36 tech giants, including Epic Games, Microsoft, and Meta, have formed a special group for the open metaverse. They will cooperate to accelerate the development of standards needed to build and deploy digital worlds compatible with each other.

Tim Sweeney has criticized the so-called “Fortnite Token,” a cryptocurrency named after Epic Games’ battle royale. He called it a scam, warning that his company is now preparing legal action against it. However, the Fortnite Token creators argued that it was a “fair-launch” and “fans-created” project.

Blockchain gaming platform Gala Games has announced its partnership with Epic Games as part of its strategy to bring Web3 into the mainstream. The company’s upcoming battle royale GRIT will become the first NFT game on the Fortnite maker’s store.