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DARKTIMES, a free-to-play Nordic-inspired medieval Brawler Royale game developed by Blowfish Studios, has chosen Sui as its blockchain platform in partnership with Mysten Labs. The game, set for alpha launch in late 2024, aims to create a social-driven gaming ecosystem with a focus on user experienc...
DARKTIMES, a free-to-play Nordic-inspired medieval Brawler Royale game developed by Blowfish Studios, has chosen Sui as its blockchain platform in partnership with Mysten Labs. The game, set for alpha launch in late 2024, aims to create a social-driven gaming ecosystem with a focus on user experience. By launching on Sui, DARKTIMES seeks to provide seamless user onboarding and a frictionless playing environment.
The game will commence its interactive campaign, Rune Run, on August 30, offering Genesis DARKTIMES NFTs in partnership with web3 gaming and crypto communities. Sui is described as a Layer 1 blockchain and smart contract platform designed for fast, private, secure, and accessible digital asset ownership. Mysten Labs, the original contributor to Sui, aims to create foundational infrastructure for web3.
Developed in partnership with Blowfish Studios, DARKTIMES is due for alpha launch in late 2024. DARKTIMES is a moody, casual, fast-paced multiplayer PvP, with a focus on seamless onboarding for traditional gamers. By launching on Sui, the game abstracts away blockchain elements to provide seamless user onboarding and a frictionless playing environment.
Rune Run, DARKTIMES’ interactive “play-to-play” campaign, begins on August 30 in partnership with several of the largest web3 gaming and crypto communities including Mocaverse, GAM3S.GG, MON Protocol, and W3GG, among others. Gamers can participate to win Genesis DARKTIMES NFTs, which will provide early access to DARKTIMES when it officially launches in late 2024.
For more information about DARKTIMES, please visit: https://playdarktimes.com/
About Sui: Sui is a first-of-its-kind Layer 1 blockchain and smart contract platform designed from the bottom up to make digital asset ownership fast, private, secure, and accessible to everyone. Its object-centric model, based on the Move programming language, enables parallel execution, sub-second finality, and rich on-chain assets. With horizontally scalable processing and storage, Sui supports a wide range of applications with unrivaled speed at low cost. Sui is a step-function advancement in blockchain and a platform on which creators and developers can build amazing, user-friendly experiences. Users can learn more: https://sui.io
About Mysten Labs: Mysten Labs is a team of leading distributed systems, programming languages, and cryptography experts whose founders were senior executives and lead architects of pioneering blockchain projects. The mission of Mysten Labs is to create foundational infrastructure for web3. Users can learn more: https://mystenlabs.com
About DARKTIMES: DARKTIMES is built in partnership with Animoca Brands’ flagship game studio, Blowfish Studios. The innovative, free-to-play web3 multiplayer Brawler Royale features a physics-based combat system at its core. Set in a Nordic-inspired, ominous medieval world, the immersive game combines dark-fantasy with dark-humor and a strong social element. DARKTIMES aims to provide a seamless onboarding experience for traditional gamers, abstracting away the tech and allowing players to focus on what really matters: having fun. Users can learn more and pre-register: https://playdarktimes.com