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[Clockwork Knight]

Zachtronics game Infinifactory free for the week.

 

[Volrath]

This is my epic library:

 

[Konjad]

Disney to take $1.5 billion stake in Epic Games, work with Fortnite maker on new content​

Published Wed, Feb 7 20244:11 PM ESTUpdated Wed, Feb 7 20245:28 PM EST

Sarah Whitten@sarahwhit10
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Key Points

• Disney is investing $1.5 billion for an equity stake in Epic Games in its biggest jump yet into the gaming world.
• The media giant will work with the Fortnite gaming studio on new games and an entertainment universe.
• Disney has previously collaborated with Epic to bring characters from Marvel, Star Wars, “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” “Tron” and more to Fortnite.

Disney
is investing $1.5 billion for a stake in Epic Games, CEO Bob Iger said Wednesday, in its biggest bet yet on the gaming space.
The media giant will work with the Fortnite studio 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, Star Wars, Avatar and more,” Disney said in a press release.

Disney did not say what the valuation of Epic, a private company, would be after the media company’s funding.



In an interview with CNBC’s Julia Boorstin, Iger called the investment “probably our biggest foray into the game space ever.”
“Which I think is not only timely, but an important step when you look at the demographic trends and where Gen Alpha and Gen Z and even millennials are spending their time and media,” he said.
The partnership comes after Disney had success licensing figures such as Spider-Man for blockbuster video games, and collaborated with Epic to bring characters from Marvel, Star Wars, “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” “Tron” and more to Fortnite.
The deal also extends a string of major partnerships for Epic.

Fortnite has recently collaborated with Lego for a survival crafting game within the gaming platform similar to Minecraft. It also launched Fortnite Festival, a rhythm game from Harmonix, which created the game Rock Band.
“Disney was one of the first companies to believe in the potential of bringing their worlds together with ours in Fortnite, and they use Unreal Engine across their portfolio,” said Epic Games founder and CEO Tim Sweeney in a statement. “Now we’re collaborating on something entirely new to build a persistent, open and interoperable ecosystem that will bring together the Disney and Fortnite communities.”
Aside from Fortnite, Epic Games is well-known for challenging Apple
and Google
in court to force them to lower their app store fees. Sweeney was personally involved in both challenges, from the planning stages to testifying in court.

He won a victory against Google, although that decision is expected to be appealed, and mostly lost against Apple.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/07/dis...on-stake-in-epic-games-maker-of-fortnite.html

 

[Cyberarmy]

Maaan, fuck Disney! They already killed Lucas Arts, what they want more?

 

[Cologno]

Eh, if it kills off Fortnite.

 

[Cat Headed Eagle]

The kiss of death methinks yeah

 

[Volrath]

Isn't Musk going to buy Disney?

 

[Grauken]

Eh, if it kills off Fortnite.

Even better if they manage to kill off Epic

 

[Pika-Cthulhu]

So ballpark figure on how long before the released Disney models in high fidelity unreal engine end up being used in degrading smut, two weeks?

 

[Wirdschowerdn]

Fortnite and Disney is a perfect match made in Consoomer Hell. Enjoy your daily gigabytes of content.

 

[Konjad]

A ransomware gang claims to have nearly 200 gigabytes of Epic Games’ internal data, including source code and payment information.

A relative newcomer to the ransomware scene is claiming to have successfully hacked game developer and distributor Epic Games.
The Mogilevich gang made the claim overnight, posting the details of the apparent hack on its darknet leak site.
“We have quietly carried out an attack to [sic] Epic Games’ servers,” a Mogilevich spokesperson said.
The gang claims to have 189 gigabytes of data, including “email, passwords, full name, payment information, source code and many other data”. The data is currently listed as up for sale.
“If you are an employee of the company or someone who would like to buy the data, click on me,” a hyperlink on the site said. The link leads to the group’s contact page, where a Tox messaging address can be found.

Mogilevich has not asked for a specific dollar figure for the data, and the current deadline for Epic Games to pay – or for someone else to purchase the data outright – is 4 March. Nor has it posted any proof-of-hack material, as Rhysida did with last year’s Insomniac Games hack.
Epic Games is known for the phenomenally popular online shooter Fortnite, as well as older titles like Unreal Tournament and the Gears of War series. Epic also runs its own online storefront – the Epic Games Store – selling the games of other developers and publishers.
The company has offices all over the world, including in Australia, and owns several other subsidiaries.


Who is Mogilevich?
Mogilevich is a new threat actor in the ransomware space – Epic Games is only its fourth victim, with its first being Nissan subsidiary Infiniti USA on 20 February this year.
The gang is possibly Russian-speaking, and while, so far, it appears to be operating on its own behalf, it is also advertising itself as a ransomware-for-hire operation.
We’re in the process of putting together a profile of the new operation with everything we’ve been able to discover about it so far, so watch this space.

https://www.cyberdaily.au/culture/10241-fortnite-game-dev-epic-games-allegedly-hacked

 

[Mitleser2020]

Epic Games Launcher will no longer support Windows 7, 8, and 10​

 

[Konjad]

It refers only to 32 bit W10

 

[soutaiseiriron]

is there anything on EGS that supports 32bit windows in the first place? insane to me that people still actually run 32bit systems. who still runs 20 year old CPUs?

 

[ERYFKRAD]

is there anything on EGS that supports 32bit windows in the first place?

Their datamining

 

[fantadomat]

Epic Games Launcher will no longer support Windows 7, 8, and 10​