Action in Darewise's Life Beyond.
Action in Darewise's Life Beyond.
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Animoca Brands acquires 70% of Life Beyond creator Darewise

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Blockchain gaming company Animoca Brands said it has agreed to acquire 70% of Darewise Entertainment, the indie game company that is making the metaverse-like blockchain online game Life Beyond.

The deal shows Animoca Brands is serious about acquiring high-quality games that can help show that blockchain games can mix well with triple-A content. The deal comes just days after Animoca Brands bought racing game developer Eden Games.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.