CARY – More than 100 million players of Fortnite via Apple devices have been victims of the legal dispute between Fortnite publisher Epic Games and the global tech giant. But there may be a workaround coming via chip giant Nvidia.
Epic, Apple and Nvidia aren’t talking but Nvidia’s gaming service known as GeForce Now includes a screenshot of Fortnite as an offering.
Fortnite players may be able to access the globally popular game via Nvidia-run servers that are linked to the Apple iOS operating system.
But Apple, while not commenting specifically about the possible Nvidia bypass, told CNBC that its guidelines, “including submitting games individually for review.”
The BBC broke the news about Nvidia on Thursday.
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“Nvidia has developed a version of its GeForce cloud gaming service that runs in the mobile web browser Safari [from Apple],” the BBC reported.
“Apple will not get a cut of virtual items sold within the battle royale fighting title when played this way.”
Apple and Epic are locked in an antitrust site over Epic’s attempts to avoid paying 30% fees to Apple for in-app sales at the Apple app store. Apple has locked out Fortnite as a result.
“Papers filed in the case indicate that Fortnite had 116 million users on iOS, 73 million of whom only played it via Apple’s operating system,” thre BBC noted.
“Unlike Android, Apple does not allow games or other apps to be loaded on to its phones or tablets via app stores other than its own. But it does not restrict which third-party services can run within Safari or other web browsers available via its store.”
Nvidia already offers GeForce Now for Mac, Windows, Android and Chromebook computers, the BBC noted.
Epic also is suing Google over similar fees.
