Why you can no longer install Fortnite on iOS
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Update September 1st, 10:43AM ET: The following article has been updated following Apple's termination of Epic Games' developer account. That action made it impossible to reinstall all Epic apps associated with that account, including Fortnite and the Inifinity Blade trilogy. The headline has been updated to reflect this fact.
Fortnite disappeared from the App Store earlier this month as part of developer Epic Games' big legal and regulatory showdown with Apple, but the battle royale hit was not gone entirely - at least not for a little while. Apple terminated Epic's developer account last week, making it impossible to reinstall iOS versions of Epic's apps, but there was a short period of time during which iPhone and iPad owners were...