MetaKing Studios raises $15M for blockchain MMO Blocklords
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MetaKing Studios has raised $15 million in seed-stage funding to make the blockchain-based massively multiplayer online game Blocklords.
Makers Fund and Bitkraft Ventures led the round, with investment from Delphi Digital, Animoca Brands, Shima Capital, WW Ventures, Spartan Group, Huobi Ventures and others. MetaKing Studios will use the financing to accelerate development on its flagship strategy game which is launching in early access this year.
Founded by David Johansson and Nicky Li, game industry executives with decades of expertise in making free-to-play and games, the MetaKings Studio team includes more than 100 artists, designers and developers from studios including Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, Paradox Interactive and Creative Assembly.
“At heart, we’re a team of gamers and tech enthusiasts who want to create fun, enjoyable experiences using the nascent technologies available to us,” said David Johansson, CEO of MetaKing Studios, in a statement. “In Blocklords, we have been working to build a massive, dynamic game world that is directly shaped by players’ choices, whether they choose to be humble Farmers or powerful Lords and Ladies. By giving players full ownership of their digital assets, not only are we incentivizing the way they play games, we’re empowering them to have fun in the process.”
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Blocklords is a medieval strategy MMO that weaves world-building with real-time battles, deep historical fantasy
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