Animoca Brands
Hong Kong’s Animoca Brands partners Germany’s OneFootball to bring football to blockchain
Animoca Brands, a Hong Kong-based company advancing digital property rights for gaming and the metaverse, announced Thursday that it has partnered Germany-based football media platform OneFootball and United States-based venture capital firm Liberty City Ventures to set up OneFootball Labs, which will enable clubs, leagues, federations and players to…
Animoca Brands partners Planet Hollywood to form joint venture for NFTs, themed metaverse and community
Hong Kong-based gaming firm Animoca Brands and United States-based entertainment firm Planet Hollywood Group announced Friday the MetaHollywood joint venture. The MetaHollywood will build the largest online community for movie lovers, studios, and creators to interact within a Hollywood-themed metaverse and marketplace for digital collectibles, moments,…
How NFTs are boosting the global sports collectibles experience
This new blockchain-based digital content is making substantial impacts in various sectors like gaming, arts, entertainment, music, and the multi-billion dollar sports industry.
Hong Kong’s Animoca Brands set to acquire Australian digital marketing agency Be Media
Animoca Brands, the Hong Kong-based company advancing digital property rights for gaming and the metaverse, announced Tuesday it will acquire Australian digital marketing agency Be Media to focus on key opportunities in Australia centered around blockchain development.
Hong Kong’s Animoca Brands to acquire French blockchain game developer Darewise
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…
Hong Kong’s Animoca Brands acquires French racing game developer Eden Games
Animoca Brands, the Hong Kong-based company advancing digital property rights for gaming and the metaverse, announced Monday it has completed the acquisition of 100 percent of the issued capital of French racing game developer Eden Games S.A.S. from Engine Gaming & Media. Animoca Brands will leverage the expertise and capabilities of Eden Games to work…
HSBC enters the metaverse via partnership with The Sandbox
HSBC and The Sandbox announced Wednesday a new partnership that will open up a host of opportunities for virtual communities across the world to engage with global financial services providers and sports communities in The Sandbox metaverse. The groundbreaking partnership between The Sandbox and HSBC will see the global financial services provider acquire a…
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…
Animoca Brands, Brinc launch new $30M Guild Accelerator Program
Animoca Brands has partnered with Brinc to launch the Guild Accelerator Program to build and grow the play-to-earn (P2E) guild ecosystem globally. The new acceleration program offers a total investment capital of up to $30 million over two years.The Guild Accelerator Program aims to enable millions of people around the world to generate income by…
