PSA: Epic will honor V-Bucks trapped on Apple platforms

With all the things else happening, you might have momentarily forgotten Epic Video games and Apple’s on-going authorized battle over the Fortnite creator’s various fee system that obtained it booted off the App Retailer. The lawsuits are nonetheless enjoying out, however right here’s a small constructive: Epic introduced final Friday that your V-Bucks stranded on the macOS and iOS variations of Fortnite might be honored and credited to your account so you possibly can spend them on different platforms.

Epic says that gamers who bought V-Bucks on iOS and macOS ought to obtain their credit score by in the present day, November ninth. These V-Bucks could be spent on any platform that may play Fortnite apart from iOS or macOS.

In case you’re questioning how far the authorized battle has come, we’ve obtained an entire StoryStream and a quick timeline that may catch you up, however a good shorter model is that this: Apple was finally compelled to permit Epic to proceed to replace the Unreal Engine for developer use, however Fortnite stays off the App Retailer.

From a gaming perspective, Epic’s battle with Apple has left the iOS and macOS variations of Fortnite a shadow of their former selves. Play outdoors of Apple’s ecosystem is disabled and the core development loop that retains gamers coming again to the sport — the seasonal updates and battle move system — are inaccessible. Fortnite on Apple platforms by no means noticed this summer time’s “Nexus Conflict” Marvel replace, nor the collection of in-game live shows that adopted, and there’s no telling when any of that content material would possibly come again. If gamers need to spend their V-Bucks and keep up-to-date with the sport, they’ll have to take action some other place.