Animoca Brands to bet big on MMORPG blockchain games
Animoca Brands, the parent company of The Sandbox, added Eden Games to its portfolio on Tuesday. Eden Games is a publisher of popular racing games including the Gear.Cluband Test Driveseries. Animoca hopes this acquisition will enhance its REVV Motorsport ecosystem of blockchain-based racing games on Polygon.
On Wednesday, Animoca announced it is acquiring Darewise Entertainment, a Paris-based game studio founded by former Ubisoft executives and other AAA games 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 agreed to a 70% stake in Darewise Entertainment, according to VentureBeat.
Yat Siu, co-founder and chairman 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
Siu cited one of the main factors as the collective experience of the team behind Darewise in franchises such as Assassin’s Creed and The Division. Life Beyond, which is about an alien planet plagued by battle, is being built on the Unreal Engine and is currently in closed alpha. He said to “expect many collaborations, partnerships and interoperable experiences + highest level of quality.”
According to the company, Life Beyond intends to “empower players to make decisions both on an individual level via their own play choices as well as collectively by making critical decisions on the future direction of the game.”
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