LayerZero Labs and Animoca Brands have announced a partnership to simplify blockchain integration in games.

LayerZero Labs and its interoperability protocol LayerZero connects over 80 blockchains, aiming to make NFT ownership and cross-chain interactions more seamless, and allowing players to focus on gameplay as opposed to the underlying technology. 

As part of the deal, Animoca Brands’ will leverage LayerZero across its portfolio games and subsidiaries as a default choice of interoperability solution. Notably, Animoca’s own interoperable network project Mocaverse has already adopted LayerZero Labs’s Omnichain Fungible Token (OFT) standard. 

The companies will also invest resources to organize joint community events such as hackathons, content creation and other initiatives, to promote more awareness of interoperability and LayerZero’s technologies. 

“We are thrilled to partner with Animoca Brands as the preferred interoperability provider of their portfolio projects. This collaboration will create seamless omnichain interactions and enhance the digital experiences for our respective communities,” commented LayerZero Labs CEO Bryan Pellegrino.

“We are extremely excited about this unique partnership. We envision an omnichain future for digital content and gaming. At a time when the games industry faces new and old challenges, it’s more important than ever to signal our dedication to and support for mission-aligned builders like Bryan and the LayerZero team, who are developing battle-tested infrastructure for the future of the internet,” added Animoca Brands chairman Yat Siu.