As the company promised, Apple has terminated Epic Games' account that it uses to support and maintain Fortnite and the other games like the Infinity Blade apps. Epic has already warned its iOS and macOS users that they would lose the ability to update Fortnite after August 28.
In a statement, Apple said the developer sent multiple updates for certification, which violated its guidelines.
"We are disappointed that we have had to terminate the Epic Games account on the App Store. We have worked with the team at Epic Games for many years on their launches and releases. The court recommended that Epic comply with the App Store guidelines while their case moves forward, guidelines they've followed for the past decade until they created this situation. Epic has refused. Instead, they repeatedly submit Fortnite updates designed to violate the guidelines of the App Store. This is not fair to all other developers on the App Store and is putting customers in the middle of their fight. We hope that we can work together again in the future, but unfortunately, that is not possible today."
Epic CEO Tim Sweeney takes issue with how Apple worded its statement, and he says they did try to submit a new Fortnite build. He said in a tweet, "Apple's statement isn't forthright. They chose to terminate Epic's account; they didn't *have* to. Apple suggests we spammed the App Store review process. That's not so. Epic submitted three Fortnite builds: two bug-fix updates, and the Season 4 update with this note."
Epic still has access to its account that maintains the Unreal Engine after a judge granted a temporary restraining order that prevents Apple from terminating it.