CARY, N.C. (WTVD) -- Disney CEO Bob Iger announced during the company's earnings call Wednesday that it would invest $1.5 billion in Cary-based Epic Games. Epic Games is the studio behind the popular ...

Disney announced it will be investing $1.5 billion into Epic Games, the studio behind the massively popular free-to-play cross-platform game “Fortnite,” on Wednesday. The deal marks the company’s ...

Disney is investing $1.5 billion in “Fortnite” developer Epic Games in what will be the Mouse House’s “biggest foray into the game space ever,” Disney CEO Bob Iger announced Wednesday. “We’ve entered ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Disney CEO Bob Iger said that the entertainment giant will leverage its $1.5 billion deal with Epic Games to build a “Disney ...

Epic Games, the prominent private video game maker in Cary, hasn’t always kept its valuation a secret. By then, Epic was among the world’s most valuable private businesses, a three-decade ascent ...

If you were under any illusion that Disney’s new partnership with Epic Games on a Fortnite-connected “games and entertainment universe” was a traditional video game, that line from Disney’s ...

Even though the ‘persistent universe’ from the two companies will connect to Fortnite, you probably won’t be playing as Mickey Mouse with a gun. Even though the ‘persistent universe’ from the two ...

Disney CEO Bob Iger announced the news on the company's earnings call Wednesday. By Alex Weprin Senior Editor Disney CEO Bob Iger announced the partnership in an interview on CNBC on Wednesday. The ...

Disney and Epic Games have announced a monumental deal and multiyear collaboration as of this week. Disney is investing $1.5 billion USD into an equity stake in Epic Games. In turn, the two will work ...

Two years ago, Disney announced that it would be investing $1.5 billion into Epic Games, part of an effort to create a "new persistent universe" that would feature Disney's own characters and stories ...

Note: This article expands on topics covered in the Variety VIP+ special report “The State of the Video Game Industry,” available only to subscribers. Disney’s $1.5 billion investment in Fortnite ...