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Epic Games acquires artist portfolio marketplace ArtStation
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San Francisco, May 4 : Epic Games has acquired ArtStation which is an online marketplace for digital artists for an undisclosed sum.
Founded in 2014, ArtStation provides a platform for creators across games, media and entertainment where they can develop and share their portfolios, post and discover job opportunities. The ArtStation leadership team brings tremendous talent and an unparalleled track record of supporting a vibrant creator community and ecosystem, said Epic Games vice president and general manager Marc Petit said in a statement.
Epic Games is continuing to expand on its developer tool offerings with another acquisition. The Unreal Engine maker has now acquired ArtStation, which runs a marketplace for game assets and digital illustrations.
ArtStation is a platform used by many artists from major and smaller game studios alike. Under the Epic Games umbrella, ArtStation will “closely collaborate” with the Unreal Engine team to expand tools, resources and connections.
In addition to that, Epic is reducing the fees on the ArtStation marketplace so creators “can get even more value” from the platform. ArtStation Learning, a section of the website dedicated to lectures and guides, will also be free for the rest of the year.
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Epic Games has announced it’s acquired visual art portfolio platform Artstation in yet another major acquisition for the makers of Unreal Engine.
The platform, which is used by game industry professionals as well as artists from other fields, has become well-known both for its wide proliferation of art portfolios as well as a brief but ill-fated flirtation with selling non-fungible tokens (NFTs) for art on the platform.
In a blog post, Epic Games wrote that “ArtStation will continue to operate as an independently branded platform while collaborating closely with the Unreal Engine team.”