The Sandbox acquires German Sviper to add metaverse gaming talent

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The Sandbox has expanded to Germany with the acquisition of game development studio Sviper.

Sviper will add high-level development, engineering, and creative talent based in Hamburg, Germany to The Sandbox, a blockchain game company that is owned by Animoca Brands.

The idea is to extend the social and gaming features of the metaverse for The Sandbox metaverse platform.

“The German team at The Sandbox is a creative powerhouse that is already advancing the gameplay possibilities available to our internal teams and The Sandbox creators in general,” said Sébastien Borget, COO of The Sandbox, in a communicated. "From adding social features to designing rules that creators can use to prototype game logic or implement powerful multiplayer features, our team in Hamburg is igniting the creative potential of the metaverse."

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Sébastien Borget (center) with members of the Sviper team.

Sviper was founded in 2016 and known for its creative work with major brand partners and high-level talent. Sviper will be working on adding new social features, new multiplayer game options, and new Game Maker possibilities for The Sandbox creators. Agnitio Capital acted as M&A advisor to Sviper in connection with the transaction.

"We have established a high level of trust with the team at The Sandbox Germany as they have demonstrated exceptional innovation and quality in working with major partners and imagining new gameplay concepts" said Arthur Madrid, CEO of The Sandbox, in a statement.

Led by CEO Ole Schaper and Chief Product Officer Mark Buchholz, Sviper's management team has over 25 years of experience working with well-known brands in mobile, PC and multiplayer games. Sviper has been collaborating with The Sandbox for over a year and is fully integrated into the platform's ecosystem.

"We are thrilled to join The Sandbox and help create a cutting-edge virtual world that combines play, creativity and community," Schaper, CEO of Sviper, said in a statement. "We believe The Sandbox has tremendous potential and we look forward to working with the team to bring this vision to life."

The Sviper team currently has 40 members, based in the game's technology hub in Hamburg, and is currently recruiting for The Sandbox in Germany. Interested talents can apply here.

"The Sandbox is a visionary company with countless fascinating aspects beyond traditional game development," Bucholz said in a statement. "The ability to create innovative and social user-generated gaming experiences, the growing social platform and revolution...