Evident not solely from the latest announcement of handheld gaming machine SuiPlay0X1 at its Sui Basecamp occasion in Paris, is Mysten Labs’ revitalised deal with gaming.
A 12 months on since its Sui mainnet launch and preliminary announcement of the video games constructing on Sui, the corporate is getting ready to launch its subsequent hackathon, of which gaming is likely one of the classes. Furthermore, the corporate has introduced a strategic partnership with US-based gaming firm Gamma Interactive, to carry a brand new recreation to Sui.
Whereas not a lot has been revealed but, the sport is a VR-based firstperson shooter referred to as Macht, which Gamma Interactive will now absolutely focus its assets on. Alongside the sport, the developer can also be engaged on a season move system which can be supplied to gamers by way of Sui.
Gamma Interactive founder and president commented, “We’re centered on tying burgeoning applied sciences collectively to provide gamers most worth for his or her funding of time and vitality. Sui is right for what we wish to accomplish and I’m certain gamers can be excited with what we now have in retailer.”
Gamma Interactive has beforehand labored on web2 VR area shooter X8, and cellular puzzle platformer Mash Sprint.
Together with launching Sui mainnet in Could 2023, Mysten Labs introduced 13 preliminary titles that had been launching on its community. Whereas a few of these titles have since halted their improvement, 10 video games are at the moment playable and showcased by way of Sui’s gaming hub Play Past, which launched with 18 titles in September 2023. Among the video games at the moment listed on the platform embrace thirdperson shooter Bushi, tank brawler Panzerdogs and creator platform Worlds Past.
Extra usually, Sui appears to profit from the general constructive web3 market efficiency in 2024, with its SUI token at the moment within the prime 100 crypto on Coingecko with a price of $1.22.
That’s up 234% since its all-time low in October 2023, however consequently down 44% since its latest all-time excessive in March 2024.