Court papers allege that Google made at least 24 deals with app developers including Activision, Nintendo, Ubisoft, and meditation app Calm to prevent them from going to Play Store alternatives.
Alphabet Inc’s. Google has struck at least 24 deals with big app developers to stop them from competing with its Play Store, including an agreement to pay Activision Blizzard Inc. about $360 million over three years, according to a court filing on Thursday.League of LegendsThe financial details emerged in a newly unredacted copy of a lawsuit thatvideo game maker Epic Games first filed against Google in 2020.
The Google agreements with developers are part of an internal effort known as “Project Hug” and were described in earlier versions of the lawsuit without the exact terms. The deal with Activision was announced in January 2020, soon after it told Google it was considering launching its own app store. Partnering with Riot also intended to “stop their in-house ‘app store’ efforts,” court papers say.
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