The Red Village closed a $6.5 million seed round, led by Animoca Brands & GameFi Ventures last year. They used the funds to build its immersive, dark-fantasy gaming ecosystem on the OxPolygon blockchain. They have partnered with one of the top game studios, Animoca Brands’ subsidiary Blowfish Studios, to build the game.
Other notable investors participating in the seed round include Kucoin Ventures, JellyC, Sfermion, Polygon Studios, Metavest, SL2 Capital, Dweb3 Capital, Spark Capital, Fundamental Labs, OIG Capital, MEXC Global, LucidBlue Ventures, IQ Protocol, Rendezvous Equity, Paribu Ventures, CGU, DuckDAO, Pylon Labs, Prometeus Labs, Vendetta Capital, and several well-known angel investors.
The Red Village consists of two game modes. A Tournament mode, which is currently live and playable in Beta. As well as an expansion of the ecosystem known as The Red Village: Darklands. Described as similar to traditional titles such as RuneScape, Diablo, Skyrim, Elden Ring, and The Witcher.