Court documents reveal Google considered partnering with Tencent to take over Epic

Court documents from the ongoing Epic Games vs Google antitrust case reveal the internet giant wanted to take over the Fortnite and Unreal Engine developer, and was willing to work with shareholder Tencent to complete a buyout.

The Epic vs Google trial began on 6th November and evidence will continue to be heard until early December.

Epic subsequently filed lawsuits against both Apple and Google, and the case against Apple was settled in September 2021 in favour of Apple on nine of 10 counts.