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Just a day after third - party app stores were officially allowed on the iPad in the European Union , Epic Games announcedon Xthat the Epic Games Store can now be installed on iPadOS . However , you call for to live in a EU country and have an Apple account show for that country to install it .
Tuesday ’s launch is related to the EU’sDigital Markets Act(DMA ) , a set of marketplace fairness and pro - competition principle . For the past year , the Commission has designated several so - hollo gatekeeper that mesh “ core platform service . ” The operating system that power the iPad , iPadOS , is a later addition to the list of regulated platforms .
As a result of the designation , Apple had six months to update iPadOS to make certain that people live in the EU could install alternative app stores . On Friday , the companyannouncedthis would be potential with the release of iPadOS 18 .
It seem like Epic Games was well prepared for this instant as the ship’s company released its game store for the iPad the day after the button of iPadOS 18 . The plot Godhead had already unloose the Epic Games Store on iOS , as third - party app stores have been allowed for several calendar month on the iPhone ( also as a result of DMA requirements ) .
The iPad version of the Epic Games Store is similar to what you could find on iOS . you’re able to install it fromEpic ’s site . Once the fund has been set up , iPad exploiter can apply it to download and establish Fall Guys , Fortnite and Rocket League Sideswipe — three of the games useable at launch . Games are optimise to extend in full screen on the iPad .
When the company first land the Epic Games Store to iOS , it said it would work with other game developers so that they could also set in motion games on iOS and iPadOS without going through Apple ’s App Store . But there ’s no change on this front as yet — so it still seems to be a work in progress .
