Stone Blade Entertainment, a Las Vegas, NV-based publisher of strategy games, raised an undisclosed amount in funding.
Backers included Animoca Brands, Solana Foundation, and MatrixPort.
The company intends to use the funds to expand operations and its development efforts.
Led by CEO Justin Gary, Stone Blade Entertainment is a publisher of strategy games combining state-of-the-art development and design features with gameplay experiences. The studio is launching its flagship game, SolForge Fusion, into Web3. Created by legendary designers Richard Garfield (Magic: The Gathering) and Justin Gary (Ascension Deckbuilding Game), the game allows players to mint their algorithmically generated decks into tradeable digital assets and earn more through rare unlocks, accessible via SolForgeFusion.com.
The token and NFT launch, planned for early June 2024, will see the release of specialty decks and the ability to mint decks into digital assets, as well as weekly drops. Additionally, as part of Stone Blade Entertainment’s Community Owned Games initiative, the company is introducing a new token that will allow players to take ownership of and benefit from the success of SolForge Fusion. The new token, SFG, will be airdropped for free to those participating in the early access game and its Discord community. It can also be earned through tournaments, gameplay, and community events and used to purchase in-game cosmetics items, packs, digital assets, and to mint existing decks.
Commenting on the news, Justin Gary said: “Stone Blade Entertainment prides itself on being at the forefront of new technology that takes the best of tabletop gaming and helps it reach new audiences. SolForge Fusion is designed to be played in any of three ways: using the tabletop game cards, playing as a roguelite PC game, or leveraging the trading and ownership potential of Web3. Each piece is built on the same core of fun gameplay that stands on its own and supports each other piece. With this latest addition, players can play the game they want to play and have true ownership of their physical and digital collections.”
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01/05/2024