Square Enix Is Developing Its Ethereum NFT Game With Animoca Brands
Square Enix – the developer behind JRPG giants like Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest – is now working with a major metaverse investment firm on its own crypto-based game.
On Monday, the company announced that it had signed a collaboration agreement with Animoca Brands to strengthen marketing efforts for “Symbiogenesis,” the game and its associated collection of 10,000 Ethereum NFTs.
Per a press release, Animoca Brands Japan said it would support the game with expertise on how to expand its Japanese products overseas, NFT sales, and by promoting collaboration with Animoca’s existing portfolio companies.
“Animoca Brands Japan is pleased to be working with SQUARE ENIX, an entertainment company that provides world-class content and IP that Japan can be proud of,” said Kensuke Amo, COO of Animoca Brands Japan.
Symbiogenesis is a PC narrative adventure game based in a “devastated high fantasy world” in which players roleplay as their Ethereum NFT avatars. Players can also interact with other in-game NFT minted on Polygon, a leading Ethereum scaling network. An NFT is necessary to access the Symbiogenesis game and world.
The game takes place on a ‘floating continent” on a future polluted version of Earth where humans fight to survive the attacks of a fantastical dragon. It will be featured in Animoca Brands Japan’s upcoming NFT launchpad, which is expected to go live this summer with Ethereum and Polygon support.
【Chapter2 Story teaser公開！ 04.アカネと武国の牢獄】明日、2章キャラクター情報公開予定！
……起きたのね。まあ、あのまま……アンタに死なれちゃ目覚め悪いし。
You're up, huh.And, well… I'd look terrible if you died.#SYMBIOGENESIS pic.twitter.com/3rKVdbs7Z9
— SYMBIOGENESIS -NFT Art＆Game Project- | SQUARE ENIX (@symbiogenesisPR) April 22, 2024
This isn’t the first time Square Enix and Animoca
