Epic Games is one of the largest game companies in the world. The company, which has achieved great success with Fortnite in particular, makes great contributions to both the metaverse and filming thanks to the Unreal Engine game engine.
Metaverse projects, which gained momentum after Facebook changed its name to Meta, have become quite popular lately. Every company has started to announce new investments in this field. Epic Games was also included among these companies. The famous game maker made a huge investment of 2 billion dollars.
Epic Games invested $2 billion in Lego parent companies Sony and Kirkbi!
Fortnite’s producer, Epic Games, announced a new investment. The company announced that it has invested one billion dollars each in Sony and Kirkbi, the parent companies of the Lego Group. With this investment, the equity value of the famous game company became 31.5 billion dollars. The company said in a statement that the new funding will go towards efforts to build a child-friendly metaverse.
This investment news comes a few days after Lego and Epic Games decided to make a joint metaverse for kids. With the new partnership, the companies will create an immersive digital experience for kids and make the metaverse universe safer and more fun for kids.
Epic Games CEO and founder Tim Sweeney gave the following words in his statement.
“As we reimagine the future of fun and gaming, we need partners who share our vision. We found Sony and Kirkbi companies for this need. This investment will accelerate our work on creating a metadatabase and creating spaces where gamers can have fun with friends, brands can create creative and immersive experiences, and creators can build a community and thrive.”
It is not yet known when the metaverse universe that companies will jointly produce will emerge. So, what are your thoughts? Do you think the metaverse produced for children will be as safe and fun as desired? Do not forget to share your views with us in the comments section or on the SDN Forum.
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