How Epic Games’ Tim Sweeney views Google deal and opening of Google Play | full interview transcript

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Epic Games said yesterday it was prepared to bring Fortnite back to Google Play and drop litigation with Google thanks to policy changes that Google made. And today, we spoke to Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games, about the deal and its implications.

Google’s changes included concessions that Epic had asked for in its years-long antitrust litigation such as Google taking lower fees, allowing alternative payments to Google’s payments.

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