In a new court filing, Epic Games alleges that Google paid $360 million to Activision not to develop its
What is known
Activision itself called the statement from Epic Games "nonsense.The accusation was found in an unedited complaint filed earlier this week as part of Epic's ongoing lawsuit against Google, which also alleges that a similar agreement was reached with League of Legends studio Riot Games.
"Some of these agreements were intended to prevent developers from launching competing app stores and stop them, which in itself is a violation of antitrust laws," Epic said in its lawsuit."Other agreements were intended to illegally prevent developers from making Android apps and other unique contentoutside of Google Play."
For those who are not in the know
Epic Games filed a lawsuit against Apple in August 2020 for its "monopolistic policies" in the App Store, as well as Google, which it claimsdevelopers in the Play Store use its billing system through a payment processing program that requiresDevelopers pay a commission of 30% of the payment amount.She did this after Apple removed Fortnite from the App Store for the fact that Epic Games added a way to make in-game purchases bypassing Apple's fees.
Source: PC Gamer