Apple’s famous ‘1984’ video parodied by Fortnite game maker

A scene from the ‘Nineteen Eighty-Fortnite’ short released by popular video game ‘Fortnite’ maker Epic Games is seen, after Apple Inc removed the game from its App Store for violating the company’s in-app payment guidelines. — Epic Games/Handout via Reuters

SAN FRANCISCO: Fortnite maker Epic Games has used a famous Apple advertisement against the iPhone maker in a social media campaign accompanying a legal battle it launched on Aug 13.

Epic’s “Nineteen Eighty-Fortnite”, shows a colourful female Fortnite fighter running through a black-and-white corridor and hurling a unicorn-shaped club against a screen showing an Apple-headed character talking about its control of the system.