Kyō is described as a hypercasual gaming platform and product of Storms, the Singapore-based gaming company seed-funded by three leading Asian telecommunications companies. Kyō’s aim is to “delight players with a decentralized and inclusive arcade of play-and-earn casual games wrapped in web3 components”.
Using their ZK-rollup technology, ImmutableX will be providing Kyō with the web3 infrastructure needed to scale quickly and securely, all while ensuring a “world-class user experience”. All Kyō avatars and in-game assets will be minted as fully-carbon neutral NFTs, all of which can be, bought, sold, and traded, gas-free on the Ethereum blockchain.
Prior to being acquired by ASX-listed game developer and publisher iCandy Interactive in 2022, Storms had assembled an existing library of 60+ instant and native games, obtained exclusive licenses to valuable IP from Halfbrick Studios and Voodoo Games, and developed a strong distribution network of partners, aggregators, super-apps, telcos, and brands.
Their most popular game, AZ Run has amassed over 12M app downloads and over 250M views on user-generated YouTube content, while its web2 instant games platform achieved a peak of 4M monthly active users in 2021.
Storms CEO and President of web3 and Gaming at iCandy David Yin brings decades of experience at top companies (including as Head of Business Development – Google Play Apps and Games).
