Through a deal in 2012, Tencent already owned 40% of the shares. However, this means that CEO Tim Sweeney remains in control. Instead of the 100% takeover of Epic Games, there is another idea in the documents, according to which Google could also buy some shares from Tencent in order to gain more control over the game company. It did not come to that, however.
The papers, which have only been fully available to the public since Wednesday, also contain details of a deal with Apple. Accordingly, Google should pay a lot of money for the default search engine in the iOS Safari browser to be set to Google. In addition, after a meeting, those responsible from both companies discussed whether they would like to defend themselves together - as one company, as it were - against Epic Games. In addition, Google is said to have started an initiative with "Project Hug" with which one would like to turn away developers before moving to other companies. The studios are lured with financial support or small commission payments.
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