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The context behind Disney’s investment into Epic Games

Karol Severin

15 Feb 2024

investment

Epic Games

Disney

Disney announced it is investing $1.5 billion into Epic Games. The same announcement talks about a creation of an “ expansive and open games and entertainment universe connected to Fortnite ”. This move makes sense for Disney on several levels and is perhaps one of the most impactful games-related moves for Disney’s overall cultural relevance, engagement, monetisation capabilities, and profitability.

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The metaverse transition: Fortnite

Samuel Griffin

19 Jan 2023

Fortnite

Gaming

Unreal Engine

The metaverse transition: Fortnite Unreal Engine has been at the bleeding edge of digital development since its release, being fundamental to the development of household titles such as The Witcher , Fortnite , Disney’s The Mandalorian, and HBO’s Westworld.

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Can afforfable MOCAP help with VR adoption?

Samuel Griffin

16 Dec 2022

Sony

MOCAP

Avatar

Motion capture (MOCAP) has been synonymous with big-budget productions such as Avatar and The Lord of The Rings since their respective releases. Sony hopes to change that. Sony’s January 2023 release of Mocopi , a mobile MOCAP hardware, will allow users to attach sensors to their person and have an avatar mimic their movements on-screen.

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Unreal is evolving from a games development tool to a story-telling tool

Karol Severin

7 Apr 2022

Epic Games

Unreal Engine 5

games development

Epic Games, the developer of Fortnite, launched Unreal Engine 5 (UE5) this week. Despite being in works for a few years and in private Beta for most of 2021, the overall product strategy focusses on tapping into the latest consumer and creator trends.

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