Rough House Games will be integrating the Keystone Protocol
into its popular Arena RPG game, Champions Ascension, allowing for
new social and ownership mechanisms for web3 gamers.
GRAND
CAYMAN, Cayman
Islands, June 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Keystone
Foundation, a Cayman Islands Foundation, has partnered with Rough
House Games, the game studio developing Champions Ascension, to
integrate the Keystone Protocol into their award-winning web3
fighting game. The protocol opens up new, novel social, UGC
and players rewards systems for games developed on the blockchain.
This integration will help to foster unique ownership of items
within the game's ecosystem and unlock engagement
opportunities.
Champions Ascension was created by a team of top game veterans,
led by Chris DeWolfe, Aber Whitcomb, Johnny
Casamassina, Jairo Nieto and
Alejandro Gonzalez have etched their
names in gaming and social media. In 2003, DeWolfe and Whitcomb
founded MySpace and were pioneers in the evolution of the Web 2.0
Revolution. Following MySpace, DeWolfe and Whitcomb founded Jam
City, which grew to over $450m in
annual revenue with over 2 billion game downloads. While at Jam
City, the founding Rough House Games team developed games that have
been consistently in the world's top charts, some of which include;
Harry Potter Hogwarts Mystery, Panda Pop, Disney Emoji Blitz
and Cookie Jam.
In January of 2023, DeWolfe and Whitcomb left Jam City, the
mobile game powerhouse they co-founded ten years earlier, to
develop a series of new web3 centric games utilizing the latest
blockchain, AI and UGC elements under the banner of Rough House
Games. Backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Coinbase
Ventures, UTA Ventures and Crush Music Ventures, the Rough House
Games team focused on developing a world class game studio that
leaned into the inevitable web3 future to pioneer the next
generation of game experiences.
"We're thrilled to announce a first of its kind partnership with
the Keystone Foundation's innovative protocol," said Chris DeWolfe, CEO of Rough House Games +
Champions Ascension. "We've spent 16 months creating a rich game
play engine akin to a AAA style game, and we're weaving in the
Keystone protocol to truly unlock a new wave of player ownership
and social touchpoints in a truly novel way. As lifelong gamers, we
wanted to develop the next generation of game experiences that
would bring players into a familiar mechanic with all the player
benefits of web3 ownership."
"Partnering with Rough House Games and Champions Ascension will
allow the Keystone protocol to power the type of game innovation
players are looking for," said a spokesperson for the Keystone
Foundation. "This team has decades of game-making experience, and
it shows with Champions Ascension. With this newly announced
integration, we're combining a world class game experience with
creator and social tools embedded in the Keystone protocol to
unlock a completely new player economy. The team behind Champions
Ascension are undeniably the top game makers out there, and we're
thrilled that they chose to partner with the Keystone
Protocol."
About Keystone Foundation
The Keystone Foundation is an organization dedicated to building
protocols and tools to support mass adoption of blockchain gaming
projects by harnessing the promise and incentives of blockchain.
The Keystone protocol houses a first of its kind social platform
that unlocks exclusive products, services, and experiences through
gameplay and other in-game activity. The Keystone protocol provides
the tools and capital to allow game studios to develop AAA
experiences for communities.
For more information visit: https://twitter.com/keystone_io
Media contact: info@keystonefoundation.io
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