MixMob, creator of an eponymous Solana SOL
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The sport-maker, which has been backed by buyers like Solana Ventures and Arthur Hayes, stated the licensing of the favored film character serves as “the initiation of MixMob’s official licensing technique, with plans to safe three extra licenses in 2024.”
MixMob is a web3 racing sport that payments itself to be a mixture of “Conflict Royale and Mario Kart.”
“Embracing the essence of remix tradition, MixMob is about to revolutionize the cellular gaming panorama by integrating the unique stormtrooper into its debut card racing sport, MixMob: Racer 1,” the corporate stated in a press release.
The sport is at the moment solely obtainable on desktop, however there are plans to launch MixMob on cellular gadgets through the second quarter of this 12 months, the corporate stated in its assertion.
Rallying underneath stormtrooper banner
MixMob is led by CEO Simon Viera, who beforehand labored at Digital Arts, in response to his LinkedIn profile. “Our imaginative and prescient is to create dynamic groups and factions that rally underneath the banner of the unique stormtroopers, remodeling them into symbols of unity and competitors inside the sport,” he stated within the assertion.
The corporate raised $7 million about two years in the past, in response to a MixMob post.
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