Epic Games will challenge Google Play with its own dev-friendly Android store next year

While Google has always welcomed competition, diversity, and choice in the world-dominant Android ecosystem the search giant established around a decade ago, finding a solid Play Store alternative (outside of China) is still virtually impossible for users interested in both quality apps and mobile security.

But one major video game developer boldly decided to go where few players in the industry previously attempted to, skipping the traditional Android release route earlier this year for what quickly became a global phenomenon.

No doubt emboldened by Fortnite’s success, Epic ...

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