Epic Games inks partnership to bring its Store to Telefonica devices

Epic Games announced today that it has entered into a long-term partnership with telecommunications service provider Telefonica. Under the terms of the partnership, the Epic Games Store will now be more accessible to the owners of Telefonica Android devices. The Store will also come pre-installed on compatible Android devices in Telefonica’s network, including “Samsung devices in Spain, UK, Germany and Spanish-speaking Latam.”

This new partnership is an extension of Epic’s efforts to make its games and store more available to consumers on mobile, bypassing platform owners’ stores and payment mechanisms. Epic has also recently sued Google and Samsung for allegedly making it prohibitively difficult for gamers to install the EGS on their devices. Telefonica devices coming with the Epic Game Store pre-installed would help ease the install process.