The consolidation of a rubbish future continues as Ready Player One-inspired "open metaverse" is announced

2024 is feeling like 2022 (or 2023) all over again as Futureverse is teaming up with novelist Ernest Cline and Warner Bros. Discovery to potentially burn billions of dollars by attempting to create a Ready Player One-inspired, AI-powered metaverse that will probably only achieve a fraction of the power Fortnite already has. The worst entertainment-related news of the 2024 so far (competition is already high) dropped today, January 4, with Futureverse announcing the launch of Readyverse Studios a...