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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...

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The metaverse transition: Fortnite

Sam 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 ,...

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Can afforfable MOCAP help with VR adoption?

Sam 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...

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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...

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