Epic games announced today that it will not distribute its massively popular game fortnite on android through google’s play store marketplace. instead, the company plans to directly distribute. The decision is bold, given the stranglehold the play store has on android software distribution—and fortnite’s popularity means it has some worrisome implications for google.. Fortnite shunning the android play store is a major security headache. epic has released fortnite battle royale on select samsung devices. the rest of android world should get it in a few days.
People playing fortnite on the nintendo switch at e3 2018. josh miller/cnet epic games confirmed on friday that it plans to bypass google's play store for the eagerly awaited android launch of. The developer of fortnite has confirmed it will bypass the google play app store when the game is released for android smartphones. the google play store lets android users buy and download apps. To support independent developers on android, google operates the play store, a digital distribution service that every android phone can use to download apps and updates. for developers, google.