The wealth of Storms leadership team’s gaming knowledge has played an integral role in crafting Kyō’s ambitious vision, with which Immutable is deeply aligned. Thanks to ImmutableX’s unparalleled scalability, zero gas fees and easy-to-use APIs, Kyō gaming platform is now one step closer towards empowering gamers with total control over their in-game assets.” – David Yin, Chief Executive Officer of Storms. “From traditional gaming to Web3 gaming, Storms remains committed to delivering quality and frictionless gaming experience for billions of players, and I am happy that ImmutableX shares the same vision. Storms CEO and President of Web3 Gaming at iCandy, David Yin, brings decades of experience at top companies (including as Head of Business Development – Google Play Apps and Games) acquiring, driving, and building a pipeline of mobile games, while the surrounding leadership team has earned their stripes at top consulting firms, gaming giants, and Fortune 500 companies. Meanwhile, one of the major investors in Kyō’s parent company Storms is iCandy, the largest independent game developer in Southeast Asia backed by Web3 gaming company Animoca Brands, and other notable shareholders including Singtel, AIS and SK Telecom Group.
Their most popular game, AZ Run has amassed over 12M app downloads and over 250M views on user-generated YouTube content, while its Web-based instant games platform achieved a peak of 4M monthly active users recently. Since its inception in 2020, Storms has assembled a library of 60+ instant and native games, obtained exclusive licenses to valuable IPs from Halfbrick Studios (Fruit Ninja, Jetpack Joyrides etc) and Voodoo Games (Helix Jump), and developed a strong distribution network of partners, aggregators, super-apps, telcos, and brands.
Kyō marks Storms’ first venture in Web3, and its past success as an international gaming leader is undeniable. Strong Gaming Track-record To Bring to Web3 Notably, Asia is the most rapidly growing region when it comes to mobile gaming, generating the most revenue in the segment. Last year, the sector was worth $131 billion and is projected to reach $173 billion in 2026. The partnership comes at a time when mobile games are constantly on the rise. Synchronous with Storms’ studio vision of connecting billions of gamers with access to quality gaming content, it is also on a mission to provide frictionless Web3 access to the 7 billion mobile users worldwide .Īcknowledging the size of the opportunity at hand, ImmutableX will provide Kyō with the Web3 infrastructure needed to scale quickly and securely via its ZK-rollup technology, whereas Kyō is also making it easier for traditional game developers currently limited by Web 2.0 distribution economics to integrate and distribute their games via the Kyō platform. With a refreshing take on the decentralization and inclusivity benefits of a Web3 game, all Kyō avatars and in-game assets will be minted as fully-carbon neutral NFTs, which can be bought, sold, and traded gas-free on the Ethereum blockchain. Named after the Japanese word for “joy, fun, and entertainment,” Kyō is a social and hyper casual gaming platform determined to bring a significant portion of the global billions of gamers onto Web3. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Singapore– based hyper-casual mobile game company Storms today announced a partnership with ImmutableX as the Layer-2 solution for its upcoming Web3 gaming platform - Kyō.
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