July 25 (Reuters) - Videogame company Epic Games said on

Thursday its popular title "Fortnite" will be returning to

Apple's ( AAPL ) iOS systems in the European Union soon, amid a

long-winded legal battle with the iPhone maker.

Epic Games also said its videogames will be leaving the

Samsung Galaxy Store in protest of the phone maker's

decision to block default side-loading - the installation of

applications on a mobile device without using its dedicated app

store - on Android devices, calling it "anticompetitive".

Epic's direct-to-user marketplace, the Epic Games Store,

will also be coming to Android worldwide and iOS in the European

Union, the company said.

Apple ( AAPL ) had approved Epic Games' marketplace app on iPhones

and iPads in Europe earlier in July, after Epic escalated its

feud with the technology giant.

Apple ( AAPL ) also faces intense antitrust scrutiny of its App Store

practices with EU competition regulators saying in June that it

breaches the rules of the Digital Markets Act.