Animoca Brands, the company Hong Kong-based firm advancing digital property rights for gaming and the metaverse, announced Wednesday it will acquire Darewise Entertainment, a France-based game developer founded by veterans of the AAA games industry that is currently developing the high-quality blockchain MMO Life Beyond. The collaboration will facilitate planned growth, accelerate game development, and combine expert AAA video game development with blockchain integration, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and play-and-earn capabilities.