Fortnite Maker Epic Gets $2 Billion From Sony, Lego Owner (2)

Sony Group Corp. and the owner of the Lego Group invested $2 billion in Epic Games Inc., the maker of Fortnite.

Epic is valued at $31.5 billion after the investment, the Cary, North Carolina-based company said Monday in a statement. Epic’s valuation about a year ago was $28.7 billion.

The game company, among the most valuable startups in the U.S., is currently waging a costly legal battle with Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc. over fees charged by their app stores. Epic runs its own app store, the Epic Games Store, and alleges that Apple and Alphabet’s Google engage ...