The popular video game Fortnite has returned to the iPhone app store in the U.S., ending a prolonged exile that was triggered by a legal showdown over the lucrative fees that Apple had been collecting for years through a payment system that it has been forced to change.

Fortnite has returned to Apple's App Store after a five-year absence. The multiplayer survival game is now available on Apple's iOS systems for iPhones and iPads, according to a Reuters report. Apple originally removed the game from its app store in 2020 when Epic Games,

Epic Games’ wildly popular multiplayer shooter game “Fortnite” was available again on Apple’s app store in the US on Tuesday, capping a ban of nearly five years and marking a major win for the video company.