Web3 Gaming Studio Aether Games partners with Mysten Labs to launch NFT-backed gaming ecosystem
Premier Web3 Gaming Studio will leverage Sui Layer 1 Blockchain to scale NFT powered gaming universe
Mysten Labs, a web3 infrastructure company and first developer of the Sui Network, a Layer 1 blockchain, announced today that it has partnered with Aether Games, a Web3 game development and publishing studio that builds immersive, blockchain-based games. Through this partnership, Aether will leverage the speed and scalability of the Suis Layer 1 blockchain to develop engaging Web3 games.
Founded by a team that helped build blockbusters including League of Legends, World of Tanks and God of War, Aether Games develops next-generation titles that blend high-quality cinematic production with rich, multi-dimensional gameplay. Aether’s roster of dark fantasy games – which includes Cards of Ethernity, an NFT-backed trading card game – is powered by the most innovative Web3 features.
Leveraging Sui’s unique programming language – Move – and its unique gaming infrastructure, Aether Games will create immersive gaming experiences ranging from player-versus-player sessions to in-game universe exploration across products and characters within a universal IP.
“Aether Games’ mission is to combine compelling dark fantasy storylines with next-level Web3 technology to create a gaming experience never seen before. We believe Sui is the right partner to help us achieve this goal,” said Jens Peeters, Co-founder and CEO of Aether Games. “Sui’s unmatched core infrastructure is uniquely designed to support innovative, high-performance Web3 games and will enable us to create highly entertaining and highly profitable games for our players. We look forward to working with Sui to move the Web3 gaming landscape forwards.”
“Aether Games is building a unique gaming experience that includes a variety of exciting NFT-based games,” said Evan Cheng, co-founder and CEO of Mysten Labs. “Built to support fast-growing companies and communities that prioritize creating value for their users, Sui is thrilled to partner with Aether Games. We look forward to helping them deliver the next generation of engaging Web3 games.”
About Mysten Labs
Mysten Labs is a team of leading distributed systems, programming language and cryptography experts whose founders were senior executives at Metas Novi Research and lead architects of the Diem blockchain and Move programming languages. The mission of Mysten Labs is to create basic infrastructure for web3. Learn more:
About Sui
Sui is the first Layer 1 blockchain designed from the ground up to enable creators and developers to build experiences that cater to the next billion users in crypto. Developed by Mysten Labs, Sui is horizontally scalable to support a wide range of dApp development with unmatched speed at low cost. The first platform of its kind provides users with a general blockchain with high throughput, instant settlement speeds, rich on-chain assets and user-friendly web3 experiences. Sui is an incremental advancement in blockchain, designed from the ground up to meet the needs of the next billion users in crypto. Learn more:
About Aether games
Aether Games is a game development and publishing studio focused on creating engaging gaming experiences for players worldwide. It has already released Cards of Ethernity, a trading card game backed by NFTs. It is rolling out a series of DeFi games and cinematic offshoots that will position itself as the premier gaming universe in GameFi. Learn more here:
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