Animoca Brands, the parent company of sandbox, added to his portfolio on Tuesday Eden Games. Eden Games is a developer of popular racing games, including the Gear.Club series. and Test Drive. Animoca expects this acquisition to enhance its REVV Motorsport ecosystem of blockchain-based racing games on Polygon.
On Wednesday, Animoca announced that it is acquiring Darewise Entertainment, a Paris-based game studio founded by former Ubisoft executives and other AAA gaming industry veterans. Darewise is currently developing a new play to earn (P2E) massively multiplayer online role-playing game, or MMORPG, called Life Beyond. Animoca Brands has agreed to a 70% stake in Darewise Entertainment, according to VentureBeat.
Yat Siu, co-founder and president of Animoca Brands, laid out some of the reasons for the acquisition in a Twitter thread.
1/ Incredibly excited to announce that the incredibly talented team at @Darewise creators of the #AAA #MMORPG @LifeBeyond and expert builders of online worlds is joining the @animocabrands fam a quick as to the reasons #NFT #blockchaingames https://t.co/LWLJ4gvQCA
— Yat Siu (@ysiu) April 13, 2022
Incredibly excited to announce that the incredibly talented team of Darewise creators of the MMORPG Life Beyond and expert creators of online worlds is joining the Animoca Brands family.
Siu cited as one of the main factors the collective experience of the team behind Darewise in franchises such as Assassin’s Creed Y TheDivision. About an alien planet riddled with battles, Life Beyond is being built on the Unreal Engine and is currently in closed alpha. He has said that “many collaborations, partnerships and interoperable experiences + the highest level of quality are expected”.
According to the company, Life Beyond aims to “empower players to make decisions both individually through their own gameplay choices and collectively, making critical decisions about the future direction of the game.”
Thursday, Darewise announced via Twitter that it had purchased a non-fungible token (NFT) from Bored Ape Yacht Club called Franck. Details of the “support” for BAYC members and the help from ApeCoin have yet to be revealed.
At Darewise, we strongly believe in the Open Metaverse philosophy. Creating bridges between communities.
We are starting today by supporting the @BoredApeYC and @apecoin holder in our project! pic.twitter.com/KLHQ64Q0iU
— Darewise (@Darewise) April 14, 2022
At Darewise, we firmly believe in the philosophy of the Open Metaverse. Building bridges between communities.
Today we start supporting the owner of @BoredApeYC and @apecoin in our project!
BesidesAnimoca Brands recently co-led a $5 million investment round for mobile P2E game Blast Royale with investment firm Mechanism Capital. First Light Games is the developer behind Blast Royale and other popular games like Monument Valley, Fable, Street Fighter, and Tomb Raider.
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