Epic claims in a massive lawsuit that Google paid Activision Blizzard $360 million to prevent a competing Play Store from launching.

Epic claims in a massive lawsuit that Google paid Activision Blizzard $360 million to prevent a competing Play Store from launching.

The financial specifics of Project Hug – subsequently renamed the Apps and Games Velocity Program – are at the heart of Epic Games and Google’s ongoing antitrust dispute. The studio claimed in 2021 that Google paid millions of dollars in incentives to keep major app developers on the Play Store. A freshly unredacted version of Epic’s lawsuit was made public this week, revealing previously undisclosed data regarding the extent of the Apps and Games Velocity Program.