Spire Animation Studios has raised $20 million from Epic Games and others as it aims to produce animated films for the metaverse.
Los Angeles-based Spire will use Epic’s Unreal Engine as part of its feature film animation pipeline as it builds new cinematic worlds.
Thecompanies said the collaboration signals a significant shift in the future of feature animation. Epic is investing in Spire…
Sony has acquired Bungie, makers of Destiny, for $3.6B
February 1, 2022
Sony Interactive Entertainment today announced it will acquired Bungie, the creators of Destiny and the original studio behind Microsoft exclusive Halo. It reportedly shelled out $3.6 billion in the deal.
According to Bungie, the studio will continue to operate…
Why Sony is acquiring Bungie | GB Decides bonus episode
February 1, 2022
Sony announced today that it is spending $3.6 billion to acquire Destiny developer Bungie. This is the latest in a series of massive acquisitions in the gaming space this month. That started with Take-Take Interactive picking up Zynga, then continued with Microsoft buying…
Gran Turismo 7 gets PlayStation State of Play this week
January 31, 2022
Sony is holding one of its semi-regular online video events for one of its major upcoming releases. The company announced plans for a Gran Turismo 7-focused State of Play for Wednesday, February 2 at 2 p.m. Pacific time. This will provide over 30 minutes of new information out of Sony Interactive Entertainment. You can watch the event live on PlayStation’s Twitch and YouTube pages.
Gran Turismo…
MLB The Show 22 is hitting Switch
January 31, 2022
MLB The Show 22 is coming April 5, and the baseball franchise is heading to Switch for the first time.
Sony Interactive Entertainment publishes The Show, but its partnership with the MLB puts the series is a unique position. That’s how it showed up on Xbox for the first…
The Elder Scrolls Online today announced its next expansion, High Isle, which will launch for PC, Mac, and Stadia on June 6 and on June 21 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.
This starts a new chapter for the MMO, with a year-long story focusing…
Valve confirms Steam Deck starts shipping late February
January 27, 2022
Valve’s much-anticipated handheld console Steam Deck is finally hitting the market. The company promised it would arrive at the end of February and it looks like it’s going to deliver. Those who reserved the device will get an invitation on February 25 and have three days to place their order as shipments start on February 28.
However, Valve won’t be able to fulfill all the…
Epic Games Store has 194M users, readies new features for 2022
January 27, 2022
Epic Games today published its Year in Review for 2021, in which it gathered details about how the Store has grown in the last year. Among other facts, we know the Epic Games Store now has over 194 million users on PC. It also mentioned that Epic is preparing new updates for…
Roblox’s year-end data reveals its metaverse advantage
January 27, 2022
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Roblox had an explosive growth year in 2021, and today the company released some data that shows how it’s a leading contender in the…
Epic Games’ Kim Libreri on how real the metaverse can look
January 27, 2022
Did you miss a session from the Future of Work Summit? Head over to our Future of Work Summit on-demand library to stream.
If there is a small circle of people to ask how realistic we can get when we try to make a world seem flawlessly realistic in the metaverse, Kim Libreri is one of those people.
Libreri has had a long career at the intersection of movies, special effects, games, technology…
