San Francisco, United States, August 6, 2024, Chainwire

Duper invitations gamers to expertise high-risk enjoyable and strategic gameplay.

Curio, a sport studio and developer, at the moment introduced it has raised $5.7 million in further funding co-led by Bain Capital Crypto and SevenX Ventures, with participation from OKX Ventures. The most recent spherical builds on $2.9 million raised in 2022 led by Bain Capital Crypto.

On the identical time, Curio launched its flagship technique sport, Duper, and kicked off its first season. Duper is a high-stakes social technique sport that emphasizes collusion, deception, and social staff play, pitting 5 gamers towards one another in 40-minute high-stakes matches stuffed with strategic strikes and pure chaotic enjoyable. Duper takes inspiration from real-money skill-based video games like poker and combines it with the digital media methods gamers are acquainted with on the browser.

“Duper's aim is to be the premier digitally native skill-based wagering sport. As we speak's longest-running skill-based wagering video games, poker and mahjong, had been created a long time in the past, lengthy earlier than video video games existed. Duper provides the very best of each worlds, combining the thrilling mechanics of skill-based wagering video games with the immersive really feel of video video games,” stated CEO and co-founder Yijia Chen.

“Whereas most crypto video games attempt to imitate current video video games, we appeared in a distinct path to basic board and card video games which can be easy, infinitely replayable, and meaningfully combine stakes as a part of the sport design. Because of this distinctive type issue, Duper is extraordinarily accessible. We would like Duper to be a sport that everybody is aware of, like Catan or Poker,” added co-founder Kevin Zhang.

The Duper staff consists of Web2 gaming veterans from well-known studios akin to MiHoYo (Genshin Influence) and Lilith (Rise of Kingdoms) in addition to top-tier Web3 expertise, all working collectively to redefine the gaming panorama. Based in 2022, Curio is devoted to constructing groundbreaking video games and infrastructure that leverage blockchain know-how to create distinctive new experiences.

“Duper is an inexhaustible nicely of strategic depth. Alliances and trades are as widespread as deception and nerve-wracking dangers. By no means underestimate a participant; in Duper, the prize is on those that contemplate all prospects,” added PhyzixTeacher, Citadel core contributor.

As we speak's Web3 video games fail to retain gamers because of a scarcity of compelling sport design. And not using a sturdy core loop that synergizes with cryptocurrency, these video games are usually boring or uninteresting replicas of current Web2 video games. At present, no video games efficiently combine stakes and cash with enjoyable and modern sport play. Many builders give attention to creating hyper-casual video games or massively multiplayer on-line video games (MMOs), however battle to compete with Web2 video games in the long term. Duper is wanting in a distinct path and is bridging this hole by turning into the “poker of Web3” or “the go-to cryptocurrency board sport” developed from the bottom up with its personal IP.

“We've labored with the Curio staff because the starting and proceed to be impressed with their imaginative and prescient for the way next-generation video games can leverage blockchain parts,” stated Stephan Cohen, Accomplice at Bain Capital Crypto. “Curio combines the very best components of basic video games like poker and mahjong with the immersive nature of video video games by a give attention to new social dynamics and skill-based betting. We're excited to associate with Curio as they develop their next-generation technique sport.”

As we speak, Duper is releasing its first season, a month-long match with a big prize pool. Gamers can now declare loot bins, which unlock emblems and type the financial basis of the Duper ecosystem.

To start out taking part in Duper and keep on high of upcoming bulletins, customers can go to duper.gg

About Curio

Curio is a number one crypto gaming studio with a mission to create groundbreaking video games that leverage blockchain know-how to boost participant experiences. Curio's first sport, Treaty, is a 4X technique sport the place gamers can create arbitrary on-chain social agreements and “treaties” with one another. Curo is backed by Bain Capital Crypto, SevenX Ventures, TCG Crypto, OKX Ventures, Formless Capital, Smrti Labs, and Robotic Ventures.

About Duper

Duper is a singular social technique sport that mixes components of playing, collusion and teamplay. Releasing in Might 2024, Duper will ship an immersive, replayable gaming expertise the place gamers can have interaction in high-stakes strategic battles.

For extra info and updates, observe Curio and Duper on Twitter: Curio Twitter and Duper Twitter

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