Animoca Brands

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Animoca Brands is a gaming company with their headquarters in Hong Kong. They were founded in January 2016 by Yat Siu, and initially focused a lot on mobile games. However, nowadays they are one of the premier companies in the blockchain gaming space. They publish and develop games, acquire studios and invest in promising projects.

Animoca Brands has several subsidiaries, including game studios like for example Pixowl, The Sandbox, nWay, Stryking Entertainment. They also have a partnership with Dapper Labs, the company behind the Flow blockchain, and they have invested in the strategy game Axie Infinity.

The blockchain games company is the organization behind a variety of crypto tokens. They use REVV for their racing games, including MotoGP Ignition and F1 Delta Time. Then there’s SAND, which is the main currency for The Sandbox. In addition they are working with other subsidiaries on more tokens, like GAMEE and LYMPO.

  • Animoca Brands Building Movie Studio in Sandbox

    Animoca Brands Building Movie Studio in Sandbox

    Phil Hall
    With a recent fundraising effort leading to a valuation of $5.9 billion, Animoca Brands is no startup company. In fact, it seems like their name is on the list of investors for almost every blockchain gaming project! Now Animoca continues their partnership with Planet Hollywood, announcing the development of a movie studio themed experience in […]
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  • Play and Earn in Life Beyond’s Alpha Test

    Play and Earn in Life Beyond’s Alpha Test

    Phil Hall
    Life Beyond just launched the first phase of their alpha. And though this phase is only accessible for Apartment Key and Passport holders, a full open alpha is scheduled for July 6th. In addition, Life Beyond is offering prizes in the form of $DOL tokens for alpha participants. It’s free to play, play and earn, […]
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  • Animoca Brands Acquires Scratch Wars Developer Notre Game

    Animoca Brands Acquires Scratch Wars Developer Notre Game

    Himanshu Cheeta
    Animoca Brands, the leading venture capital firm in the blockchain gaming industry, has announced the full acquisition of Notre Games. This Prague-based gaming startup is known for developing the Scratch Wars collectible cards game. This acquisition will enable Notre Game to expand to the global market as it has only been doing business in the […]
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  • Animoca Brands Receives Unicorn Status by Raising US$88.8 Million

    Animoca Brands Receives Unicorn Status by Raising US$88.8 Million

    Himanshu Cheeta
    Animoca Brands, the leading blockchain game distribution and venture capital company, has entered into the unicorn category after raising US$88.8 million in a funding round led by investors like Kingsway Capital, HashKey Fintech, SNZ, Octava, RIT Capital Partners, and many others. The latest funding brings the company valuation to US$1 billion. The funding took place […]
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  • Phantom Galaxies Planet Private Sale Raises US$19.3M

    Phantom Galaxies Planet Private Sale Raises US$19.3M

    Giorgio B
    Animoca Brands and Blowfish Studios announced today the successful close of the heavily oversubscribed Planet Private Sale for Phantom Galaxies. During the sale, 7,734 Planets and Asteroids were sold for a total of US$19.3 million.  Following the release of Phantom Galaxies: Episode 3, Blowfish Studios continues to astound the markets with their outstanding development speed, […]
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  • Phantom Galaxies Episode 3 Video Review

    Phantom Galaxies Episode 3 Video Review

    Phil Hall
    Phantom Galaxies continues their very playable alpha test by releasing Episode 3. This Episode, called Junk Collection allows players to continue the storyline, complete quests, and battle pirates in the cold, dark depths of space. Phantom Galaxies is a first-person, story-driven, space-based game. In the stations, players walk around, talk to NPCs, and interact with […]
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  • Undead Blocks Video Review – Kill-to-Earn in this Zombie FPS

    Undead Blocks Video Review – Kill-to-Earn in this Zombie FPS

    Bruno The Goat Master
    Who doesn’t like a good zombie apocalypse survival FPS? Well, we love the concept and so far, the team behind Undead Block is delivering! We got our hands on the latest beta version of the game and made a gameplay video review of this promising new project which could become the first blockchain-based FPS hit. […]
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  • Play-to-Earn Weekly Ep.3 With Grant Haseley, Founder of Undead Blocks

    Play-to-Earn Weekly Ep.3 With Grant Haseley, Founder of Undead Blocks

    Nicolas Roos
    In this week’s episode, we discuss the hottest play-to-earn and NFT gaming news and talk with Grant Haseley, founder of Undead Blocks. We had a blast discussing the latest news of the week and the coming games we are looking forward to. Check it out and don’t forget to like and subscribe to our YouTube […]
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  • Animoca Brands Acquires Racing Simulator Studio Eden Games

    Animoca Brands Acquires Racing Simulator Studio Eden Games

    Giorgio B
    On April 11th, Animoca Brands, one of the biggest investors in the GameFi space, confirmed the acquisition of 100% of the issued capital of Eden Games (NASDAQ: GAME, TSX-V: GAME). Eden Games is the studio behind popular titles like Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed, F1 Mobile racing, and Gear.Club. After the recent acquisition of Grease […]
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  • DEFY in the Race to be the First Move-to-Earn Augmented Reality Game

    DEFY in the Race to be the First Move-to-Earn Augmented Reality Game

    Nicolas Roos
    We have seen the recent trend of move-to-earn games gaining more and more momentum. With projects like Dustland Runner, Genopets or StepN, players get rewarded for completing physical activities. DEFY wants to take the concept further by adding a layer of AR on top of it. With a successful genesis NFT mint and a $3.5M […]
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