Lawsuit claims Google paid Activision $360m to stop it building a rival app store

[the-pi-guy]

VGC

According to a newly unredacted copy of a lawsuit that Fortnite maker Epic Games first filed against Google in 2020, the company paid Activision Blizzard about $360 million over three years, Reuters reported.

Google also agreed to pay Tencent-owned League of Legends studio Riot Games about $30 million over one year.

The lawsuit, which accuses Google of anti-competitive restrictions on mobile device marketplaces, also names Nintendo and Ubisoft in a list of 24 companies allegedly compensated in a bid to deter competition to its Play Store.

The lawsuit also claimed Google considered launching a bid to acquire Epic Games in order to snuff out competition from the Fortnite maker.
It said Google discussed teaming up with Tencent, which owns a 40% stake in Epic, to gain a measure of control over the company or to potentially plan a hostile takeover.

[kitler53]

lulz

[the-pi-guy]

Activision quickly rejects the claim:

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

[Legend]

Activision quickly rejects the claim:

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

Do we know what was the money for then?

[kitler53]

Do we know what was the money for then?

hookers