Los Angeles-based sport studio Arrivant is taking its Mission Eluüne: StarGarden title cross-chain and can launch on Polygon along with its present residence on Solana.
The crew cited Polygon’s “dedication to sustainability” and “current hirings of AAA expertise” as motivating elements. In a press release, it confirmed that the transfer was determined earlier than the Slope exploit on Solana final week, and that it plans to function throughout a number of chains going ahead.
“We imagine Polygon is constructing an surroundings well-suited to welcome the subsequent technology of players into the area. Whereas we’re planning to turn into a cross-chain venture serving gamers wherever they need to play, we’re fairly assured lots of them might be selecting to play on Polygon,” mentioned Arrivant CEO Cedric Gamelin.
Based in early 2020 by Gamelin, Meghan McWilliams and Ramin Shokiradze, Arrivant additionally introduced it’s finalizing a $5 million seed funding spherical at a valuation of $35 million. C2 Ventures led the spherical, with participation from Polygon itself, sixth Man, Lightspeed and others.
It would use the funding to scale its crew and deal with delivering early entry to the sport by the primary quarter of 2023.
Mission Eluüne permits gamers to recruit, craft, prepare, improve and merge creatures in a fantasy world made up of floating islands named StarGardens. The gameplay is designed spherical forming tribes — suppose guilds or clans — and also will characteristic Soulbound non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
In line with analysis from The Block, Polygon Studios have been the third most lively blockchain traders within the second quarter of 2022, after Animoca Manufacturers and Coinbase Ventures. Solana Ventures, which was beforehand among the many busiest traders, has dropped out of the highest 10.
Regardless of the market downturn, curiosity amongst traders for gaming initiatives just isn’t easing. Among the many high ten most lively blockchain traders, gaming accounted for 47% of investments in the latest quarter.
As of July 8, Polygon was the third-largest chain for internet hosting blockchain video games with 198, adopted by Solana with 102. Nonetheless, the charts are topped by BNB Chain with 618 and Ethereum with 382.
