South Korean gaming giant NCSoft invested $15 million in Mysten Labs as part of a previously announced $300 million funding round. The money went toward fueling Mysten Labs’ plan to develop the Sui Layer 1 blockchain to serve as infrastructure for web3 games. Now Netmarble F&C subsidiary Metaverse World announced it is picking Mysten Labs to be the blockchain partner for Grand Cross: Metaworld.
Mysten Labs is a California-based web3 infrastructure company that launched the decentralized blockchain platform Sui in March of this year, 2022. Evan Cheng, currently Mysten Labs CEO, said they are hoping to “build a better blockchain” to improve scalability.
Grand Cross: Metaworld enables thousands of users to hang out together in various cities in an “open world” simultaneously. It has a distinct anime style, both for characters and its settings.
Grand Cross: Metaworld lets players design their own spaces, from actually creating a spot to decorating it. Gamers will apparently be able to use webcams and mobile cameras to customize their individual avatars.
The whole project uses Unreal for 4k graphics and is offering up 4K Anime V-Tubers. Currently it’s heading into a closed beta test scheduled for the first half of 2023, and aiming for a full release by the end of 2023.
