The Walt Disney Company and Epic Games have joined forces to bring more games and entertainment universe. Disney has also invested $1.5 billion to acquire a stake in Epic Games, which are subject to regulatory approvals. The deal also plans to bring multiple options to play and watch characters and stories from the Disney umbrella, which include: Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, Avatar and more.
Disney To Invest $1.5 Billion In Epic Games
When the deal is closed, this partnership will give the users a chance to create their own stories, become a part of the huge fandom and share their stories, which will then be powered by Unreal Engine. Talking about his partnersip, Robert A. Iger, Chief Executive Officer, The Walt Disney Company said:
Our exciting new relationship with Epic Games will bring together Disney’s beloved brands and franchises with the hugely popular Fortnite in a transformational new games and entertainment universe. This marks Disney’s biggest entry ever into the world of games and offers significant opportunities for growth and expansion. We can’t wait for fans to experience the Disney stories and worlds they love in groundbreaking new ways.
Disney and Epic Games have served millions of of players with their engaging content and Fortnite collaborations over the years with over 15.3 million concurrent players and plan to take this partnership ahead with a bigger vision. Talking about this partnership, Tim Sweeney, CEO and Founder, Epic Games said:
Disney was one of the first companies to believe in the potential of bringing their worlds together with ours in Fortnite, and they use Unreal Engine across their portfolio. Now we’re collaborating on something entirely new to build a persistent, open and interoperable ecosystem that will bring together the Disney and Fortnite communities.
Since Unreal Engine is already used to produce Disney content, and has helped developed video games like Kingdom Hearts 3 and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor and15 Disney Parks attractions like Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge , it will only help take this deal to the next level