Epic Games Apple Commercial
Hot on the heels of apple banning fortnite from its app store epic games has announced that it ll premiere a new short film within the game called nineteen eighty fortnite in an obvious parody.
Epic games apple commercial. But epic games came prepared. On screen text declared epic games has defied the. To kick off the lawsuit epic debuted a short video inside of fortnite that parodied apple s famous 1984. Epic games responded by releasing a video titled nineteen eighty fotrtnite a parody of apple s iconic 1984 television commercial but using fortnite characters.
Epic just premiered a new short mocking apple shortly after the iphone maker kicked fortnite from the app store for violating its guidelines. The new campaign is a message against apple because apple has blocked fortnite from the app store due to the epic direct payment feature the nineteen eighty fortnite commercial is a parody of the 1984 macintosh the well. In response to the ban epic set up a video inside fortnite. The video from epic games is a full parody of apple s iconic 1984 commercial featuring fortnite characters acting out the entire thing.
Minutes later epic games broadcast a short video inside fortnite party royale presenting a spin on apple s iconic 1984 commercial. Epic games has released an anti apple commercial called nineteen eighty fortnite as it mounts a legal challenge to apple removing the game from ios due to direct payments. It would seem as though epic games expected the removal of fortnite ios because they had a lawsuit ready and waiting to be filed. Epic games unveiled an unusual commercial for fortnite.
Epic games is suing apple over its policies about in app transaction in the app store. Earlier today epic games reduced the cost of v bucks on the app store and introduced direct payments to get around paying apple for the use of their storefront prompting the game s removal from. Epic games mocks apple in fortnite event. To really drive home the point the imperious face of big brother in the ad is played by a literal apple in sunglasses with a.
The developer is now suing apple over the game s removal.