Playful Studios are the makers of well-known games Words With Friends and Lucky’s Tale. Last year, they successfully raised $46 million for The Wildcard Alliance. The Series A funding round was led by Paradigm, a firm known for backing disruptive crypto and Web3 companies and protocols, with additional support from Griffin Gaming Partners and Sabrina Hahn.
McKinney, a Texas-based company created The Wildcard Alliance. The Wildcard Alliance is the division that is making a web3 battle game Wildcard. The game is being created by Paul Bettner, a veteran video game developer. Paul Bettner is known for developing games including Age of Empires, early VR hit Lucky’s Tale, as well as co-creating the wildly popular, Words with Friends.
Wildcard is an eSports-focused, PvP, arena-style game. They just released some news about their upcoming NFT mint and Game Exhibition happening over the next couple of months. On February 23rd, Wildcard will be hosting a special game exhibition to showcase its gameplay and kick off a marketing campaign.
