Apple no longer wants Epic Games among those who make games and apps for iPhone or Mac. This decision will affect all development with the Unreal Engine on iOS or Mac.
La war between Apple and Epic Games it just took a new twist that is going to have a lot of collateral damage. What started as Epic Games wanting to not have to pay fees to Apple or Google when they only put the app in their mandatory stores, now it can affect all Unreal Engine development in the Apple ecosystem.
[amazon box="B019ZNWHMQ"]Without Epic Games on Mac, no games with Unreal Engine
Due to the infractions they have committed by not complying with the agreements to publish in the App Store, Apple will withdraw the support and development tools. They will no longer be able to develop anything for iOS or Mac. The rest of their games on the App Store will disappear, and games like Infinity Blade will be lost.
But this decision by Apple will not only affect not being able to play Fortnite anymore. It should be remembered that Epic Games also develops the Unreal Engine, whose version 5 is going to be a benchmark in the coming years. Apart from Unity, the Unreal Engine is one of the most used and outsourced engines due to its power and the community that they have generated. Yes, even Square Enix, who made Final Fantasy XV with its own engine due to its bragging mentality, ended up using Unreal Engine to make Kingdom Hearts III and Final Fantasy VII Remake!
And if Epic Games cannot use Apple's tools to develop the Unreal Engine on Mac or iOS, Apple is condemning thousands of developers not to be able to release games on their devices. It is okay that gaming on Mac is not very widespread, but gaming on iPhone is a market that cannot be ignored for many developers. And it will affect those who use Macs to develop video games on Unreal Engine or even projects such as 3D animation.
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