Animoca Brands, the parent company of The Sandbox, on Tuesday added Eden Games to its already substantial portfolio, expanding its presence in blockchain gaming. Eden Games is a publisher of popular racing games including the Gear.Club and iconic Test Drive series. With the acquisition, Animoca Brands hopes to enhance its Polygon-based REVV Motorsport ecosystem.
A day later, on Wednesday, the blockchain gaming investment firm announced the acquisition of Darewise Entertainment, a Paris-based game studio founded by former Ubisoft executive, taking a 70% stake in the firm. The games developer is currently working on a new play-to-earn (P2E) massively multiplayer online role-playing game, or MMORPG, called Life Beyond.
Co-founder and chairman of Animoca Brands, Yat Siu, took to Twitter and elaborated on the rationale behind the investment, noting he “expects many collaborations, partnerships and interoperable experiences + highest level of quality.”
On Thursday, Darewise announced its support for the Bored Ape Yacht Club and revealed it had purchased the nonfungible token (NFT) ‘Franck’.