Fortnite Coming to Mobile Devices, including iOS, via GeForce Now despite Apple Banning It

[Peter_Brosdahl]

Image: Epic Games



A new announcement on the NVIDIA GeForce NOW blog page indicates an interesting turn of events. The app will be bringing Fortnite to mobile devices, including iOS, for a limited time in a closed beta. This is despite Apple having banned the game from its app store in August 2020. The update states, “Starting next week, Fortnite on GeForce NOW will launch in a limited-time closed beta for mobile, all streamed through the Safari web browser on iOS and the GeForce NOW Android app.”



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[LeRoy_Blanchard]

So Apple banning Nvidia from iOS next?
Nvidia buying ARM and then telling Apple they'll only be allowed to use ARM if they let GeForce NOW back on iOS?

(Pretty sure the last half isn't possible anyway since Apple is designing and building their ARM processor in house, but man that would be a funny turn of events) (assuming Nvidia is allowed to buy ARM)

 

[Brian_B]

Apple already banned the game streaming services once - telling them they had to list each title individually in the App Store so they could be reviewed. I didn’t know they had reversed that to allow GeForce on the App Store

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

NVIDIA vs Apple. This could get interesting.