A subsidiary of Animoca Brands and a decentralized virtual game world, The Sandbox has acquired German game development studio Sviper GmbH to expand its creative and development capabilities. Sviper is known for its creative excellence, working with major brands, as well as its experienced experts. Sviper aims to expand the metaverse social and gameplay features on the Sandbox.
Acquisitions help creators build more fun and engaging experiences. It includes social features, multiplayer gaming options, and new Game Maker capabilities. Sandbox has more than 400 partners, including Warner Music Group, Ubisoft's Rabbids, Cut The Rope, Tony Hawk, Gucci Vault, The Walking Dead and Atari.
Sviper shares Sandbox's vision of helping players around the world do more. They aim to help create bespoke experiences using both original and popular characters and worlds. Sviper's leadership team also has more than 25 years of experience working with famous brands in the mobile, PC and multiplayer gaming sectors. CEO Ole Schaper and CPO Mark Buchholz are the team leaders.
The 40-member team is based in Germany's games technology hub Hamburg. They joined The Sandbox and are also currently hiring for virtual worlds. The acquisition is also a strategic move by The Sandbox to grow its global team and expand its creative footprint. Teams fully embrace the idea of the metaverse as a shared digital space. Sandbox is where worlds and heroes combine to create magic.
Sebastien Borget, COO and Co-Founder of The Sandbox said: “The Sandbox German team is truly an impressive source of creativity, helping to elevate the gameplay potential of our team as well as that of other players. creator of The Sandbox in general.”
“From adding social features to designing rules that creators can use to prototype game logic to implementing effective multiplayer features, our Hamburg team is growing enhance the creative potential of the metaverse.”
Introducing Sviper
Sviper is a game development studio founded in 2016 by industry veterans. These include PC, and mobile free-to-play players from Germany's biggest gaming companies. Furthermore, Sviper delivers a superior gaming experience of the highest quality. Team of technical cohesion, innovation, focus and speed in a politics-free work environment. Furthermore, Sviper also works with some of the largest mobile IP, PC and partners in the world.
“Sandbox is a visionary business with countless compelling aspects beyond traditional game development,” said Mark Buchholz, CPO and co-founder of Sviper. “The ability to create new user-generated gaming experiences, the evolving social platform, and the revolutionary aspects of Web3 are just some of the key features.”
The article “Animoca Brands welcomes Sviper Game Studio to Sandbox” was first published on NFT Evening.
