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Epic v. Google: everything we learned in Fortnite court

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Sean Hollister
Epic’s Andrew Grant is a “good son-in-law” who primarily plays Fortnite via GeForce Now cloud streaming.

I’m sure this will become relevant soon, as Google’s attorney Kyle Mach is winding up a whole line of questioning around cloud gaming. We’re not there yet, but Grant got a laugh when he said he made sure his in-laws don’t have a terrible internet connection. “I’m a good son-in-law,” he says.

If I had to guess, we’ll come back to how Epic tipped off Microsoft gaming boss Phil Spencer about Project Liberty, but not others, because it seems self-serving? We’ll see.

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