TheFortnitesingularity
Last year, Epic Games made abig investment in Aquiris, the Brazilian developer ofHorizon Chase Turbo. Today,they have announcedthat they’ve followed through, acquired the studio, and rebranded it as Epic Brasil. That would be fine, but the developer is now mostly working onFortnitecontent.
It feels like the entire industry is on a slow collapse into aFortnitesingularity. Not, like, actually, but it’s an amusing and horrifying thought.
Beyond theHorizon Chaseseries, Aquiris has been largely a mobile developer. Some of their more notable titles includeWonderboxandLooney Tunes World of Mayhem. Last year, they releasedHorizon Chase 2on mobile platforms, with PC and console ports planned for this year.
An additionalFortnitesupport studio is only one function of the new Epic Brasil. They also state that this is to establish a presence in South America and “spotlight” the region’s developers.
“With the creation of Epic Games Brasil, we look forward to tapping into the immense talent the region has to offer and establishing our presence in Latin America,” said Alain Tascan, Executive Vice President of Game Development at Epic Games in the press release.
In the interim, Epic Brasil will still continue to work on supporting the titles it did as Aquiris. However, the press release is pretty clear, saying, “the AQUIRIS team of developers will join Epic Games to create groundbreaking content and social experiences within Fortnite.” There is no word on whether or not this will affect the PC and console port ofHorizon Chase 2.
