The partnership will see the launch of social
competitive web3 game, My Angry Yakuza Girlfriend (MAYG), and all
additional upcoming titles, exclusively on Xai
GEORGE
TOWN, Cayman Islands, July 11,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Xai Foundation, a core
contributor to the gaming-centric blockchain network, Xai, today
announced a strategic partnership with web3 gaming creatives,
Peeking Duck Studios, to bring My Angry Yakuza Girlfriend
(MAYG) and all upcoming titles from the studio, exclusively
to Xai. MAYG will be the first to go live on Xai, bringing
the 1990's Ginza District Tokyo-inspired title to Xai's growing
gaming community.
"After three years of passion and dedication, we are extremely
pleased to find a home on the Xai network that matches our goals
for scale and impact in the space. Not only are they backed by
proven great technology, but they are led by a native Web3 team
that truly understands what mainstream adoption takes. Xai supports
teams that are creating games that serve as a disruptive solution
to the market" said Sinjin David
Jung, Founder and Head Game Designer of MAYG.
An original PC game developed for web3, MAYG is a
turn-based 3rd person shooter multiplayer game that aims to
introduce a new social competitive gaming genre through the
innovation of web3. MAYG will have special global promotions
to bring in competitive female gamers into this new genre.
MAYG is led by a world-class game development team at the
helm, including Lukasz Drozdek,
former lead at Sega Secret Level Studios, Danny Pisano, former Bandai Namco casual games
studio head and Sinjin David Jung,
former Asia regional director of
Pokerstars.
"We are excited to embrace the unique and ambitious gaming
selections from Peeking Duck Studios.," said Soby, a core
contributor to Xai. "Our teams share a vision of scaling
blockchain-based games to the masses and we're confident that
Peeking Duck's suite of games offers our community members an
experience that will cultivate a wide audience of gamers."
"Our studio was waiting to build with a team dedicated to
putting gamers first and in Xai
Games we have found exactly what players are looking for,"
said Lukasz Drozdek, studio head
of MAYG. "We knew Xai was putting gamers first because
our first conversation was all about whether or not the game will
be fun and could scale. Our immediate goal now is becoming a
flagship game to represent Xai
Games," added Danny
Pisano, the lead producer of MAYG.
MAYG will have a final open two month playtest
period before releasing their open beta by the year's end.
About Xai Foundation
The primary objective of
the Xai Foundation is to foster the growth of developers and games
within the Xai AI blockchain ecosystem. This encompasses attracting
third-party developers, implementing effective marketing
strategies, and offering financing opportunities to web3 game
developers. As the custodian of the blockchain and its associated
token, the Xai Foundation plays a pivotal role in supporting the
integrity of the platform.
About Xai Games
Xai was developed to enable real
economies and open trade in the next generation of video games.
With Xai, potentially billions of traditional gamers can own and
trade valuable in-game items in their favorite games for the first
time, without the need to use crypto-wallets.
Anyone can support the Xai network by operating a node which allows
them to receive network rewards and participate in governance. Xai
is developed by Offchain Labs leveraging Arbitrum technology.
About My Angry Yakuza Girlfriend
(MAYG)
MAYG was developed by Peeking Duck
Studios as an original PC game that was designed as a fully native
Web3 game. Led by former senior producers and executives of Sega,
Bandai Namco, EA and Pokerstars, MAYG is creating a new social
competitive genre based on an open game economy design only
made possible through the innovation of blockchain technology.
Media Contact
marketing@xai.games
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