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\nThis summer, Epic Games finally gets its wish when, thanks to new EU regulations, it’s launching its own digital store on iOS and Android. And ahead of its arrival, the company has announced it’s removing Fortnite and other Epic games from what it calls “rent collector” competing stores, “even if those stores offer us a special deal for our own games.”\n<\/p>\n

\nIn its announcement post<\/a>, Epic first confirms developers selling games on its on its new mobile store will be subject to the same 12 percent fee seen on its PC digital storefront (zero percent if a developer uses a third-party payment system). It then reveals plans to pull its own games from some competing stores. More specifically, it says it’ll be “ending distribution partnerships with mobile stores that serve as rent collectors without competing robustly and serving all developers fairly, even if those stores offer us a special deal for our own games.”\n<\/p>\n

\nIt’s also pulling Fortnite and its other titles from the Samsung Galaxy Store, in what it calls “protest of Samsung’s anticompetitive decision to block side-loading by default” on its devices. Conversely, Epic says it’s planning to brings its own mobile games to stores that “give all developers a great deal”. One of these will be the indie-focused AltStore<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

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This summer, Epic Games finally gets its wish when, thanks to new EU regulations, it’s launching its own digital store on iOS and Android. And ahead of its arrival, the company has announced it’s removing Fortnite and other Epic games from what it calls “rent collector” competing stores, “even if those stores offer us a special deal for our own games.” In its announcement post, Epic first confirms developers selling games on its on its new mobile store will be subject to the same 12 percent fee seen on its PC digital storefront (zero percent if a developer uses a third-party payment system). It then reveals plans to pull its own games from some competing stores. More specifically, it says it’ll be “ending distribution partnerships…<\/p>\n

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