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Gaming giant Nexon to create a Web3 game on Polygon

Nexon, one of Asia’s leading gaming publishers, will release a Web3 game on Polygon. The game will be based on the MapleStory Universe. The company is also releasing a private Supernet on the Polygon network.

Nexon to create a Web3 game

MapleStory has been one of the greatest products launched by Nexon. It is a pixelated 2D role-plating franchise that has generated over $4 billion in revenues since its launch. The game has also attracted over 180 million users.

Hwang Sun-young, the MapleStory Universe Group leader, noted that the company would work alongside Polygon Labs to develop and market this game. Polygon is a layer-two scaling solution on Ethereum, which offers faster and cheaper transactions.

Nexon will use the Polygon Supernet for its “dedicated app chain.” By using the Polygon Supernet, this game will achieve more scalability than it would have if it used a shared blockchain.

According to the VP of Global Games and Platform Business Development at Polygon Labs, Urvit Goel, the Nexon team had a broad vision of the number of daily transactions given the large size of the game and the IP.

A Polygon Supernet gives a decentralized application a dedicated sub-network that individual projects can utilize. Supernets also offer customization options. They also ensure that games and other DApps running on these dedicated networks are not affected by disruptions in the broader public network.

MapleStory Universe NFT game

The release date for the MapleStory Universe is yet to be confirmed. However, the project will not have any presales for non-fungible tokens. The players will also earn items like NFTs when they play the game. Goel noted that the project was not focused on in-app purchases.

The NFT game will integrate tokenized assets that can be traded or transferred through the game’s marketplace. The MapleStory Universe will also have a native crypto token, but the details about this token have not been finalized. More details on this unique coin will be revealed in the game tokenomics.

Nexon has become another large gaming company venturing into the Web3 industry. The company generates most of its revenue from the South Korean market. According to Goel, South Korea has become a leader in the game development industry. He noted that eight out of ten top gaming companies in South Korea had announced plans to create on the blockchain.

Besides Nexon, the other South Korean gaming giants venturing into the Web3 space include Netmarble and NCSoft. The two games have been working on creating a blockchain network known as Sui.

One of the largest game publishers globally, Square Enix, will also release its first NFT game, Symbiogenesis, on the Polygon network. The Japanese gaming giant is doubling down on its blockchain, and NFT plans this year.

On the other hand, Krafton, the company behind PUBG: Battlegrounds shooter game, is also interested in the blockchain sector. Krafton has partnered with Solana for Web3-related initiatives.

 

Ali Raza

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