Thirdverse completed the process of being funded by B Dash Ventures, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, ltd.、now inc.and Shinsei Corporate Investment Limited, among others, in an $8 million funding round to continue investing in free-to-play and premium VR games. The capital increase brings Thirdverse's total funding to $38 million, reinforcing Thirdverse's commitment to pushing the boundaries of VR gaming.
The funding was obtained through a third-party allotment of new shares, marking a significant moment for the San Francisco-based VR game development, publishing and management company. Thirdverse CEO Hiranao Kunimitsu said that Thirdverse made an initial capital raising ahead of the company's spin-off in 2021 and is now ready to step up the development and global marketing of its two groundbreaking VR shooter games, X8 and Soul Pact.
We've just launched X8 on Meta Quest and Steam stores. We believe that this game will enable VR eSports and it will be available as a free-to-play game. ”
X8 is a multiplayer shooter that was released on November 9 on Meta Quest and SteamVR.
Developed by Thirdverse Studios in the United States, the VR game was launched on the Meta Quest App and released in SteamVR Early Access in May 2023, reaching 100,000 games within five months. The x8 tournament will span over 14 rounds, and each x8 hero will have three special skills and specific items, as well as a unique "strategic advantage". The player must cooperate with their teammates to deploy a data siphon device that will be detonated after a countdown, while the defending side aims to stop the detonation.
While Soul Pact creates a VR tactical action game experience to immerse the player in a virtual world, they become one with the protagonist. Now, the fate of the world will fall on the shoulders of the player, who will engage in an epic battle ...... against hostile robots
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