Gaming

Philippine gaming firm AcadArena raises $3.5M seed round from 1KX, Hashed and others

AcadArena has recently secured $3.5 million in funding led by token fund 1KX, Korean blockchain venture capital firm Hashed, and others. Over 50 investors from prominent businesses across the world participated in the seed round, whose funds are meant to hire more manpower, acquire more play-to-earn assets, product development, strategic partnerships, and…

Game on – The evolution of eSports and gaming [Beyond Virtual Panel recap]

Digital gaming and eSports continue to advance further and become more enticing for players. Their popularity, particularly in the midst of a pandemic, is also in a way blurring the lines between traditional gaming and digital gaming.

GIC-backed VNG to raise funds ahead of US listing – report

The company is said to be seeking to raise $200 million to $300 million from new and existing backers.

ORIGIN Innovation Awards 2021: Startup Winners – EduTech and Gaming & Esports

We are thrilled to announce the Startup Winners - EduTech and Startup Winners - Gaming & Esports for the second edition of the ORIGIN Innovation Awards.

London: A global hub for games [BEYOND Virtual Panel recap]

London has features that make it a very appealing destination for investments in the gaming industry. The tax incentives offered by the government are just one of them. There are many other reasons why investors continue to support gaming development in London and the UK as a whole. Even Asian gaming companies have been investing in London gaming companies…

Gamers are making a living from play-to-earn: Here’s how to get started [Podcast]]

Compared to traditional video games, NFT games offer more to players by allowing them to truly own their game assets. This is the opposite in traditional games, where the game makers in fact own the player’s items. The play-to-earn model is flipping that around, where players now truly own their NFT game assets. 

Hong Kong’s Animoca Brands and South Korea’s Cube Entertainment form joint venture for K-pop music metaverse and NFTs

Animoca Brands and Cube Entertainment (Cube Ent) announced a joint venture for the purposes of building a music metaverse, and issue non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and ecosystem tokens based on the intellectual property rights of Cube Ent’s globally popular K-pop music artists and actors.

Thailand NFT platform GuildFi raises $6M seed financing from DeFiance, Capital and Hashed to create an interoperable Metaverse

GuildFi is developing a Web3 infrastructure to connect games, NFTs, and communities, with an aim to maximize players' benefits and enable interoperability across the metaverse.

Hong Kong-based gaming platform The Sandbox raises $93M funding led by SoftBank to grow its open NFT metaverse

The investment will enable the company team to scale the platform’s growth as a prime entertainment destination where brands, IPs, and celebrities can engage with their fans through virtual experiences including games, live performances, and social experiences.

UK AdTech Admix raises $25M Series B for APAC expansion, looks to scale as the content monetization layer for the metaverse

The funding will be used to scale up its In-Play solution worldwide and establish the company as the content monetization layer for the metaverse