Epic Games has signed a cope with European telecommunications firm Telefónica to pre-install the Epic Games Store on all its new Android units.
This signifies that new Android Telefónica prospects in Spain, Spanish-speaking Latam, Germany, and the UK could have entry to Epic Games’ suite of video games proper out of the field in a transfer to “make Fortnite and the Epic Games Store extra accessible on hundreds of thousands of Telefónica Android units”.
“Players will now be capable to extra simply obtain Fortnite, Fall Guys and Rocket League Sideswipe in addition to third social gathering video games sooner or later,” Epic stated. “This is just the start, and over the subsequent yr the businesses plan to increase the partnership and produce extra advantages to cellular gamers throughout the Telefónica community.”
Epic stated this new “strategic alliance” will present Android gamers with “a extra aggressive ecosystem […] empowering them with a alternative past the standard app marketplaces”. It follows Apple’s resolution again in August 2020 besides Fortnite from the App Store after Epic intentionally circumvent contractually mandated App Store fee mechanisms throughout the recreation, kicking off Epic boss Tim Sweeney’s public warfare with Apple in US courts.
“Thanks to our partnership with Telefónica, gamers will now be capable to entry the Epic Games Store, Fortnite and shortly video games from third social gathering builders straight on their Android machine,” stated Michael Modon, senior director of progress partnerships for Epic Games. “We look ahead to increasing our collaboration with Telefónica to carry much more advantages to gamers.”
Earlier this week, Epic Games confirmed it might proceed to help Fortnite Festival, the sport’s Rock Band-style mode developed by Harmonix, for the forseeable future.
