Mythical Games expands overseas and acquires assets of U.K. game studio Shortround Games
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Mythical Games has acquired tech and staff from Shortround Games, a game studio based in Brighton, England. And Mythical, the maker of Blankos Block Party, has also opened offices in Seoul, South Korea, and Stockholm, Sweden.
Mythical makes games and provides technology based on blockchain and nonfungible tokens (NFTs), with a focus on enabling people to play and earn rewards at the same time.
The latest moves are part of the company’s plan to put its $150 million in funding to work. Mike Kang has been named as the vice president of business development for Asia Pacific, while Jikhan Jung will be the vice president of production.
Adam Schaub will be the head of Mythical Europe and studio general manager. The company has also acquired the Shortround tech, which includes client and server tools built to develop and maintain large-scale, socially interactive and competitive games.
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Shortround studio director Andrew Hubbard, a 15-year games industry veteran who previously served as a lead programmer at Criterion Games and Disney Interactive’s BlackRock studio, will continue to helm the team of eight people who are joining Mythical.
As part of Mythical Europe, the new hires from Shortround will help the company realize its aspirations to build engaging virtual worlds that leverage the Mythical Platform, beginning with an unannounced sports game releasing in 2023.
This is the second acquisition for Mythical this year; in January it announced the purchase of metaverse streaming
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