Gunzilla Games is the studio behind the battle royale Off The Grid (OTG) and operates a gamer-first ecosystem and blockchain platform called GUNZ. The company pairs game development with a blockchain layer intended to support its gaming ecosystem. The team framed the recent investment as a sign of confidence in both Off The Grid and the broader GUNZ platform. The article notes Delphi Ventures — described as a crypto venture capital firm and a leading Web3 gaming fund — has taken on a prominent operational role. As part of the announcement, Delphi became the largest Gunzilla Validator Node operator through its investment. The article does not disclose revenue, user counts, or other financial metrics. Gunzilla Games is an independent AAA developer working on the cyberpunk-style battle royale third-person shooter Off The Grid and a blockchain-based digital-economy platform called GUNZ. The company operates from Frankfurt (HQ), with teams in Los Angeles and Kyiv, and was founded in 2020 by Vlad Korolov and Alexander Zoll. GUNZ is live as an Avalanche Subnet customised for high-speed gameplay and streamlined gas payments using its native token, enabling tradable NFT ownership of in-game items. Off The Grid is set to release on PC, PlayStation and Xbox and will deploy complete asset ownership and a player-driven in-game economy across seasons. Gunzilla says proceeds will fund the game launch and the initial wave of post-release content for the rest of the year. The team includes talent from studios such as Ubisoft, Electronic Arts and THQ. The announcement follows a previous funding round over a year earlier that raised €44.9M led by Republic Capital. Gunzilla Games is an independent AAA developer that announced a new platform, GunZ, to enable players to own and trade in-game possessions. The company said trading will be handled via an internal blockchain-based marketplace or any third-party marketplace that supports NFT technology. Two months before the funding, Gunzilla unveiled Off The Grid (OTG), a AAA Battle Royale 2.0 third-person shooter set in a dystopian cyberpunk future. Founded in 2020 by Vlad Korolev and Alexander Zoll, the studio operates across Frankfurt, Los Angeles, and Kyiv. Gunzilla plans to use the recent funding to build the GunZ platform and integrate optional crypto components into its free-to-play offerings. Company leadership and its lead investor have framed the move as marrying crypto and gaming and enabling player ownership of in-game items.

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$62M

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Sep 2024