Google looked into buying Epic Games according to court documents

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Google discussed approaching Tencent with a view to buy 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Epic Games, court documents have revealed.

As firs🙈t reported by yesterday on August 19, newly-released in the ongoing Epic Games vs Google antitrust case have revealed internal conversations at Google surrounding the former company. According to these documents, a senior Google executive sugg✃ested that the company approach Chinese gaming conglomerate Tencent to completely take over Epic Games, buying out the company with a 100% majority stake.

Alternatively, another idea suggested by this senior Google executive was that Google could acquire Tencent's shares in Epic Games to gain more control over the latter company. Currently, Tencent holds a 40% minority stake inꦆ Epic Games, which it purchased all the way back in 2012, while Epic Games CEO Tim Sweene🌜y still controls the company through a majority stake.

Obviously, neither of these options presented by the Google executive ever materialized into solid plans. In fact, as Protocol reported yesterday, these documents were actually filed back in July, but b꧅ecame available to the public yesterday when Judge James Donato denied Google's attempts to keep the documents sealed.

Of course, the antitrust case between Epic Games and Google rolls on. Fortnite was originally removed from the Goog🦹le Play Store, alongside the Apple App Store, all the way back in August 2020, when Epic attempted to circumvent the transaction fees of both storefronts by giving Fortnite players the option to purchase in-game V-Buck⭕s directly from Epic.

You can head over to our 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Epic vs Apple lawsuit explainer for everything you need to know about the ongoing case between the two tech giants.

Hirun Cryer is a freelance reporter and writer with Gamesradar+ based out of U.K. After earning a degree in American History specializing in journalism, cinema, literature, and history, he stepped into the games writing world, with a focus on shooters, indie games, and RPGs, and has since been the recipient of the MCV 30 Under 30 award for 2021. In his spare time he freelances with other outlets around the industry, practices Japanese, and enjoys conte🍌mporary manga and anime.