Recreation growth studio Curio introduced as we speak that it has raised $5.7 million in its newest spherical of funding. The studio concurrently launched the primary season of its new sport, an onchain social technique sport known as Duper, and a number of the funding will go in the direction of its growth and growth. Duper’s first season gives a month-long match with massive prize swimming pools.
Curio developed Duper to be a much like real-money skill-based video games similar to poker. It’s a five-player PvP title wherein gamers try to outmaneuver one another and be the final participant standing. The sport has been accessible for preseason play to date, and gamers have been capable of declare loot bins. These yield emblems, a forex in Duper’s ecosystem.
Bain Capital Crypto and SevenX Ventures led the spherical, with OKX Ventures taking part. This spherical builds on the $2.9 million the studio beforehand raised (Bain Capital additionally led that spherical). Alex Evans, accomplice at Bain Capital Crypto, mentioned of the funding, “We’re extremely impressed with Curio’s integration of blockchain technology into game design. By focusing on emergent social dynamics and skill-based wagering, Curio combines the best elements of classic games like Poker and Mahjong with the immersive nature of video games.”
Yijia Chen, Curio’s different co-founder, mentioned in an announcement, “Our goal for Duper is to become the best digital-native, skill-based wagering game. The most enduring skill-based wagering games today, Poker and Mahjong, were created decades ago, long before video games existed. Duper is the best of both worlds — combining the thrilling mechanics of a skill-based wagering game together with the immersive medium of a video game.”
