Both companies are deepening their respective ties with Epic Games. Just a few days ago, The LEGO Group announced a partnership with Epic to build a kid-friendly version of the metaverse. As for Sony, you’ll likely remember that they already invested $250 million in Epic in July 2020 and then another $200 million about a year ago. Epic Games still keeps a single class of common stock outstanding and remains controlled by CEO and founder Tim Sweeney. The company’s post-money equity valuation is now $31.5 billion. Kenichiro Yoshida, Chairman, President, and CEO of Sony Group Corporation, said in a statement: Søren Thorup Sørensen, CEO of KIRKBI, stated: Tim Sweeney, CEO and Founder of Epic Games, added:

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