Epic Video games introduced immediately that it has entered right into a long-term partnership with telecommunications service supplier Telefonica. Below the phrases of the partnership, the Epic Video games Retailer will now be extra accessible to the house owners of Telefonica Android units. The Retailer may even come pre-installed on appropriate Android units in Telefonica’s community, together with “Samsung devices in Spain, UK, Germany and Spanish-speaking Latam.”
This new partnership is an extension of Epic’s efforts to make its video games and retailer extra out there to customers on cell, bypassing platform house owners’ shops and cost mechanisms. Epic has additionally not too long ago sued Google and Samsung for allegedly making it prohibitively tough for players to put in the EGS on their units. Telefonica units coming with the Epic Sport Retailer pre-installed would assist ease the set up course of.
Telefonica and Epic have collaborated prior to now, with the previous being the primary to introduce Direct Provider Billing to the Epic Video games Retailer. Lorena Itziar Senador-Gómez Lázaro, Telefonica’s director of partnerships and units, stated in a press release, “With this collaboration with Epic Video games we strengthen our relationship and go one step additional in delivering high-quality, accessible and revolutionary digital experiences to our prospects.
Michael Modon, Epic’s senior director of development partnerships, added, “Thanks to our partnership with Telefonica, players will now be able to access the Epic Games Store, Fortnite and soon games from third party developers directly on their Android device. We look forward to expanding our collaboration with Telefonica to bring even more benefits to players.”
