Fortnite is coming to Android, but players risk downloading malware

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Android users can now battle friends with iPhones

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Fortnite, the global sensation multiplayer shoot-em-up from Epic Games, is finally coming to Google Android devices – and setting off alarm bells with security researchers.

Almost all apps for Android phones and tablets are distributed via the Google Play store, a one-stop virtual storefront which contains books, music, TV series, games and business software.

Like Apple’s App Store, this gives the company a tight control on the software available within – as well as a significant 30 per cent cut on any money made by …