.
We'll provide an update once the games are live and ready to play!
- Epic Games Store (@EpicGames) January 23, 2025
