Google offered Epic $147 million to launch Fortnite on the Play store

The Verge
By Adi RobertsonNov 8, 2023, 9:23 pm444 ptsHotTop
Photo illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos by Philip Pacheco, Bloomberg, Getty Images Google has confirmed in court that Epic was offered a $147 million deal to launch its hit game Fortnite on Android’s Google Play store. The deal, which Google’s VP of Play partnerships Purnima Kochikar says…

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