Anyone who likes to play on their iPad can look forward to two interesting pieces of news shortly before the holiday. Both affect the software availability on the Apple tablet.
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Jump from iPhone to iPad
Developer Riley Testut, operator of the Altstore and creator of the Game Boy emulator GBA4iOS, has announced an iPadOS version of his Delta emulator package. In a posting on the meta short message service Threads, Testut showed the first Screenshots and details. The iOS version was initially prioritized in order to be able to start with the old store, which was initially only available for the iPhone. Apple now also allows emulators under iPadOS, which will mean that the next major Delta update 1.6 will also be available for the tablet.
It remains unclear how Testut organizes sales. In the EU, Delta is not available in the regular App Store, but only via the Altstore, for which there is one Patreon fee becomes due. In this way, Testut avoids the danger that Apple’s core technology fee will drive him to ruin. In the USA, however, Delta is available in the App Store. Since the EU now also wants to regulate iPadOS, a similar strategy could also be implemented on the tablet.
Epic Games also on the tablet
Epic Games, which has been in a legal dispute with Apple over its App Store rules for a long time and is one of the biggest supporters of EU intervention, has now announced that it now wants to bring its hit game Fortnite to the iPad. This is a direct consequence of the regulation of tablets within the framework of the DMA announced by the EU Commission.
According to the Epic Games Newsroom on X, they are working “full steam” on Fortnite and the Epic Games Store for the iPad. With this be still expected this year. The company had recently announced the tariffs for developers. These are surprisingly close to what Apple wants to see under its EU terms.
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