The Epic Games store will be available on mobile platforms at the end of the year
Epic Games Store comes to mobile devices
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As anticipated last month, Epic Games was preparing its return to iOS Europe after its litigation with Apple advanced after a few eventful years. Now, the company has just announced its plans to bring Epic Games Store to Android and iOS mobile devices later this yearas revealed by Steve Allison, general manager of the company, during the technological titan's GDC exhibition.
Although not many details have been shared, Steve Allison has revealed that Epic Games had been “fighting tirelessly” against mobile guardians, referring to the company's clashes with those responsible for the Google Play Store or Apple Store. After different legal disputes over the management of games and applications on various devices and certain regions, The new Digital Markets Law will allow the company to bring its digital store to all types of mobile platforms.
Thus, Epic Games will be able to avoid restrictions and regulations from companies like Google and Apple, allowing players to access Fortnite purchases from their own store, for example. Among the new features, a series of new desktop publishing tools are anticipated that focus specifically on mobile games. Obviously, the return of Fortnite to iOS is confirmed.
Epic Games and its future plans
Among the latest news from Epic Games is also the Disney major collaboration agreement after the mouse house invested 1.5 billion dollars in the creation of a new Fortnite universe with completely new games and experiences that will be added to others like LEGO Fortnite. In this way, the battle-royale characters could end up in settings from different Disney franchises, such as Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars or Avatar, among others.
According to data from Epic Games, its store has more than 270 million registered player accountsa fact that will increase significantly with its arrival on mobile devices, where it will possibly invest with more games and new features for which we will have to wait a few months.
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