Gaming
Indonesia’s RRQ teams up Alterra to launch RRQ Guild to build and support play-to-earn communities
Rex Regum Qeon (also known as RRQ) on Tuesday launched its new project RRQ Guild, in collaboration with tech startup Alterra, to expand blockchain based play-to-earn communities globally through its fanbase and online-to-offline (O2O) presence. RRQ teamed up Alterra to leverage the latter’s technology expertise and O2O presence in over 90 cities in…
US’s LEET Technology partners with Philippines’ Smart Communications to develop online esports gaming platform in the Philippines
LEET Technology Inc. (LEET) has partnered with Smart Communications Inc. (Smart), to develop Smart GIGA Arena, the first all-in-one online esports gaming platform in the Philippines. Enabling Filipinos to pursue their mobile gaming passion, Smart GIGA Arena is built on a proprietary esports and social gaming platform, by LEET. This platform on the fastest…
Animoca Brands acquires indie game developer Grease Monkey Games
Animoca Brands has acquired Australia-based indie game developer Grease Monkey Games. With extensive experience in motorsports games development and established industry partnerships across motorsports and automotive manufacturing, Grease Monkey Games adds significant game development capabilities and expertise to Animoca Brands.
Animoca Brands Japan begins operations, bags seed round of $10M
Animoca Brands announced Tuesday it has begun operations in Japan with the launch of its strategic subsidiary Animoca Brands KK (Animoca Brands Japan), which has completed a raise of ¥1.1 billion ($10 million) of funding in its seed round. Animoca Brands Japan will use the new capital to expand its business in Japan with the goal to enhance the reach of…
Binance and Netmarble F&C sign MoU for strategic partnership to build a global P2E and NFT ecosystem
Binance has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a strategic partnership with Netmarble F&C, to build a global Play to Earn (P2E) ecosystem and non-fungible token (NFT) offering. Through the strategic partnership, the two teams will develop and contribute to the infrastructure of Binance Smart Chain (BSC) through BSC…
Vietnamese blockchain gaming firm Summoners Arena raises $3M seed fund led by Pantera Capital
Summoners Arena announced Friday the completion of a $3 million round of seed financing. The round was led by Pantera Capital, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Onechain Technology, GuildFi, Merit Circle, Cosmic Guild, Coin98 Ventures, Istari Ventures, Spartan Group, Impossible Finance, Kyber Ventures, and Kyros Ventures as well as several…
Binance partners with South Korean entertainment firm YG Entertainment to develop metaverse, NFT and gaming opportunities
Binance has partnered with YG Entertainment (YG) to develop metaverse, non-fungible token (NFT) and gaming opportunities. As part of the strategic partnership, Binance and YG will cooperate on a range of blockchain projects, including collaborations in the NFT space. Binance will provide the NFT platform and technology infrastructure while YG will supply…
Australian mobile gaming firm iCandy buys 51 percent stake in Southeast Asian game developer Storms for $5.7M
iCandy Interactive Limited (iCandy) is acquiring 51 percent stake in Digital Games International Pte. Ltd. (Storms) for A$8 million ($5.69 million), which will be settled via the issuance of new fully paid ordinary shares of iCandy. The acquisition of Storms will allow iCandy to leverage its distribution network to further target a number of markets in Asia…
Hong Kong’s The Sandbox partners with Warner Music to create music-themed world in the metaverse
The Sandbox announced Thursday that it has partnered with Warner Music Group (WMG) to create the first music-themed world in The Sandbox gaming metaverse. A combination of musical theme park and concert venue, the Warner Music Group LAND in The Sandbox will feature concerts and musical experiences featuring WMG’s leading roster of artists,
