‘Anichess’ NFT game launched with support from world chess champion Magnus Carlsen

Aniches is currently in the early stages of releasing a free-to-play browser game startup with Animoka Brands Advertising, Chess.com and five-time world chess champion Magnus Carlsen.

While the first version of the game currently offers a single-player experience, an online player-versus-player (PVP) mode will be added sometime in Q1 2024.

“Aniches According to Animoka Brands founder and chairman Yat Siew, it will revolutionize the classic royal game by combining traditional strategy and gameplay with new typography, fantasy storyline and web 3 action.

Carlson also called the new game “an exciting chess experience.”

Aniches A chess-based strategy game featuring magical spells and NFTs known as Orbs of Power. Players can collect Orb NFTs for free by linking their crypto wallet to the game and completing daily puzzle challenges. There are different types of chess pieces, such as “Water Pawn” or “Ether King”, and different types of orbs associated with them. Orbs can help players unlock more challenges that can lead to more rewards, according to a statement.

Orbs were first released on Ethereum Scaling Network Polygon in August 2023 and have seen over 33,700 MATIC (approximately $28,500) traded in total so far. all right NFT data.

Anichess also offers Mocha ID integration Get an ID from Animoka BrandsMocavers” Loyalty Platform.

The Aniches group wrote at the end of December Blog post “Chess Puzzle” achievements will “carry forward” into the game's future, but he didn't specify exactly what that would look like. The game team also revealed that they plan to work on PvP gameplay and tournaments in the future.

Aniches previously raised seed funding in June 2023 from GameFi Ventures, Koda Capital, 708 Capital, The Operating Group and others.

Edited by Andrew Hayward.