Co-founder of Rockstar games Dan Houser has invested in Revolving Games, a US-based blockchain gaming company. Interest in integrating blockchain technologies has shown a sharp increase in recent years, especially in the gaming industry. Although opinion on blockchain’s role in gaming is apparently divided in the industry, the former creative director behind Rockstar Games Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption shares a more optimistic view of technology as Dan Houser invests in Revolving Games.
Decades after founding Rockstar Games with his brother Sam, Terry Donovan and Jamie King, Dan Houser left the company back in 2020. He went on to found a new company a year later called Absurd Ventures in the UK as Absurd Ventures in Games in the UK. Interestingly, a separate company called Absurd Ventures LLC was registered in the US that same year, indicating that the company may not be limited to just video games. However, Absurd Ventures has yet to make any announcements. Although Dan Houser’s recent involvement with the blockchain gaming company may hint at a possible direction.
After participating in a $13.2 million funding round, Dan Houser will join Revolving Games’ advisory board. Since the company’s launch in 2020, Revolving Games has managed to raise over $25 million where it currently hosts over 100 employees and two studios under its name. The debut title is set to be one Battlestar Galactica-themed strategy MMO in development with NBCUniversal and Gala Games. The company also has a co-op adventure RPG title in the works Skyborne Legacy.
Talking about the company’s way forward, Saad Zaeem as CEO of Revolving Games states that the company’s vision is to build AAA games that will capture the attention of the industry and will “turn heads among the best launches at the best gaming forums like Gamescom and E3. He further mentions that the industry is currently moving from a developer-owned ecosystem to a player-owned ecosystem and that “Revolving Games will be at the forefront of this evolution.”
But Dan Houser and Revolving Games are not the only ones betting on blockchain in the gaming industry. Rockstar’s own parent company Take-Two indicated that it may look at the possibility of integrating NFTs into its ecosystem. Recently, even game publishers Square Enix and Ubisoft have invested in blockchain games. Of course, not all industry players share the same optimism with the likes of Mojang Studios outright rejecting support for NFTs or blockchain technologies. Regardless Rockstar games the co-founder’s investment in Revolving Games will likely serve to build enthusiasm over blockchain’s potential in the gaming arena. How far that enthusiasm will push the industry, time will tell.
Source: VGC
