The Sandbox acquires Germany’s Sviper to add metaverse gaming talent
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The Sandbox has expanded to Germany with the acquisition of game development studio Sviper.
Sviper will add senior-level development, engineering and creative talent based in Hamburg, Germany, to The Sandbox, a blockchain gaming company which is owned by Animoca Brands.
The idea is to expand metaverse social and gameplay features for The Sandbox metaverse platform.
“The Sandbox’s German team is a creative powerhouse that is already advancing the gameplay possibilities available to our internal teams and The Sandbox creators at large,” said Sebastien Borget, COO of The Sandbox, in a statement. “From adding social features to designing rules creators can use to prototype game logic to implementing powerful multiplayer features, our Hamburg team is supercharging the metaverse’s creative potential.”
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Sviper was founded in 2016 and known for its creative work with major brand partners and its senior-level talent. Sviper will work on adding new social features, new multiplayer gameplay options, and new Game Maker possibilities for creators at The Sandbox. Agnitio Capital acted as M&A adviser to Sviper in connection with the transaction.
“We’ve built a high level of trust with The Sandbox Germany team as they’ve demonstrated tremendous innovation and quality by both working with major partners and ideating on new gameplay concepts,” said Arthur Madrid, CEO of The Sandbox, in a statement.
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