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Google Play Store Could See Major Changes With New Judge Ruling

Kellen October 7, 2024 12

For more years than I can keep track of, Epic Games has been battling both Apple and Google about their app store policies. While their fight with Apple is over, Epic is not done with Google. In fact, after a jury ruled that Google Play is an illegal monopoly,...

Epic Games Store Now Available for Download on Android, iOS

Tim August 16, 2024 4

Epic Games has done it. At long last, we have an official Epic Games Store app for Android and iOS, downloadable and providing access to titles such as Fortnite, Fall Guys, and more. Epic announced this is what would be happening earlier this year, but...

Epic Games Store Coming to Android

Kellen March 20, 2024 2

The folks over at Epic Games announced today that they are bringing a "true multi-platform" version of the Epic Games Store to Android and iOS later this year. They teased a conceptual image of what that might look like, but the rest of the details aren't...

Jury Decides Google Has App Store Monopoly and Usually That’s Bad

Tim December 12, 2023 16

A jury has recently decided that Google has turned Google Play (its app store) and Google Play Billing service into an illegal monopoly. For a bit of backstory, if you aren't someone who keeps up with this stuff, this drama can be traced all the way back to...

Fortnite Creator Claims Google Forced OnePlus to Renege on Launcher Deal

Tim August 14, 2020 25

More details about the battle royale between Fortnite creator Epic Games and Google are surfacing, following yesterday's news that Apple and Google have pulled the game from their respective game stores due to Epic implementing a bypass of those stores'...

You No Longer Need an Invite to Play Fortnite on Android

Tim October 11, 2018

Epic Games announced this morning that Android players no longer need an invite to download and play Fortnite. Woot! Looking back at Fortnite's Android rollout, it was first available to select Samsung Galaxy devices, then a few more devices from different...

Fortnite Season 6 is Live for All Platforms, Offers Player Pets and Big Map Changes

Tim September 27, 2018

Season 6 for Fortnite's Battle Royale mode is now live, complete with an all-new Battle Pass for unlocking new content, big map changes, as well as a few mysteries for players to discover on their own. Cosmetically speaking, there are of course a ton of new...

Fortnite Adds Voice Chat for Android Players, More Device Support

Tim September 6, 2018

Patch notes for v5.40 of Fortnite are up for digesting, and as always, there's a lot to take in. Not only is there a completely new game mode called High Stakes (which sounds like great fun for squads of 4 players), but Android players also received a few good...