Maker of Blankos Block Party, Mythical Games, has acquired tech and staff from Shortround Games, a game studio based in Brighton, England, while also opening new offices in Seoul, South Korea, and Stockholm, Sweden. The newly minted Mythical Europe, will put the new hires from Shortround to work as the company attempts to build engaging virtual worlds that leverage the Mythical Platform, beginning with an unannounced sports game set for release in 2023.
This is the second acquisition for Mythical this year; in January it announced the purchase of metaverse streaming platform Polystream, which provides Mythical with a hub in Guildford, UK, that will become its center for cloud-native, blockchain-based technology and entertainment experiences.
“We’re thrilled to bring the talented Shortround team under the Mythical umbrella, as well as having Adam, Andrew, Mike, and Jikhan on board for this next step in our global expansion as we build out our team and scale operations to bring new games to our platform,” said John Linden, CEO of Mythical Games. “The play-and-earn community is rapidly growing, and we as a company are growing alongside it, to better meet the needs of consumers who want to interact and transact in immersive 3D game worlds. Our new studios in Seoul and Stockholm increase our publishing and platform capabilities, and alongside the team from Shortround, and Polystream, rounding out our UK presence, these moves further our position as a leader in bringing decentralized gaming to a mass market audience across the globe.”
Mythical has grown to more than 200 employees. In its most recent round, led by Andreessen Horowitz, Mythical was valued at $1.25 billion.
(All information was provided by VentureBeat)
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