Animoca Brands acquires mobile gaming firm Notre Game

Gaming and Metaverse • June 3, 2022, 12:50PM EDT

Crypto software and venture capital firm Animoca Brands announced Friday the purchase of Notre Game, a gaming firm that incorporates physical and digital items into its titles.

Animoca Brands now owns 100% of the issued capital for Notre Game, marking yet another acquisition of a blockchain gaming startup for the firm. Notre Game will continue to operate as a subsidiary of Animoca, the firms said in a press statement.

Notre Game is a Prague-based gaming startup founded in 2016. Its most prominent titles include Scratch Wars, a mobile game featuring collectible cards with physical and digital counterparts.

Animoca Brands had previously acquired the racing-focused blockchain gaming startups Grease Monkey Games and Eden Games in February and April of this year, respectively.

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