Apart from its commitment to lead the development tools with Unreal Engine 5, together with the collaboration with studios such as The Coalition, Epic Games wants to be pioneer in the construction of its own metaverse. Just a few days ago, the company announced a collaboration with LEGO to work on a metaverse of the famous block brand similar to proposals like Roblox, but take it one step further. Today Epic Games has announced a million dollar investment by KIRKBiparent company of LEGO, and Sony to assist in the development of that digital universe.
Specifically, Epic Gmes has received a total of two billion dollars, one from each of the companies. “This investment will accelerate our work to build the metaverse and create spaces where gamers can have fun with friends, brands can create creative and immersive experiences, and creators can build a community and thrive,” says Tim Sweeny, CEO of Epic Games through a blog post. release. For Epic Games, this digital space will be “the future of entertainment and gaming.”
“This investment will accelerate our commitment to the world of digital gaming, and we are pleased to invest in Epic Games to support its journey of continued growth, with a long-term focus towards the future metaverse”, comments Søren Thorup Sørensen, CEO of KIRKBI. who praises that this trend “will affect the future world in which we and our children will live.”
For his part, Kenichiro Yoshida, CEO and president of Sony, describes the metaverse as “a space where creators and users share their time”for which they consider that together with Epic Games technology they will be able to accelerate “our various efforts, such as the development of new digital experiences for fans in sports and our virtual production initiatives.”
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Unlike KIRKBI, it is not the first time that Sony has invested in Epic Games to develop its commitment to digital spaces. Microsoft, meanwhile, seems to be one of the Epic Games main supports in the development of games with Unreal Engine 5eight of the Xbox Games Studios teams are already working with Unreal Engine 5.