{"id":11234,"date":"2020-04-21T16:36:23","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T20:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/?p=11234"},"modified":"2020-04-21T16:36:24","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T20:36:24","slug":"fortnite-finally-available-on-the-google-play-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/2020\/04\/21\/fortnite-finally-available-on-the-google-play-store\/","title":{"rendered":"Fortnite finally available on the Google Play store!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Although it&#8217;s taken late into Season 2 of Chapter 2, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epicgames.com\/id\/login?ssoLogin=true&amp;client_id=cd2b7c19c9734a2ab98dc251868d7724&amp;redirectUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.epicgames.com%2Ffortnite%3FsessionInvalidated%3Dtrue\">Fortnite<\/a> is now available for all capable (read: reasonably high-end) Android devices via the <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.epicgames.fortnite\">Google Play store<\/a>. 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