• Epic Games spent $95 million on a North Carolina mall to become its new headquarters.
• Epic, the maker of “Fortnite,” is involved in a major lawsuit with Apple and Google.
• Epic plans to turn the mall into a multimillion square foot complex.
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Epic Games, the creators of the popular game “Fortnite” just bought a failed mall in North Carolina that will eventually become its new headquarters for $95 million.

The gaming giant closed on the deal on December 31, Daniel Geiger at Insider first reported. Epic plans to create a multimillion-square-foot headquarters, with hopes to open it by 2024.

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The purchase comes after a wild year for Epic, which created a big fracture in the tech world with an in-game payment system for “Fortnite” that passed by the usual store fees. Apple and Google both subsequently pulled the game from digital stores. Since then, Epic has launched a suit against the tech companies which could have major implications.

Here’s the mall that Epic spent $95 million on.

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