Google looked into buying Epic Games according to court documents

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Google discussed approaching Tencent with a view to buy Epic Games, court documents have revealed.

As first-class honours degree reported aside Protocol yesterday on August 19, newly-discharged court documents in the ongoing Verse form Games vs Google antitrust case have revealed internal conversations at Google surrounding the past company. Accordant to these documents, a senior Google executive suggested that the company draw close Chinese gaming accumulate Tencent to completely take over Epic Games, buying out the companionship with a 100% majority stake.

Alternatively, another idea suggested past this elderly Google executive was that Google could acquire Tencent's shares in Epic Games to gain more control over the latter society. Currently, Tencent holds a 40% minority stake in Epic Games, which it purchased the whole way back in 2012, spell Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney still controls the company through a majority stake.

Apparently, neither of these options conferred by the Google executive ever materialized into solid plans. In fact, as Communications protocol reported yesterday, these documents were actually filed back in July, but became available to the public yesterday when Judge James Donato denied Google's attempts to retain the documents sealed.

Of course, the antitrust case between Epic poem Games and Google rolls on. Fortnite was originally removed from the Google Play Store, alongside the Apple App Store, the whole way back in August 2020, when Epic attempted to outwit the dealing fees of some storefronts by generous Fortnite players the selection to purchase in-pun V-Bucks directly from Poem.

You can head over to our Epic vs Malus pumila lawsuit explainer for everything you postulate to know about the current case between the two tech giants.

Hirun Cryer is a freelance reporter and writer with Gamesradar+ founded out of U.K. Subsequently earning a degree in American English 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 give up time he freelances with other outlets or so the industry, practices Asian nation, and enjoys synchronal manga and anime.