According to a recently redacted copy of a lawsuit filed by the creator of Fortnite , Epic Gameswhich was presented for the first time against Google in 2020the company paid Activision Blizzard around $360 million over three years, reported Reuters. Google also agreed to pay the studio League of Legends Riot Gamesproperty of Tencentaround $30 million for a year.
The lawsuit, which accuses Google of anti-competitive restrictions in the markets for mobile devices, it also names Nintendo Y Ubisoft on a list of 24 companies allegedly compensated in an attempt to deter competition from its Play Store.
However, all this can be declared somewhat fraudulent, since the executive vice president of corporate affairs of Activision Blizzard, Lulu Cheng Meserveysays that the assertions made in the lawsuit epic they are false.
Here what he says:
Epic is accusing Activision Blizzard’s partner Google of paying us not to compete with them.
To be clear: that’s false.
Google never asked us, pressured us, or made us agree not to compete with them – and we’ve already submitted documents and testimony disproving this nonsense.
— Lulu Cheng Meservey (@lulumeservey) November 17, 2022
Epic accuses Activision Blizzard partner Google of paying us not to compete with them.
To be clear: that is false.
Google has never asked us, pressured us, or made us agree not to compete with them, and we have already produced documents and testimonials that disprove this nonsense.
epic has stated that Google was threatened by his decision to distribute Fortnite for Android outside Play Storea move that bypassed platform holder fees with a new direct payment option and resulted in Google remove the game from your platform.
For now, disputes between epic with Google and also Manzana They have not had a 100% resolution.
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