Animoca Brands and OST Announce Partnership to Develop Blockchain-Powered Games

Animoca Brands is a Top50 mobile games company and the developer behind popular titles like BeastQuest, Garfield and Masters of the Universe.

Today we are thrilled to welcome Animoca Brands as our latest Partner Company.

Animoca Brands, a leading public game publisher listed on ASX (ASX:AB1) with over 300 million downloads of their games, has entered into a strategic partnership with OST in order to develop Blockchain games by leveraging OST technology and the OpenST and OpenST Mosaic Protocols.

Yat Siu, Co-Founder and Board Director of Animoca Brands, and Chris Dark, CCO & Co-Founder of OST, discuss the partnership with Jose Mota on the OST LIVE podcast series.

Formed in 2014, Animoca Brands focuses on mobile games and was recently named one of the world’s Top 50 Developers by PocketGamer. Many of its games are based on fan-favorites — Thomas & Friends, Masters of the Universe, Beast Quest, MasterChef, Garfield, Star Stable, Doraemon, Ben 10, and Astro Boy — all fully licensed by their respective IP owners. Additionally, it also develops and publishes a broad range of original games.

Animoca Brands distinguishes itself as one of the few established gaming companies to openly embrace the opportunities presented by Blockchain. As demonstrated by its recent acquisition of Pixowl (maker of SandBox) and partnership with HTC to distribute CryptoKitties on mobile, Animoca Brands is actively exploring different ways to bring this new technology to mass consumers.

By partnering with OpenST and OST, Animoca Brands is building a powerful strategic foundation for long-term blockchain development, and securing a savvy partner who has already produced a high-demand utility token and an innovative tokenisation platform. We look forward to collaborating to bridge the gap between blockchain technology and mainstream consumer applications as we bring DApps into the mainstream, to the hundreds of millions of users who have yet to experience the impact of blockchain directly. — Yat Siu, Co-Founder and Board Director of Animoca Brands. As a blockchain enthusiast and also a long-time gamer, I am excited to work with the Animoca Brands team. In traditional games, players could earn points but had limited options in terms of spending or selling them. With blockchain tokens, such constraints disappear and there are countless possibilities to explore. OST has already built many of the blockchain tools that gaming developers need, so there are strong synergies with Animoca Brands’ expertise in gaming, blockchain, and AI. — Dr. Chris Dark, Co-Founder of OST and Board Director of the OpenST Foundation.

OST has built the world’s first full-stack Blockchain solution to help onboard mainstream companies. The gaming industry is a natural fit as players have extensive experience with virtual currencies, and developers can leverage OST products and expertise to build next-generation mechanics and economics into their games.