DeHorizon raises funding for metaverse game ecosystem
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DeHorizon, a blockchain game company which is making a metaverse game ecosystem, has raised a new round of funding led by Griffin Gaming Partners and Circle Ventures.
DeHorizon will use the money to incubate a portfolio of games and increase the size of the team. The size of the round wasn’t disclosed. The company is making a series of games that are all connected in the same metaverse. The company has multiple pieces, all working on different parts of its metaverse strategy with different names preceded by “De.”
This latest strategic round of financing follows DeHorizon’s $8.5 million funding round in October 2021, which was led by Sfermion and Dragonfly Capital. DeHorizon is creating a blockchain-based team battle DeVerse.
DeHorizon is led by gaming veterans who previously held roles at Riot, Dungeons & Dragons, and Blizzard, as well as Web 3 experts who have years of experience in the fintech and blockchain industries.
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After the founding of DeHorizon, the team immediately set out to develop three different games with the underlying motive to emphasize “play for fun and to earn.”
DeHorizon’s upcoming flagship game experiences include DeVerse, a team battle game. After a great war breaks out in the City of Dawn between Akademia and Shaharism, players have to battle and try their best to occupy the City of Dawn for victory.
It’s also working on the battle royale DeTournament, which is a game set in “extreme outer space.” The goal is to be the last ones standing in the deathmatch and survive on the massive map with treasures and traps.
It’s also working on the dragon-racing game DeMythical,
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