Darewise Entertainment (Darewise), a subsidiary of Animoca Brands and the company behind Life Beyond, and Animoca Brands Japan announced Monday a collaboration with Honda Motor Co., Ltd (Honda) to co-develop transportation and vehicle-related gameplay in Life Beyond, the upcoming AAA science fiction destination.
The collaboration, facilitated by Animoca Brands Japan, will see the innovation and craftsmanship of Honda team integrated into Life Beyond to usher in a new era of transportation on the world of Dolos, the planet where Life Beyond takes place, Animoca Brands said in a statement.
According to the statement, Honda and Darewise will co-develop new gameplay and game assets for Life Beyond, including in-game items, activities, and Ordinals featuring Honda.
“We are thrilled to establish a deep relationship with Honda as our key automotive partner,
“In addition to adding to in-game utility and style, we think that the ideation and innovation generated by this collaboration will enhance the game experience tremendously,” said Benjamin Charbit, the Chief Executive Officer of Darewise.
Darewise is a Web3 game technology company founded by veterans of the AAA games industry that is currently developing the sci-fi MMO Life Beyond.
Its core team includes Benjamin Charbit (Game Director, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag), Marc Albinet (Game Director, Assassin’s Creed Unity and Dying Light 2), Christian Bravery (Art Director, Black & White, and the Fable series), Samuel Kahn (Tech Lead, Ubisoft’s Snowdrop Engine and Crytek’s Cryengine) and Vincent Marty (Head of Marketing, Ubisoft EMEA _ VP ESL Gaming).
Darewise is a multicultural team with offices in Paris, Barcelona, and London. The company strongly believes in the positive power of online video games to create meaningful, interactive, and social experiences.
Life Beyond is a gaming metaverse where players embark on a journey to build a new civilization on Planet Dolos.
In this sci-fi world powered by a player-driven tokenized economy, player-citizens can decide who they want to become and the role they want to play in Life Beyond’s complex and many-layered society.
Developed and published by Darewise, the project embraces the open metaverse philosophy to create immersive experiences with an emphasis on true ownership and interoperability.
Founded in 2021, Animoca Brands Japan (Animoca Brands K.K.) is the strategic subsidiary in Japan of Animoca Brands Corporation Limited, a global Web3 company, with a motorsport games portfolio that includes products made in collaboration with MotoGP™ and other leading motorsport brands.
Animoca Brands Japan was established to support the global Web3 strategies of Japanese intellectual property and content holders such as major publishers, brands, education, sports teams, athletes, artists and game companies.
The firm provides a platform that combines IPs with blockchain technology, and supports IP holders to build their own ecosystem through a full stack of Web3 services, providing a bridge between Japanese IPs and global fans.