Fortnite might skip the Google Play Store in favor of direct installs

Epic Games’s Fortnite is an unstoppable juggernaut, racking up over 100 million downloads and $160 million on the Apple App Store in its first five months. And it’s coming for Android next — though players might be downloading it via a web browser rather than through the Google Play Store.

After digging through the source code on Epic’s webpage, the Android development community XDA Developers discovered signs that Fortnite might eschew the Google Play Store. Reddit user Thesbros posted screencaps of installation instructions that notify users that they might be “prompted with security permissions.” “This is necessary to install any app outside of the Play Store,” read the instructions.