The blockchain-focused gaming agency Animoca Manufacturers introduced Monday that it acquired the French sport developer Eden Video games, creator of automotive racing-focused titles akin to GEAR.CLUB, F1 Cell, Want for Velocity: Porsche and V-Rally.
Previously often known as Eden Studios, the agency was part of Atari till the early 2010s. Eden Video games relaunched as an unbiased studio in 2013.
Monday’s acquisition marks the second racing-focused sport agency Animoca Manufacturers has acquired because the starting of the yr. The Hong Kong-based Animoca Manufacturers acquired cell sport developer Grease Monkey — behind titles akin to Torque Burnout and Torque Drift — in February of this yr.
With this new acquisition, Animoca Manufacturers intends to make use of Eden Video games’ expertise to construct out its current play-to-earn sport REVV Motorsport in addition to different blockchain-based racing video video games sequence.
“With its quarter of a century of experience in constructing high-quality motorsport video video games, Eden Video games will improve and speed up the event of the REVV Motorsport ecosystem and add highly effective worth to the REVV group and the racing metaverse,” Animoca Manufacturers co-founder and government chairman Yat Siu stated in an announcement.
In January of 2022, Animoca Manufacturers hit a $5 billion valuation, The Block beforehand reported.