The Epic Games Inc. Fortnite: Battle Royale video game is displayed for a photograph on an Apple Inc. iPhone in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, May 10, 2018. Fortnite, the hit game that's denting the stock prices of video-game makers after signing up 45 million players, didn't really take off until it became free and a free-for-all. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
LOS ANGELES: Epic Games’ hugely popular free-to-play battle royale game Fortnite is launching on Android soon, but when it does it might not be on available on Google Play.
Wording hidden in the source code of Fortnite Mobile’s web page suggests fans will have to download and instal the game via a web browser, according to XDA Developers. After that, the game will reportedly ask people for some security permissions it states are necessary “to install any app outside of the Play Store”.
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