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　　Epic Games and the US Internet company Match Group are trying to expand their lawsuit against Google, including additional charges against the search giant. In a motion filed Friday in federal court for the Northern District of California, the two companies accused Google of paying bribes to developers who had the means and ability to create a competing Android app store.

　　Specifically, Epic and the Match group are involved in agreements such as Project Hug. The Apps and Games Velocity Program, which became known as the Apps and Games Velocity Program, cost Google millions, keeping some of its most popular Android developers behind, according to a complaint Epic filed last year. Play Store.

　　"There are provisions in the agreement designed to prevent developers from launching competing app stores," the motion said, adding that Google "per se" violated the Sherman Act, the main U.S. antitrust law. Under the Sherman Act, a breach of an agreement itself does not require a plaintiff to demonstrate how a certain conduct negatively affects the market, as such conduct is widely believed to reduce competition (price fixing falls into this category).

　　Google said it would oppose the motion. "Epic and Match have added more inaccuracies to their failed lawsuit, and we look forward to clarifying the facts in court," a company spokesperson said.

　　"The project on which these claims from Epic and Match are based is only intended to incentivize developers to provide perks and early access to Google Play users when new content or updates are released; this does not prevent developers from creating competitive App Store." "Indeed, this project proves that Google Play competes on a level playing field with many competitors, providing developers with many choices of operating systems and app stores."

　　This comes after Epic and Match reached a tentative agreement with Google earlier this year to ensure their apps remain on the Play Store while the lawsuit is settled. In a countersuit Google filed in June, Google accused Match of trying to get into the Play Store "for nothing." Google's Store charges have also come under scrutiny by the U.S. Department of Justice and more than 30 states.