XP Foundry raises $1.5 million and moves mobile game Rooniverse from Solana to Immutable X.
Rooniverse is a free-to-play “hyper-royale mobile game” featuring creatures battling in player-versus-player game modes. Players can take part in crafting, user-generated content (UGC), and social gameplay. On-chain collectibles are integrated through a fully optional blockchain layer, making the game playable for both traditional and Web3 gamers on iOS, Android, PC, and Mac.
XP Foundry’s engineers and artists have previously worked on games such as Sonic the Hedgehog, Game of Thrones, Batman, Call of Duty, The Elder Scrolls, and more. The studio’s co-CEO and game director James Finley is a former director of technology at Unity Studios with over 15 years of experience. Executive producer, James Chung, is a former art director at Electronic Arts and worked on the original Call of Duty team. Germán Palau is currently co-CEO.
XP Foundry recently raised $1.5 million at a $10 million dollar valuation during its pre-seed funding round led by Shima Capital. The studio is backed by Big Brain Holdings, Deep Ventures, Criterion, Double Peak, Snack Club, Magic Eden, 3DGG Labs, Spectre, Citizen Capital, XBorg, Naavik, Battle Arena Gamers Guild, and Stardust. As well as esports organizations such as YGG SEA and the Global Esports Federation.
Rooniverse’s open alpha testing is slated for mid-February, with beta in the second or third quarters and the full game slated for Q4.
