Sky Mavis, known as the team behind the popular blockchain video game Axie Infinity, has been working to promote the use of the Ronin blockchain for a long time. The company has announced that it aims to take a big step towards expanding the ecosystem with the introduction of a new video game called Apeiron.
On December 5th, Sky Mavis announced that it has partnered with Singapore-based game developer Foonie Magus to bring the new video game Apeiron to the Ronin blockchain. Trung Nguyen, CEO and co-founder of Sky Mavis, commented that Apeiron’s strong intellectual property and similar gameplay to Axie Infinity was a natural development for the existing Ronin community.
The efforts on the Ronin blockchain ecosystem have been known as Sky Mavis’ mission since the attack carried out by the North Korean hacker group Lazarus, which caused Axie Infinity to suffer losses of over half a billion dollars through the Ethereum ecosystem last year.
Sky Mavis previously announced in March that the release of the new game Apeiron would not be the first step in expanding the ecosystem on the Ronin blockchain, as four games would be launched on Ronin in the future. The company announced that the daily active address count on the Ronin ecosystem increased by 300% in November, and Frank Cheng, CEO of Foonie Magus, stated that Ronin has become a leading blockchain platform focused on gaming and provides special support to projects.
According to the team’s public statement, Apeiron is a card-based video game. While the game’s demo is currently available for download on the Epic Game Store, the global launch of the mobile version is planned for the first quarter of 2024.