Ubisoft, Take-Ob Ob Rov Qab Ethereum NFT Game Maker Horizon hauv $ 40M Round

Cov tshaj tawm video game loj Ubisoft thiab Take-Two Interactive tab tom khawb tob rau hauv Nft gaming chaw nrog hnub no tshaj tawm ntawm $ 40 lab Series A puag ncig tsa los ntawm Horizon, tus tsim tawm tom qab NFT-tsav kev sib tw daim npav kev ua si, Ntuj Yawg Hlob.

Ob lub tuam txhab yog ib ntawm cov uas tau koom nrog kev pab nyiaj txiag, uas tau coj los ntawm Brevan Howard Digital thiab Morgan Creek Digital. Lwm cov neeg txhawb nqa suav nrog polygon, gaming-centric VC tuam txhab Bitkraft, metaverse investor Txhua yam, kev them nyiaj tuam txhab Xsolla, thiab Initialized Capital.

Horizon kuj tau nyiam qee tus neeg ua lag luam tseem ceeb nrog kev sib tw, suav nrog Shopify CEO Tobias Lütke, Lolli co-founder thiab CEO Alex Adelman, thiab ib khub ntawm tus tsim los ntawm NFT cov kev ua si tseem ceeb: Lub Sandbox co-founder thiab COO Sebastien Borget thiab Axie ib txhis co-founder thiab Sky Mavis COO Aleksander Larsen.

Skyweaver yog daim npav ua lag luam digital zoo ib yam li Blizzard nrov Hearthstone, txawm tias nrog daim npav sawv cev li Ethereum NFT cov cuab tam uas tuaj yeem muag thiab pauv pauv - zoo ib yam li kev sib tw NFT game Gods tsis Unchained. NFT yog blockchain tokenuas sawv cev rau cov tswv cuab hauv cov khoom tshwj xeeb, suav nrog cov khoom siv digital xws li cov duab kos duab, cov khoom sau, thiab cov khoom siv video game.

Horizon lub npe thawj zaug tau tshaj tawm nyob rau hauv kaw alpha xeem hauv 2018, tab sis tsuas yog tso tawm rau qhib beta ua ntej xyoo no rau leej twg ua si. Ntxiv nrog rau kev tshaj tawm qhov kev ua si, Horizon tau hloov cov thev naus laus zis hauv qab nws mus rau hauv ib theem zuj zus, Ethereum-raws li kev txhim kho platform thiab hnab nyiaj rau lwm tus creators coj mus rhaub los tsim lawv tus kheej Web3 games thiab apps.

Hauv kev tshaj tawm hnub no, Horizon tau sau tias nws yuav siv $ 40 lab txhawm rau txhawm rau txuas ntxiv, nrog rau txuas ntxiv txhim kho thiab loj hlob Skyweaver. Nws tseem yuav tso tawm sai sai no Niftyswap, kev lag luam kev lag luam tau tsom mus rau Ethereum thiab Polygon ERC-1155 NFTs-tseem hu ua semi-fungible tokens (SFTs)-siv rau kev ua si thiab cov khoom sau.

Horizon yav dhau los tau nce $ 13.3 lab hauv cov nyiaj pab noob, suav nrog ib tug $5 lab tranche Hauv 2020 coj los ntawm Initialized thiab nws tam sim no-tawm co-founder, Alexis Ohanian. Reddit co-founder tau ua tus tawm tswv yim tawm tswv yim rau Skyweaver thiab NFT gaming ntawm tag nrho, hnub no tweeting tias nws yog "kev nqis peev uas tsis pom tseeb" thaum lub sijhawm.

Ubisoft thiab Take-Ob Sib Tham Sib Tham yog ob qhov kev tshaj tawm video game loj tshaj plaws nyob ib puag ncig. Ubisoft yog lub tuam txhab tom qab loj franchises xws li Assassin's Creed, Tsuas Dance, thiab Far Cry, thaum Take-Ob lub npe nrov xws li Rockstar Games thiab 2K Games tau tsim smashes xws li Grand Tub Sab Nyiag Auto, Red Dead Redemption, thiab NBA 2K.

Ob leeg kuj tau ua dhau los mus rau hauv Web3 qhov chaw. Ubisoft muaj sim nrog NFTs thiab blockchain tech rau xyoo, thiab tsis ntev los no tau nce nws txoj kev siv zog los ntawm tso Tezos-raws li hauv-kev ua si NFTs rau PC game Ghost Recon Breakpoint thaum Lub Kaum Ob Hlis 2021. Lub tuam txhab kuj tau nqis peev thiab txhawb nqa ntau lwm qhov Web3 pib.

Take-Ob, lub sijhawm no, tsis ntev los no tau txais lub xov tooj ntawm tes thiab kev ua si xws li Zynga, uas tam sim no ua haujlwm ntawm NFT-tsav kev ua si. Thaum Lub Ib Hlis, Take-Ob Tus Thawj Coj Strauss Zelnick tshwj xeeb hais txog "Web3 txoj hauv kev" ntawm lub qab ntug, uas nws hais tias lub tuam txhab ua ke yuav zoo dua nyob rau hauv kev sib tw.

Ntau gamers muaj thawb rov qab tawm tsam NFTs hais txog kev dag ntxias, rampant speculation, thiab cov tam sim no-diminished environmental impact ntawm lub platform Ethereum saum toj kawg nkaus. Txawm li cas los xij, ntau hauv Web3 qhov chaw - los ntawm developers rau cov neeg tsim khoom lag luam- ntseeg tias NFTs thaum kawg yuav tuav hauv kev lag luam video game vim muaj txiaj ntsig zoo rau cov neeg ua si thiab cov tsim ib yam nkaus.