Fortnite has been in and out of the Apple App Store multiple times over the years as its parent company, Epic Games, and Apple battle it out over developer fees. But on Wednesday, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney announced that the legendary game was once again on its way back to the Apple App Store. 

«We will return Fortnite to the US iOS App Store next week,» Sweeney wrote on X. «Epic puts forth a peace proposal: If Apple extends the court’s friction-free, Apple-tax-free framework worldwide, we’ll return Fortnite to the App Store worldwide and drop current and future litigation on the topic.»

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That litigation is exactly why Fortnite is making its return. Earlier Wednesday, the US District Court for the Northern District of California ruled that Apple’s behavior toward web transactions was in bad faith and anticompetitive. Sweeney also posted about this on X shortly before the Fortnite announcement. 

«For the reasons set forth herein, the Court finds Apple in willful violation of this Court’s 2021 Injunction which issued to restrain and prohibit Apple’s anticompetitive conduct and anticompetitive pricing,» court documents read. «Apple’s continued attempts to interfere with competition will not be tolerated.»

The battle goes back years

In 2021, Epic Games and Apple went to court. Apple largely won that court battle, but didn’t walk away unscathed. A federal judge also ordered Apple to remove its anti-steering barriers, meaning the company must allow apps downloaded from the App Store to steer customers to third-party means.

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Apple appealed the decision later in 2021, with proceedings continuing through 2022 and into 2023. Apple eventually won the appeal. However, the court upheld its anti-steering ruling from 2021 in the process.

When Epic took Apple back to court in 2025, the company pointed out that Apple hadn’t complied with the original ruling in 2021. The judge agreed and is now forcing Apple to follow the rules to the letter. This includes not charging developers for non-App Store payment methods and allowing developers to tell people that such third-party options and platforms exist. The time frame is simple enough. Apple is to comply with these new rules immediately.  

Epic Games also has lawsuits against Google and Samsung, seeking to achieve the same result for users of Google Play.

Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles.

Today’s NYT Mini Crossword pulls that crossword trick where two clues are the same, but the answers are different. 5-Across and 1-Down both offer the clue, «Marvel’s ‘The Avengers,’ e.g.» But if you know anything about that franchise, you know the different mediums it uses, so the answers aren’t too tough. Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword? Read on. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips.

The Mini Crossword is just one of many games in the Times’ games collection. If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands answers, you can visit CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.

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Let’s get at those Mini Crossword clues and answers.

Mini across clues and answers

1A clue: Question that looks like today’s date.
Answer: MAYI

5A clue: Marvel’s «The Avengers,» e.g.
Answer: COMIC

6A clue: Bring to mind
Answer: EVOKE

7A clue: Like notebook paper
Answer: LINED

8A clue: An Australian millipede holds the record for the most in the animal kingdom, at 1,306
Answer: LEGS

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Marvel’s «The Avengers,» e.g.
Answer: MOVIE

2D clue: Surrounded by
Answer: AMONG

3D clue: «That is not good!»
Answer: YIKES

4D clue: Like some coffee orders
Answer: ICED

5D clue: Where to find ribosomes and mitochondria
Answer: CELL

How to play more Mini Crosswords

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New York Times puzzlemakers, what was that about? Was it just me, or was April 2025 one of your toughest months ever — for all your games, maybe, but especially for Wordle? CNET publishes the daily answers for Wordle, Connections, Strands, Connections: Sports Edition and the Mini Crossword, and I’ve seen some doozies. But April Wordle broke my streak twice. Maybe more than that. I’m not counting anymore.

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(Spoilers for past puzzles ahead.)

If you play Wordle, you probably have your own starter words all lined up. I almost always begin with TRAIN and CLOSE. I’m not the kind of person who just looks around the room, sees a chair and plays that word. I play those words because I know, from a list I made for CNET and based on research from the Oxford English Dictionary, that TRAIN and CLOSE contain some of the most popular letters used in English.

This month’s Wordle answers included OZONE, with a Z, the 24th-least-popular letter, smack in the middle, and three vowels that I just couldn’t place in the right spots. 

But even tougher might have been INBOX on April 19. Three letters — Z, J and Q — are used in English less than X (J? Why J?). But somehow, few letters come less frequently to my mind than X.

And April ended on a tough note, too, with Wednesday’s puzzle answer being IDLER. I mean, I know «idle» describes someone who’s lazy or avoiding work. But I don’t think I’ve ever pulled that out as an insult, and I sure didn’t see the letter pattern popping up.

No one wants an easy puzzle, but April seemed especially brain-busting. There’s good news, though. It’s gonna be May! And there’s bad news. The May 1 Wordle is a stumper too. Happy solving!