Hoops Game ‘Rumble Kong League’ Ditches Avalanche for Ethereum and Ronin

Rumble Kong League, a cellular basketball sport with ties to NBA superstars Steph Curry and Paul George, introduced plans emigrate its sport to Ethereum sidechain Ronin, abandoning plans to launch on Avalanche.

Ronin is a distinguished gaming chain that performs host to standard video games comparable to Pixels and Axie Infinity. Rumble Kong League’s builders cited Ronin’s 17.2 million pockets downloads and 18.9 million RON token holders as explanation why the migration is “large” for RKL.

“This isn’t only a partnership, it’s a slam dunk for the way forward for RKL and our holders,” the undertaking posted on X (previously generally known as Twitter).

Rumble Kong League initially introduced plans to launch its 3v3 basketball sport on Avalanche again in August 2023 because it sought out a blockchain to assist scale its sport. The undertaking nonetheless has “onchain Avalanche integration” listed amongst objects which might be “subsequent up” in its publicly accessible roadmap objects, however that integration will now occur on Ronin as an alternative.

As a part of its migration, the undertaking is extending the sport’s gentle launch on iOS and Android to welcome Ronin customers, whereas doubling the present in-game FAME rewards, which can finally be redeemable for on-chain tokens when FAME launches later in Q1.

RKL’s migration to Ronin is the primary within the blockchain’s effort to “open Ronin” by way of an operation entitled “Operation Leviosa,” which seeks to welcome extra functions, video games, and decentralized finance apps on the sidechain. Ronin is at present a closed ecosystem managed by creator Sky Mavis, however will turn into permissionless and open to all builders in February.

The Rumble Kong League sport options 3v3 basketball competitions wherein gamers face off towards different customers of the app. The undertaking first launched in 2021 as a group of 10,000 NFTs on the Ethereum blockchain.

Stephen Curry’s Penny Jar Capital invested in Rumble Kong League and launched branded Curry Circulation digital sneakers with Below Armour for the sport. In the meantime, Paul George has been one thing of a public ambassador for the sport, and has collaborated on initiatives by way of his Paul George Basis. The sport has performed collabs with recognized sports activities manufacturers like Stance and Gatorade.

Edited by Andrew Hayward