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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_Games#Acquisitions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_Games#Acquisitions This appears to be the first company they are acqui
by eezurr 5y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_Games#Acquisitions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_Games#Acquisitions
This appears to be the first company they are acquiring that is outside of the video game industry. This may start a new era for Epic Games. I wonder what direction they are going to take? I'd guess a new player in the multi-media field, but I really dont know.
- SbEpUBz2 5y agoEpic Games acquired and recently discontinued Houseparty, a video chat app. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houseparty_(app) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houseparty_(app)
- randomsilence 5y agoWhy would they shut it down? Discontinuing a successful social app during Covid times doesn't make sense at all. Bandcamp seems to be too big to be closed like that though.
- runevault 5y agoOr just helping set up ways to license music for games made with Unreal as part of their asset store/offerings.
- Dracophoenix 5y agoGiven the Unity acquisition of WETA, I thought Epic Games's next acquisition would be to buy a movie or FX studio to compete - that is, if they aren't building their own. I think the end result of these acquisitions is that the line between making a game and a movie will no longer exist. Sometime in the future, everyone could build and render their own Star Wars in Unreal or Unity.
- BaseballPhysics 5y ago> This appears to be the first company they are acquiring that is outside of the video game industry. ArtStation also falls outside the core videogame industry and would seem to be similar to Bandcamp, insofar as its a two way marketplace connecting artists with fans.