The immensely popular free-to-play battle royale game ‘Fortnite’ will be launching soon on Android. Epic Games announced back in May that Fortnite Mobile on Android would launch this summer but the company has yet to officially announce a release date. Our own source informs us that the game will launch as an exclusive for the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 which will be unveiled on August 9th. Earlier today, we discovered a list of Android smartphones that’ll support Fortnite Mobile on Android once it launches, but we also discovered evidence that the mobile game may not be available on the Google Play Store.
Hidden within the source of the Fortnite Mobile page on Epic Games’ website are lines that instruct users on how to download and install the game on their Android smartphone.
Redditor /u/thesbros managed to get Epic Games’ website to display the images that walk the user through the setup flow. Here’s what it looks like:
The first image that’ll be shown to the user instructs them that Fortnite Mobile on Android will be downloaded through the web browser. The second image tells the user that, after they download the app, they’ll be “prompted with some security permissions” which likely refers to enabling installation from unknown sources. The description states that this is necessary “to install any app outside of the Play Store.” If Epic Games were to offer Fortnite Mobile on Android via the Google Play Store, it would be odd for this setup process to not direct the user to the Google Play Store to download the app. (Selecting one of the supported iOS devices on Epic Games’ website prompts you to download the app from the App Store.) So why would Epic Games not offer Fortnite on the Google Play Store?
Fortnite Mobile on Android – A Non-Google Play Store Download?
Epic Games has had such incredibly quick success with Fortnite that many people are unaware just how much of a juggernaut the game has become. A recent report by Sensor Tower Blog states that, in the first 10 days of Season 5, the iOS release netted Epic Games $2 million per day. Total mobile revenue has thus far reached $150 million since launching on March 15th. Fortnite Mobile on iOS is clearly a major source of revenue for Epic Games, but the company loses out on 30% of their profits because of Apple’s App Store rules. Since all of Fortnite’s in-app purchases are consumed in-game and are not usable externally,…
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