epic games has reached an agreement with Telefónica to have your mobile store pre-installed on millions of compatible Android devices. In this way, those who buy a phone from a Telefónica network such as O2 or Movistar in Spain, the United Kingdom, Germany and Spanish-speaking Latin America will immediately have the application, which offers access to fortniteFall Guys and Rocket League side slam. Epic will also bring third-party games to the store, while partners plan to offer additional benefits to mobile gamers on Telefónica networks over the next year.
Telefónica has more than 392 million customers. As such, this agreement could bring fortnite and Fall Guys to an even larger audience.
Epic debuted its mobile game store a few months ago after years of disputes with Apple and Google over the duo's alleged smartphone and tablet duopoly, and having to give the companies a share of revenue from in-game purchases. application. Among other things, Epic accused Google of preventing OnePlus from offering users a way to install. fortnite without having to go through the Google Play store.
However, Epic has had mixed results in its legal battles with Apple and Google. It won an antitrust case against the latter, and a judge determined last year that Google had an illegal monopoly on app distribution and in-app billing on Android devices. The judge also ruled that Google's distribution agreements with other gaming companies were anti-competitive. But it largely lost a similar case against Apple.
The Epic Games Store mobile app is available on iOS in the European Union (where Apple was forced to open iOS to third-party app markets) and worldwide on Android. Epic also plans to bring it to iOS devices in the UK in the second half of 2025.
