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Disney to Acquire $1.5 Billion Stake in Epic Games, Aims to Create Joint Metaverse
12.2.2024
Disney, one of the biggest entertainment companies, has decided to acquire a $1.5 billion stake in Epic Games, makers of the known persistent metaverse platform Fortnite. The companies will collaborate to develop a metaverse featuring Disney-owned intellectual properties (IPs) which will benefit...
Disney Will Develop A 'New Persistent Universe' With Epic Games
7.2.2024
Disney is making its biggest push yet into video games. On February 7, the Mouse House and Fortnite creator Epic Games announced plans to create new games and an entertainment universe where consumers can “play, watch, shop and engage with content, characters and stories from Disney, Pixar, Marvel...
It’s Time To Start Killing Your Subscriptions
18.9.2023
These companies are bleeding me dry. Starfield on Game Pass. Sea of Stars on PS Plus. Ahsoka on Disney Plus. The Last of Us on (HBO) Max. Subscription services used to make me feel like I was getting away with something. Cheaper, easier entertainment at the click of a button. No commercials, Fewer...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Is Now Big Mad About Disney Outsmarting Him
4.4.2023
Welcome back, folks, to the ongoing battle between Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the Walt Disney Company. This week, the two are at it again, with DeSantis calling for a criminal investigation into Disney’s lawyers for out-maneuvering his goons and retaining control of the special district that...
Disney Reportedly Axing Metaverse Division Amidst Company Restructuring
1.4.2023
The metaverse division of Disney has apparently fallen victim to the latest round of layoffs announced by the company. Per reports from the Wall Street Journal citing people “familiar with the situation,” the whole next-generation storytelling and consumer-experience unit, comprised...
Disney reportedly scraps its metaverse division
28.3.2023
The metaverse division was originally put together to work on new ways to engage Disney’s audience
Disney brings back Bob Iger as CEO: Here's the crypto connection
21.11.2022
Since leaving The Walt Disney Company, Bob Iger has been acting as an advisor and board member for the digital avatar platform Genies