Hoops game ‘Rumble Kong League’ drops for Ethereum and Ronin Avalanche

Rumble Kong League, the mobile basketball game affiliated with NBA superstars Steph Curry and Paul George, has announced plans to port its game to the Ethereum sidechain. RoninAbandoned plans to start Avalanche.

Ronin is a popular gaming chain that hosts popular games like Pixels and Axie Infinity. Developers of Rumble Kong League mentioned Ronin's 17.2 million wallet downloads and 18.9 million RON token holders are “huge” for RKL as a reason migration.

“This is not just a partnership, it is the future for RKL and our owners” the project Posted By X (formerly known as Twitter).

The Rumble Kong League has announced plans to launch its 3v3 basketball game in August 2023 with the Avalanche. Looking for blockchain to help expand the game. The project is still there “Onchain Avalanche Integration”. It's listed as one of the “next” items in the official roadmap, but this integration is now happening on Ronin.

As part of the migration, the project is extending the game's soft launch on iOS and Android to welcome Ronin users and doubling the existing in-game Fame rewards, which can be redeemed with chain tokens when Fame finally launches later in Q1.

RKL's migration to Ronin is the first in a blockchain effort titled “Unlocking Ronin.”“Operation Leviosa”. Looking to host more apps, games and decentralized finance apps on the sidechain. Ronin is currently a closed ecosystem controlled by creator Sky Mavis, but is license-free and will be open to all developers in February.

The Rumble Kong League game features 3v3 basketball tournaments where players compete against other users of the app. The project was originally launched in 2021 with a collection of 10,000 NFTs on the Ethereum blockchain.

Stephen Curry's Penny Jar Capital has invested in the Rumble Kong League and launched Curry Flow, a digital sneaker brand for the game, with Under Armor. Meanwhile, Paul George has remained a public ambassador for the game, and has collaborated with initiatives through the Paul George Foundation. The game is cooperative With well-known sports products Position And Gatorade.

Edited by Andrew Hayward.