Nvidia GeForce Now Available in Beta for iOS; Will Bring Fortnite Back Soon

Nvidia has announced today that it is working with Epic Games to bringFortniteback to Apple devices in the near future. This, the company is planning to do via GeForce Now — Nvidia’s game streaming service.

In case you have been living under a rock for the past few months, Apple and Epic Games had an, for the lack of a better word, ‘epic’ fallout when the Fortnite developer introduced its own billing system inside Fortnite on iOS. This goes against Apple’s developer policies and the Cupertino giantkicked Fortnite off the App Store, leading to months of lawsuits and PR back and forths between the companies.

All that means Fortnite fans haven’t been able to play the game on an iPhone or iPad for the last few months. However, according to Nvidia’s blog post, that will change soon.“Alongside the amazing team at Epic Games, we’re working to enable a touch-friendly version of Fortnite, which will delay availability of the game. […] We’re looking forward to delivering a cloud-streaming Fortnite mobile experience powered by GeForce NOW. Members can look for the game on iOS Safari soon.”said the company.

As for how it will work, Nvidia’s game streaming service will run via Safari, same asAmazon Lunawill, because Appledoesn’t want game streaming serviceson the App Store, as if Apple Arcade is really going to fight it out against the plethora of PC games on offer by game streaming services.

Either way, GeForce Now is available for iOS devices in beta right now. So, if you’re in a region where the service is available, you can test the service on your iPhone. You will need acompatible gamepad, by the way.

Akshay Gangwar

Greetings, tech titans and fellow literary time-travelers! I’m Akshay, your tech-whisperer and Harry Potter’s number one stalker – seriously, don’t ask me how many times I’ve read those books; it’s borderline unhealthy.

Working in the tech journalism industry since 2016, I have 7 years of experience covering everything from technology news, to well-researched resource articles. Now the Content Strategist at Beebom, I often pen down op-eds for our website, sharing expert commentary on the latest in technology, AI, and electric cars.

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