Team Liquid is working with NFT game developers. Illuvium, which has just launched in early access, to try its turn-based, player-to-player (PVP) creation autobattler experience. Group Liquid founder and CEO Victor Goossens announced the partnership on Wednesday.
“We test and advise them on the PVP aspect of their game,” Goosens said in a video. We're incredibly impressed with the quality of the game we've seen so far.
Team Liquid members as a League of Legends player.Broxah“And a content creator.”Mideast“They are among the esports organizations that are testing Eluvium,” said the company's CEO.
“Like many of the games Liquid participates in today, we're confident this will be a game that rewards skill and strategy.”
Today we are excited to announce our partnership with @illuviumio 🔥
We're excited to test the new competitive PvP autobattler, expand our brand into the gaming universe, and lead their strategy into 2024. pic.twitter.com/aai7cGxWa0
— Team Liquid (@TeamLiquid) November 29, 2023
Liquid, which raised $35 million at a $415 million valuation last year, will also work with Illuvium to develop the games. Sending In 2024, organizing the esports competition, the scene and competitions a $100,000 prize pool.
The game will release Team Liquid-themed Illuvium NFTs with character skins and avatars as part of the collaboration. Illuvium is built on top of Immutable X, a gaming-focused ethereum scale network.
“This collaboration is more than just two names shaking hands,” the Iluvium team wrote Blog post Wednesday. It's about setting the precedent for Web3 games in mainstream esports. It's about creating a world where game discoveries translate into the real world, where every move yields something amazing.
Like other esports organizations including TSM And M80, Team Liquid has been testing potential crypto crossovers through competitive play. At the beginning of this year Panel at the 3XP conferenceGroup Liquid Web3 Senior Partnership Manager Ross Groves said Decrypt “He's getting into Web3 games,” said Orju.
“We really want to be able to bring our fans to Web3 and give them a safe way to get on board and try out these great new games that are coming around,” said Groves.
Edited by Andrew Hayward.
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