In February 2024, Disney invested $1.5 billion to acquire an equity stake in Epic Games, the maker of Fortnite, as part of a multi-year project to build a new games and entertainment universe.
An outright acquisition of Epic would be a second attempt at the same ambition, only this time with a company Disney has already paid $1.5 billion to understand.
The article’s headline is wrong or misleading. Disney isn’t looking at buying Epic for $1.5b, that’s what they’ve already invested in Epic. There is no mention of a proposed acquisition price in the article.
I was skeptical, immadiately. Can’t imagine Epic Games worth “just” $1.5 Billion. A terrible title.
Well, the free weekly games were a good time while they lasted. Guess we should get ready for them to all be revoked.
Their free games have been largely pretty ignorable for the past year or two anyways. Most notably at Christmas, where they used to shower AAA titles, this year it was mostly crap. It would be fairly remarkable if they removed games from your library, not sure they’d actually want to move forward with that. It would be the for sure death of an already dying platform.
When there’s only one corporation left can we just ignore it?
If I never have to hear Tim Sweeny’s stupid opinions again, Disney can have it.
Yeah of course, let’s get Tim Sweeney of all people closer to the company that makes stuff for kids.
Excellent. Disney will handle brainrot containment from this point forward.
It’s about the engine and sale channels not the games.
Bad headline, the article disagrees with itself
In February 2024, Disney invested $1.5 billion to acquire an equity stake in Epic Games, the maker of Fortnite, as part of a multi-year project to build a new games and entertainment universe.
Would be interesting to see what they do to EGS
With any luck, shut it down.
make Fortnite,EGS and UE and even worse then it already is?
Sure.Disney is creepy.
lol, more mergers of ailing companys. thats fix things right guy?
I have noticed that Disney IP is added most often to that game. Disney loves Fortnite
