A US judge has ruled that, for now, Apple can continue to block the video game Fortnite from its App Store.
However the tech giant cannot terminate Epic Games’ developer accounts or compromise its graphics tool Unreal Engine, which is used by many third-party game creators.
This is until a full hearing can take place on 28 September.
Apple pulled Fortnite from the App Store after Epic deliberately broke its rules in protest at Apple’s policies.
Epic said Apple had also threatened to take away its access to developer tools.
