Kirkbi, the parent company of technology giant Sony and Lego Group, made a $2 billion metaverse investment in Fornite’s developer company, Epic Games.
Epic Games announced on April 11th. $2 billion financing round announced. Additionally, the investment is to support and grow Epic Games’ ongoing metaverse project. was stated to have been given.
Tim Sweeney, founder and CEO of Epic Games, said in a statement on the subject:
With this investment, our work on building the metaverse will be accelerated and areas will be produced where players in our metaverse can have fun.
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Sweeney announced that they are partnering with Sony and Kirkbi for this project. In addition, Epic Games received $2 billion with investment $31.5 billion valuation has been achieved.
Kenichiro Yoshida, President and CEO of Sony Group:
We are excited to invest in Epic Games to deepen our relationship in the metaverse space. I am confident that we will accelerate the development of new digital experiences by combining the expertise of Epic Games with the technologies of Sony.
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