Recently, the European Union’s Digital Markets Act has forced tech companies like Apple and Google to make major changes. According to the new rules, third-party app stores should be allowed to run on Google and Apple’s mobile operating systems. The change came mainly because of Epic Games’ lawsuit against Apple’s monopoly. During the lawsuit, Epic Games said multiple times that it wanted to launch its own app store on Apple’s iOS. Now Epic Games has announced that Epic Games Store is coming to Android this year. News Android Police.
Epic Games has confirmed in X (formerly Twitter) that the store will launch later this year on both iOS and Android platforms. The store promises fair terms for all app developers.
Apart from its own games like Fortnite, the store will also have the option to download games from other developers. Epic Games Store is going to be the first multi-platform app store with iOS, Android, Windows and Mac. At the ongoing Game Developers Conference, Epic revealed more details about their in-store revenue sharing model. Epic Games Store will take a 12 percent commission on sales on mobile platforms like Windows and Mac. Besides, the game developers will not have to pay any separate fee for the first six months.
Developers will have the opportunity to upload their games to the Epic Games store for free without any fees. Besides, developers can also use the payment process of their choice. Through which you can keep the entire income of game sales. Epic Games hopes these developer-friendly policies will attract game creators to list their games on the Epic Games Store.