Epic Video games introduced at the moment 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 homeowners of Telefonica Android gadgets. The Retailer can even come pre-installed on suitable Android gadgets in Telefonica’s community, together with “Samsung gadgets 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 shoppers on cellular, bypassing platform homeowners’ shops and fee 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 gadgets. Telefonica gadgets coming with the Epic Recreation 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 Service Billing to the Epic Video games Retailer. Lorena Itziar Senador-Gómez Lázaro, Telefonica’s director of partnerships and gadgets, 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 modern digital experiences to our clients.
Michael Modon, Epic’s senior director of progress partnerships, added, “Due to our partnership with Telefonica, gamers will now have the ability to entry the Epic Video games Retailer, Fortnite and shortly video games from third social gathering builders immediately on their Android gadget. We stay up for increasing our collaboration with Telefonica to deliver much more advantages to gamers.”
