Standing as one of many first blockchain-enabled AAA FPS – Shrapnel – has launched its white paper and roadmap, following the completion of its personal token sale.
The personal sale itself was extremely profitable; bringing in $7 million USD, and noticed the participation of main business names, reminiscent of Dragonfly, Defiance, Three Arrows Capital, Mechanism, Sfermion, Spartan, and Overwolf to contribute to the continued improvement of the sport.
This personal sale additionally adopted a seed funding spherical of over $10.5 million, which was kicked off by Griffin Gaming Companions, Polychain Capital and Forte. Since this funding spherical, Shrapnel has grown exponentially; going from seven full-time staff to over 30, with extra anticipated to hitch.
When you’re enthusiastic about becoming a member of the group, you may take a look at the vacancies on Shrapnel’s careers web page right here.
Popping out of HBO Interactive, Shrapnel’s group boasts an unmatched stage of expertise in digital manufacturing, Gaming-as-a-Service and extra. Arrange by CEO Mark Lengthy, Shrapnel is comprised of BAFTA & Emmy successful video games business veterans. Builders embrace those that have labored with Xbox, EA, LucasFilm and extra.
Whereas coming from the AAA gaming business, they’re all united by an understanding of the disruptive potential of Internet 3, blockchain and user-generated content material, as Lengthy himself expresses.
“Participant-generated content material is the core of the Shrapnel expertise and regardless that we’re simply getting began, we have already got an superior neighborhood that’s making the sport their very own. Now, as we reveal particulars of what gamers can count on, we sit up for seeing what else our gamers do. It’s tremendous enjoyable to be a part of such a revolutionary design course of.”
On the sport itself, the white paper describes a extremely aggressive setting, as one would count on from a high-octane FPS. In keeping with the paper, the sport appears to tackle the construction of a battle-royale fashion map, with a ‘sacrifice zone’ that homes gamers, as they battle over territory and the zone’s secrets and techniques.
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