{"id":248024,"date":"2024-07-26T12:21:04","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T12:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/26\/epic-games-removes-fortnite-from-galaxy-store-plans-to-bring-it-to-the-altstore-for-ios-users-in-the-eu\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:13:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:13:52","slug":"epic-games-removes-fortnite-from-galaxy-store-plans-to-bring-it-to-the-altstore-for-ios-users-in-the-eu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/26\/epic-games-removes-fortnite-from-galaxy-store-plans-to-bring-it-to-the-altstore-for-ios-users-in-the-eu\/","title":{"rendered":"Epic Games removes Fortnite from Galaxy Store, plans to bring it to the AltStore for iOS users in the EU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"review-body\">\n<p>Epic Games announced its new strategy for mobile app stores. The video game publisher is ending its distribution partnerships with mobile stores which it calls \u201crent collectors\u201d and is instead opting to offer its games via the upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/the_epic_games_store_is_coming_to_ios_and_android_later_this_year_-news-62118.php\">Epic Games Store<\/a> to Android users worldwide and iOS users in the EU.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-image\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/fdn.gsmarena.com\/imgroot\/news\/24\/07\/epic-removes-fortnite-from-galaxy-store\/inline\/-1200\/gsmarena_001.jpg\" alt=\"Epic Games removes Fortnite from Galaxy Store, plans to bring it to the AltStore for iOS users in the EU\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Epic also announced it will bring its mobile game portfolio (including Fortnite) to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/altstore_pal_is_a_thirdparty_ios_app_store_now_officially_available_in_europe-news-62493.php\">AltStore<\/a> for iOS users in the EU. Epic also plans to expand to two more third-party stores soon.<\/p>\n<p>On the opposite side, Epic is removing its game library from the Samsung Galaxy Store due to Samsung\u2019s new app sideloading policies. Samsung introduced an Auto Blocker feature with One UI 6 as a means to prevent malware and USB hijacking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"image-row clearfix\">&#13;<br \/>\n<a onclick=\"javascript:ShowImg2(&quot;news\/24\/07\/epic-removes-fortnite-from-galaxy-store\/inline\/-1200x900m\/gsmarena_002.jpg&quot;);return false\" href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Samsung Auto Blocker feature\" width=\"364\" height=\"223\" src=\"https:\/\/fdn.gsmarena.com\/imgroot\/news\/24\/07\/epic-removes-fortnite-from-galaxy-store\/inline\/-x223\/gsmarena_002.jpg\"\/><\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n<a onclick=\"javascript:ShowImg2(&quot;news\/24\/07\/epic-removes-fortnite-from-galaxy-store\/inline\/-1200x900m\/gsmarena_003.jpg&quot;);return false\" href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Samsung Auto Blocker feature\" width=\"265\" height=\"223\" src=\"https:\/\/fdn.gsmarena.com\/imgroot\/news\/24\/07\/epic-removes-fortnite-from-galaxy-store\/inline\/-x223\/gsmarena_003.jpg\"\/><\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/><span><strong>Samsung Auto Blocker feature<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>One UI 6.1.1 has expanded its restrictions to app sideloading meaning any Samsung Galaxy phone running One UI 6.1.1 won\u2019t be able to sideload apps by default. There is an easy workaround that involves toggling the AutoBlocker feature off from the settings menu. Devices running older versions of OneUI 6 are not affected by the AutoBlocker sideloading protection for now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-source\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.epicgames.com\/site\/en-US\/news\/epic-s-new-game-strategy-for-mobile-stores\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/epic_games_removes_fortnite_from_galaxy_store_plans_to_bring_it_to_the_altstore_for_ios_users_in_the-news-63858.php\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Epic Games announced its new strategy for mobile app stores. The video game publisher is ending its distribution partnerships with mobile stores which it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":248025,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[165],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248024"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}