Polygon and the web3 video games developer EPIC LEAGUE, have formally launched the latter’s first sport sequence – Darkish Throne.
This partnership combines EPIC LEAGUE’s industry-leading blockchain sport improvement providers with Polygon’s layer-2 blockchain answer. Combining their experience, they efficiently shared the launch of Darkish Throne throughout Web3 Join – a facet occasion of Token 2049.
Moreover, the launch served as a joint promotional following their strategic partnership announcement final month.
DARK THRONE launched on twenty eighth September, accomplished a profitable beta take a look at in June 2022, demonstrating a notable 67.8% retention fee amongst its gamers on the seventh day of the beta take a look at.
Urvit Goel, VP of World Video games Enterprise Improvement at Polygon, stated: “Epic League has the potential to carry new customers to Web3 by way of its gaming ecosystem. The staff’s prior expertise working with main gaming and leisure corporations bodes effectively for its future. We’re delighted to carry Epic League into the Polygon ecosystem, and are excited for our clients to have the ability to play Darkish Thrones and future Epic League titles.”
Alongside the strategic partnership, Polygon Ventures additionally introduced its strategic funding in EPIC LEAGUE, permitting the latter to safe its strategic & personal spherical of $60m and $100m, with Polygon Ventures as one in all its outstanding buyers, which incorporates Griffin Gaming Companions, Netmarble Firm, Neowiz, WEMADE, YGG SEA, GBIC, and others.
The primary sport to be launched on Polygon is the AAA motion role-playing sport DARK THRONE, a hack-and-slash motion RPG that enables gamers to discover dungeons and battle a wide range of monsters. DARK THRONE boasts the hanging and dramatic visuals of Artwork Director Jeehyung Lee (ArtStation-Jeehyung Lee), a canopy artist for each Marvel and DC Comics.
