Epic games: secure money with investments totaling $ 1.25 billion

Epic Games, the best known company for Fortnite, obtained $ 1.25 billion from seven investors: KKR, ICONIQ Capital, Smash Ventures, AXIomatic, Vulcan Capital, Kleiner Perkins and Lightspeed Venture Partners. This decision places these investors alongside Tencent, Disney and Endeavor as minority shareholders in Epic Games.

Investments like this serve to guarantee the future of Fortnite and Epic Games as a whole, it is unclear if this will have a direct impact on the game itself. Tim Sweeney, founder and CEO of Epic Games, said this about partnerships:

We are excited to work with the best minds in the financial, sports and entertainment industries. This reinforces Epic's leading position in real-time 3D technologies and accelerates our ability to improve the way people play, work and interact with the world.

FortniteThe rapid acceptance of traditional pop culture, Nerf guns, board games, clothing and collectibles has made many people think of this fashion game. They predicted that we would come back to hiring parents Fortnite guardians as a sign of the weird times.

But with weekly updates and more free content coming to Fortniteit is difficult to imagine that the franchise disappears so soon. Especially considering its anchor in the world of esport.

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