ONE Fight Arena is being developed by Notre Game and will start player testing in Q4 2023, with full global launch in Q1 2024. It will be available as a free-to-play mobile game on Google Play and Apple’s App Store.

 

Unlike traditional sports games, ONE Fight Arena will focus more on strategic gameplay than just the action inside the Circle. Gamers will be able to select from a wide variety of ONE athletes, such as MMA legend and ONE Flyweight World Champion Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson, ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Champion Rodtang “The Iron Man” Jitmuangnon, and many others. Featuring an immersive first-person point of view, players will be able to experience the unique world of martial arts and develop their athlete from the beginning of his or her career.

 

Hua Fung Teh, co-founder and group president of ONE, said: “We’re thrilled to work with an industry leader in Animoca Brands to launch ONE Fight Arena, our first Web3-enhanced video game. This partnership will give us the opportunity to engage with our global fanbase at a deeper level through a unique gaming experience.”

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Yat Siu, co-founder and executive chairman of Animoca Brands, commented: “Our partnership with ONE to create ONE Fight Arena will enable the fans of the world’s largest martial arts organization to access a novel gaming experience with true digital ownership at its core. We look forward to assisting ONE to more closely connect with its fans in deep and meaningful ways.”

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ONE Fight Arena will offer players optional Web3 integration that uses blockchain technology and NFTs to provide true digital ownership to players for certain game assets, including ONE athletes as they appear in the game. 

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NFTs are digital assets and collectibles that possess some characteristics normally associated with physical items, including authenticity, scarcity, ownership, provenance, and other properties that are independently guaranteed, verified, and secured on blockchain. Unlike most digital content, which is temporarily provided to users on a licensing basis, NFTs are truly ownable - like traditional physical assets.

 

Players who do not wish to engage in the Web3 layer will still be able to play ONE Fight Arena as a traditional free-to-play mobile game, without true ownership of their ONE digital assets.

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Jiri Mikolas, CEO of Notre Game, added: “We’re thrilled to be a part of this collaboration. The values of Notre Game, like bringing innovative and bold projects with a strong focus on quality, align perfectly with the vision of this partnership. We’re looking forward to working with ONE and Animoca Brands to bring this project to life, reach the hearts of players around the world, and push the boundaries of mobile gaming.”

 

Fans interested in becoming early adopters and joining the ONE Fight Arena community on Discord can sign up via this link https://www.onefightarena.com.

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About ONE Championship™ 

ONE is the world’s largest martial arts organization, ranking among the world’s top five sports properties for viewership and engagement with a cumulative reach of over 400 million fans, according to Nielsen. ONE produces and distributes world-class events across more than 170 countries, featuring martial artists and World Champions from over 80 nations and all styles of martial arts including MMA, Muay Thai, kickboxing, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and more. ONE can be viewed on many of the largest global free-to-air and digital broadcasters, including Prime Video, Globo, beIN SPORTS, Channel 7 HD, Seven Network, SuperSport, ELEVEN Sports, La Liga TV, Claro Sports, Star Sports, iQIYI, One Sports, Abema, Coupang, NET TV, Vidio, Mediapro, Skynet, Mediacorp, Match TV, and more.

 

About Notre Game

Notre Game, a subsidiary of Animoca Brands, is a game developer and publisher founded in 2016 and based in Prague, Czech Republic, with the mission to “provide players with more than just a digital experience”. The team consists of nine highly experienced gaming veterans. CEO and game designer Jiri Mikolas has over 20 years of experience in the gaming industry and is the author of more than 10 released app games and 40 board games. Art director Martina Kutalkova, who was previously at global game developer Geewa, is a highly talented illustrator with deep experience in all fields of 2D and 3D art and graphic design. For more information visit www.notre-game.com.

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About Animoca Brands

Animoca Brands, a Deloitte Tech Fast winner, a Fortune Crypto 40 company, and one of the Financial Times’ High Growth Companies Asia-Pacific 2023, is a leader in digital entertainment, blockchain, and gamification that is working to advance digital property rights and contribute to the establishment of the open metaverse. The company develops and publishes a broad portfolio of products including original games such as The Sandbox, Phantom Galaxies, Life Beyond, Crazy Kings, and Crazy Defense Heroes, and products utilizing popular intellectual properties including Disney, WWE, Snoop Dogg, The Walking Dead, Power Rangers, MotoGP™, and Formula E. It has multiple subsidiaries, including The Sandbox, Blowfish Studios, Quidd, GAMEE, nWay, Pixowl, Forj, Lympo, Animoca Brands Japan, Grease Monkey Games, Eden Games, Life Beyond Studios, Notre Game, TinyTap, Be Media, PIXELYNX, and WePlay Media. Animoca Brands has a growing portfolio of more than 380 Web3 investments, including Colossal, Axie Infinity, OpenSea, Dapper Labs (NBA Top Shot), Yield Guild Games, Harmony, Alien Worlds, Star Atlas, and others. For more information visit www.animocabrands.com or follow on Twitter or Facebook.

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Media Contacts

ONE Championship

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Animoca Brands

press@animocabrands.com