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Animoca Brands, the parent company of The Sandbox, added Eden Games\u00a0to its portfolio on Tuesday. Eden Games is a publisher of popular racing games including the Gear.Club <\/em>and\u00a0Test Drive <\/em>series.\u00a0Animoca hopes this acquisition will enhance its REVV Motorsport ecosystem\u00a0of blockchain-based racing games on Polygon.<\/p>\n 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\u00a0play-to-earn (P2E) massively multiplayer online role-playing game, or MMORPG, called\u00a0Life Beyond. Animoca Brands agreed to a 70% stake in\u00a0Darewise Entertainment, according to VentureBeat.<\/p>\n Yat Siu, co-founder and chairman of Animoca Brands, laid out some of the reasons for the acquisition in a Twitter thread.\u00a0<\/p>\n 1\/ Incredibly excited to announce that the incredibly talented team at @Darewise<\/a> creators of the #AAA<\/a> #MMORPG<\/a> @LifeBeyond<\/a> and expert builders of online worlds is joining the @animocabrands<\/a> fam a quick as to the reasons #NFT<\/a> #blockchaingames<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/LWLJ4gvQCA<\/p>\n \u2014 Yat Siu (@ysiu) April 13, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Siu cited one of the main factors as the collective experience of the team behind Darewise in franchises such as Assassin\u2019s Creed and The Division.\u00a0Life Beyond, which is about an alien planet plagued by battle,\u00a0is being built on the\u00a0Unreal Engine\u00a0and is currently in closed alpha.\u00a0He said to \u201cexpect many collaborations, partnerships and interoperable experiences + highest level of quality.\u201d<\/p>\n According to the company,\u00a0Life Beyond\u00a0intends to \u201cempower 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.\u201d<\/p>\n Related:\u00a0Fortnite creators Epic Games raise $2B from Sony and LEGO to fund metaverse plans<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n On Thursday, Darewise announced via Twitter that it had purchased a Bored Ape Yacht Club nonfungible token (NFT) named\u00a0Franck. The details of the \u201csupport” for BAYC members and ApeCoin help have not yet been revealed.<\/p>\n At Darewise, we strongly believe in the Open Metaverse philosophy. Creating bridges between communities. <\/p>\n We are starting today by supporting the @BoredApeYC<\/a> and @apecoin<\/a> holder in our project! pic.twitter.com\/KLHQ64Q0iU<\/a><\/p>\n\n
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