{"id":186983,"date":"2020-07-13T11:43:16","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T15:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.sportsvideo.org\/?p=186983"},"modified":"2020-07-13T11:43:16","modified_gmt":"2020-07-13T15:43:16","slug":"sony-invests-250m-in-epic-games-boosts-access-to-unreal-engine-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.sportsvideo.org\/2020\/07\/13\/sony-invests-250m-in-epic-games-boosts-access-to-unreal-engine-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony Invests $250M in Epic Games, Boosts Access to Unreal Engine Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sony has agreed to make a strategic investment of $250 million to acquire a minority interest in Epic Games through a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony. The investment allows Sony and Epic to aim to\u00a0broaden their collaboration across Sony\u2019s\u00a0leading portfolio of entertainment assets\u00a0and technology, and Epic\u2019s social entertainment\u00a0platform and digital ecosystem\u00a0to create unique experiences for consumers and creators. The\u00a0closing of the\u00a0investment is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory\u00a0approvals.<\/p>\n

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\"\"\u201cEpic\u2019s powerful technology in areas such as graphics places them at the forefront of game engine development with Unreal Engine and other innovations. There\u2019s no better example of this than the revolutionary entertainment experience, Fortnite. Through our investment, we will explore opportunities for further collaboration with Epic to delight and bring value to consumers and the industry at large, not only in games, but also across the rapidly evolving digital entertainment landscape,\u201d says Kenichiro Yoshida, Chairman, President and CEO, Sony.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"\u201cSony and Epic have both built businesses at the intersection of creativity and technology, and we share a vision of real-time 3D social experiences leading to a convergence of gaming, film, and music. Together we strive to build an even more open and accessible digital ecosystem for all consumers and content creators alike,\u201d says Tim Sweeney, Founder and CEO of Epic.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sony has agreed to make a strategic investment of $250 million to acquire a minority interest in Epic Games through a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony. The investment allows Sony and […]\n More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":180965,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[15346,151,15551],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.sportsvideo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186983"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.sportsvideo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.sportsvideo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.sportsvideo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.sportsvideo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186983"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/staging.sportsvideo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":186984,"href":"https:\/\/staging.sportsvideo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186983\/revisions\/186984"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.sportsvideo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.sportsvideo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.sportsvideo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.sportsvideo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}