‘Pixelverse’ Expands From Telegram Tapper to Cyberpunk Web Game Beta
Pixelverse, the creator of the favored Telegram sport PixelTap, introduced Thursday that it has launched a closed beta for its browser-based massively multiplayer on-line role-playing sport (MMORPG), marking a big growth past the messaging platform.
Whereas the Pixelverse sport itself just isn’t certain to Telegram, it nonetheless options what the corporate says is the primary implementation of The Open Community (TON) blockchain microtransactions exterior of the messaging app, making certain that PixelTap gamers could make a easy transition over.
The cyberpunk-themed sport, set 800 years sooner or later, permits gamers to discover “Neopolis Metropolis,” full quests, and take part in an open financial system. Pixelverse is designed as a extra immersive sport than PixelTap, which targeted on tap-based cell battles through the Telegram platform and pulled in tens of thousands and thousands of gamers within the course of.
A screenshot from the Pixelverse net sport beta. Picture: Pixelverse
The Pixelverse closed beta is presently out there to early supporters, with plans for a public launch within the fourth quarter.
“We’re leveraging our huge person base on Telegram to increase organically past the platform,” Pixelverse CEO Kirill Volgin stated in an announcement. “Many Telegram mini-game customers have found crypto via these mini apps in latest months, and now we’re prepared to supply them a richer, extra complicated gaming expertise exterior the cell ecosystem.”
Pixelverse launched its PIXFI token in July and held an airdrop for gamers. The token launched initially on Ethereum, however the studio stated it plans to carry the token to TON as effectively alongside a devoted layer-2 scaling community known as Pixelchain.
Whereas the PIXFI token itself just isn’t but out there on TON, Pixelverse has already dished out a whole bunch of 1000’s of NFT collectibles on the chain through PixelTap.
Editor’s word: This text was written with the help of AI. Edited and fact-checked by Andrew Hayward.
