Epic Games In The News

Watch out Fortnite and Roblox: Facebook is building a metaverse all of its own

Facebook top go on hiring spree in Europe to build the 'metaverse'

Fortnite maker Epic Games and Warner Music join $7m funding round for music licensing platform Lickd

Lickd is a service for video creators to access claims-free commercial music

Fortnite’s latest music move is a virtual event with rising British band easy life and London Venue the O2

easy life to become first UK act to perform in Fortnite Creative

Zara Larsson to host album launch event and virtual ‘Dance Party’ on Roblox

Ava Max and Lil Nas X have also performed on the Roblox platform

Warner Music Asia inks exclusive deal with Esports Player League (ESPL)

Deal will allow ESPL to embed Warner Music songs into its platform

From Reservoir’s $788m valuation to Spotify and Warner’s canoodling: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up

The biggest music industry stories of the week, all in one place

Sony pumps another $200m into Fortnite maker Epic Games as part of $1bn funding round

MBW estimates that Sony now owns between 2% and 2.5% in Epic Games

BMG and KKR are ready to spend $1bn on music copyrights – and that’s just for starters…

BMG's Hartwig Masuch and KKR's Nat Zilkha on the music industry's new acquisitive super-alliance