Disney is already a film and television giant, but the company is now a piece of the gaming pie. The company announced plans to collaborate with Epic Games to bring Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars and other content and characters to Fortnite and other games and reports powered through Epic’s Unreal Engine.
Oh, and if you’re wondering how seriously Disney is taking this collaboration, the company is announcing plans to invest $1. 5 billion to get a stake in Epic Games. This is Disney’s biggest breakthrough in the video game industry to date.
But as The Verge publishes, it all sounds familiar, as it looks a lot like the $2 billion investment deal that led to the release of LEGO Fortnite earlier this year. That money came from Sony and KIRKBI (the family-owned investment firm). behind the LEGO brand), who announced that after the deal, Epic was valued at $31. 5 billion. It’s unclear exactly how Disney’s investment will affect Epic’s valuation, but don’t be surprised if we see Disney, Marvel, or Star Wars-branded Fortnite on the market. next few years.
Here’s a look at the latest tech news on the web.
Disney buys a $1. 5 billion stake in Epic Games, the creator of Fortnite and other popular titles (such as Unreal Engine and the Epic Games Store). The purpose is to “collaborate on an entirely new universe of games and entertainment that incorporates Disney’s intellectual property. “
The Google Pixel Fold 2 is rumored to have a Tensor G4 processor and up to 16GB of LPDDR4 memory and UFS 3. 1 storage. Reportedly, previous prototypes were supplied with Tensor G3 chips. If true, it could mean a fall release in 2024. , or later.
Chinese phone maker Tecno Mobile says it will introduced the Tecno Pocket Go at MWC. It’s said to be a Windows handheld gaming device designed for use with a pair of Augmented Reality Glasses.
The company that couldn’t successfully crowdfund an Energizer P18K smartphone with an 18,000 mAh battery a few years ago plans to unveil an Energizer P28K model with a 28,000 mAh battery at MWC.
An image leak of an unannounced Lenovo Tab Plus shows a tablet with giant speakers, Dolby Atmos branding, an integrated kickstand and, most likely, media consumption. Accessories come with a keyboard, case, sleeve and pen.
This video showing how to set up and get started with the MSI Claw gaming laptop PC is a pretty clever demonstration that Windows was not created this way (and that the Windows setup procedure is tedious and time-consuming).
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I wonder if Steam’s existing offering on Disney games has anything to do with this announcement. Maybe that’s an exaggeration, but I wonder if they’re in a position to move away from Steam to enrich the catalog with their new investment.
Hooray, a giant competitive, hateful corporation with no idea what everyone else wants in general, takes a majority stake in a giant competitive corporation with all its hands in each and every game, which collides with a giant competitive corporation and Hateful who hates the concept of you choosing what your PC does. Because it can simply mean buying software from somewhere other than them in court and relying on intimidation to sell their products. Whoever wins, you lose.
Agreed. Disney’s involvement is in the news.
Yep. Disney is like a plague, everything it touches turns to trash, yet it still exists somehow…
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