The Epic Games and Apple trials still have a lot to reveal, and it has now been revealed that Google has partnered with Tencent to buy the Fortnite maker.

Tencent, the Chinese holding company that owns Root Games and many other major developers, owns 40% of Epic Games. According to a court document filed by Epic today, an unnamed Google executive suggested that if things did not go well for Epic, Google should talk to Tencent about buying some shares in Epic to gain more control over Fortnite. . According to the document, Google can even work with Tencent to take full control of Epic.

This document states:

Google has determined that Epic may not accept the offer to purchase them. As an alternative, a senior Google executive suggested that the company talk to Tencent to buy Epic shares from the Chinese company or buy the full Epic.

Epic Games founder Sweeney’s team immediately reacted and wrote on Twitter :

Unfortunately, it seems that Google has been trying to take over Epic. Instead of offering a better deal to developers than the current 30%, they intended to conspire to defeat Epic.

In a statement sent to Protocol, Google called Epic’s complaint unfounded and said its complaint was making their business difficult. According to Google, the Android operating system provides more options for smartphone developers and consumers.

Epic’s lawsuit against Google is almost identical to their lawsuit against Apple, which went to court a few months ago. According to Epic, Google’s anti-competitive measures are forcing app developers and consumers to use the Google Play Store, and the company, like Apple, is making huge profits from app sales.

The big difference between the two lawsuits is that the Apple App Store is mandatory on the iPhone. Still, on phones running Google’s Android operating system, Epic released Fortnite as a downloadable game. According to the case, Google’s main concern is with the Fortnite launcher (which later became the Epic Games Store), which may alienate users from Google Play.