Animoca Manufacturers has acquired US-based web3 video games streaming platform Azarus. Launched in 2018, Azarus raised $5.8 million in two funding rounds in 2019 and 2022, with buyers together with Animoca, Galaxy Digital and Kleiner Perkins.
The price of the acquisition hasn’t been disclosed.
Animoca goals to combine Azarus streaming know-how into its catalogue of web3 video games and tasks. It permits customers to stream their gameplay whereas interacting with their viewers. Notably streamers can make the most of blockchain-based AzaCoins tokens to facilitate rewards and incentives for its viewers.
Government chairman of Animoca Manufacturers Yat Siu commented, “Azarus evokes the early days of The Sandbox, with that very same power and upside that makes it such a pretty proposition. Collectively, we stay up for redefining the streaming panorama, making it extra interactive, rewarding, and aligned with the open metaverse.”
“Becoming a member of forces with Animoca Manufacturers amplifies our imaginative and prescient. We’re not simply enhancing streaming; we’re pioneering a motion the place each viewer turns into an energetic participant, and each stream turns into an immersive expertise,” added CEO of Azarus Alexander Casassovici.
Test it out on the Azarus web site.
