Perhaps Epic chose this moment to announce the next money obtained not by chance. The company just opened the case secret Unreal Engine 5that is, a new version of its engine, which will be created with it, among others a new AAA game from witcher world.
If you have a good memory, you may know that Sony has already invested in Epica twice. at 2020 $250 millionWhile A year later – 200 million. This time, the company went all the way and put in one fell swoop on the table more than twice as much as before.
Both the head of the company and the other company indicated in their statements regarding this investment that metaverse. That is, vigorously promoted, among other things, the virtual ecosystem of Facebook, which in the end resembles technology directly from One ready player.
A billion dollars – a nice amount, isn’t it? However, for Sony, it’s actually small money. At the beginning of the year, the company Spent $3.6 billion And Bungie’s studio purchase in charge, among other things, is for destiny.
In 2021, Sony joined its portfolio of Bluepoint studio (demon souls(Pray Housemarque)back) – it is not known exactly how much. In 2019, it was purchased by Insominiac, among others Spider-Man from Marvel me Questions and clatterGames available exclusively on Playstation devices.
Will the Japanese giant’s investments end there for now or will it surprise us with something else? Make sure to tell me in the comments!
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