Forge and Xterio Announce Partnership
April 16 2024 - 3:04PM
Business Wire
The strategic partnership aims to promote
Xterio first and third-party games leveraging the growing Forge
community
Forge, a leading game rewards and engagement platform, has
entered a partnership with Xterio, a Web3 gaming ecosystem and
platform. This agreement combines Forge’s best-in-class gaming,
identity, and marketing platform to connect gamers to Xterio’s
growing content library of first—and third-party Web3 games, like
Age of Dino, Overworld, Palio, and many others.
The key to this collaboration is leveraging the growing Forge
community and social engagement platform to drive awareness. This
gives Xterio access to a massive funnel of new users to scale its
products and grants the Forge community the opportunity to engage
with new and exciting content. A pivotal component of this
partnership is integrating Forge’s engagement platform with
Xterio’s SocialFi social ecosystem rewards campaign, which launched
today, Tuesday April 16. By leveraging Forge's sophisticated
identity and rewards system, Xterio aims to pioneer new forms of
user participation and retention, where contributions to the gaming
community and ecosystem are recognized and rewarded. This approach
enhances player engagement and fosters a more vibrant and
cooperative gaming community. Users can start engaging with the
Xterio Ecosystem Missions on Forge now at
https://xterio.forge.gg.
“We are thrilled to join forces with Forge as we share a passion
for integrating Web3 technology into gaming and creating deep
social engagement mechanics," said Jeremy Horn, COO at Xterio. “The
essence of our mission is to continually engage new players by
presenting them with unmatched value and seamless discovery
opportunities. Forge is the ideal ally to propel our player
adoption and growth initiatives."
"Our mission at Forge is to enhance the gaming experience for
both players and game creators and publishers," said Kun Gao, CEO
at Forge. "With this partnership with Xterio, we are bringing all
of their games to the doorstep of our rapidly growing user base. We
are always looking to serve our players with new and exciting
content that can be personalized for their gaming journeys - having
Xterio content is a huge win for both them and us."
Xterio is a leading Web3 gaming ecosystem & infrastructure
focused on the development and publishing of high-quality games
powered by digital ownership and AI. Co-founded by industry
veterans like Michael Tong, former COO of NetEase and CSO of
FunPlus, and Jeremy Horn, former Vice President of Jam City, the
team previously raised over $80M in ecosystem funding, Xterio has
seen a rapid expansion, notably thanks to the recent launch of its
L2 Chain, that reaches over 5.5M users and currently ranks as the
fourth most active chain in terms of daily transactions. In
addition to its technology stack, Xterio is developing 5 AAA games
and partners with over 45 gaming titles.
Founded by gaming pioneer Dennis “Thresh” Fong, Crunchyroll
founder Kun Gao, and Cyence founder George Ng, Forge originated as
a project within GGWP, an AI-powered game moderation platform that
the team launched in 2020; Forge’s mission is to help gamers unlock
the value of their gaming profiles and be rewarded for their
contributions to gaming communities. Forge recently celebrated the
launch of Forge Season 1, announcing a slew of new features, core
platform improvements, and tentpole game partners.
The platform launched in late 2023 with an $11 million seed
funding round led by Makers Fund, BITKRAFT Ventures, and Animoca
Brands, with participation from Hashkey Capital, Polygon Ventures,
Formless Capital and Adaverse. Forge’s existing investors include
industry-leading strategics such as Griffin Gaming Partners, Riot
Games, and Sony Innovation Fund. Forge’s angel investors include
gaming industry leaders Riot Games founder Marc Merrill, Twitch
founders Emmett Shear and Kevin Lin, TSM founder Dan Dinh, Kabam
founders Kevin Chou and Holly Liu, YouTube founder Steve Chen,
Krafton CEO CH Kim, former Discord CMO Eros Resmini (The Mini
Fund), and ESL founder Ralf Reichart.
About Forge
Forge is the first gaming platform that allows gamers to
aggregate their gaming life and achievements into a single profile
and earn rewards based on their participation. The company is
backed by leading investors and game companies, including Makers
Fund, BITKRAFT Ventures, Animoca Brands, Riot Games, and Sony
Innovation Fund, and was founded by seasoned entrepreneurs in
gaming and nerd culture. Forge Season 1 is now available at
forge.gg.
About Xterio
Xterio Foundation in Switzerland was founded by a council and a
team of technology and entertainment leaders with deep game
development and publishing experience. Its mission is to develop,
publish, and distribute high-quality Web2 and Web3 games and
interactive entertainment.
Xterio is committed to accelerating the integration of Web3
technology into gaming and AI. This commitment simplifies the
experience for developers and players, facilitating the widespread
adoption of decentralized gaming and digital ownership. Xterio
operates the first gaming rollup with the latest MACH technology
and one of the best launchpads for games and marketplaces.
Recently, it has successfully launched NFT sales in Overworld, Age
of Dino, and Persona.
Xterio is developing five first-party titles powered by $XTER.
Each is led by genre experts and supported by talented teams from
renowned entities like FunPlus, Riot, Tencent, and Epic.
To learn more, please visit xter.io and follow along at
@XterioGames.
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