Hong Kong, Hong Kong, November 15th, 2024,
Chainwire
Drift Zone, the Web3 gaming studio building the
next evolution of Gacha games, has secured a $190,000 grant to
integrate its rapidly-growing gaming ecosystem with the Sei
network. With over 500,000 players already active in its
Telegram mini-game Drift Zone: Arena, the studio is demonstrating
how familiar gaming experiences can unlock mainstream Web3
adoption.
The studio's approach centers on enhancing popular Gacha
mechanics - which drove over $4.4B in revenue across Asia last year
- with real rewards powered by blockchain technology. By building
on Sei, both Drift Zone: Arena and the upcoming collectible
auto-battler Drift Zone: Origins will leverage the network's
380-millisecond block finality and process up to 12,500
transactions per second to deliver Web2-like gaming experiences
with Web3 benefits.
"What Drift Zone is doing just makes sense," said Jason
Lim, Global Gaming Lead at the Sei Foundation. "They're taking
games that already drive massive player engagement across Asia and
enhancing the experience with Sei’s technology. By building on Sei,
Drift Zone can deliver seamless, high-performance gameplay,
allowing players to stay fully immersed without needing to think
about the blockchain running in the background. When players can
just enjoy the game, adoption follows naturally."
Development is progressing rapidly, with Drift Zone: Arena
players now able to claim rewards directly to Seiwallets and verify
achievements on-chain, and the demo of Drift Zone: Origins now live
on Sei. This technical integration enables the studio's expansion
into one of gaming's most lucrative markets, introducing real
rewards to the proven Gacha format that Asian players already
love.
"Look at the numbers - players in Asia spend $4.4B
annually on Gacha games," said Vedran Sisak, Founder and CEO of
Drift Zone. "These games are already incredibly sticky, but players
never see any real value from their participation. We're changing
that equation. We're evolving the entire format by adding real
rewards to mechanics players already love. With Sei’s technology,
we can deliver this experience at the massive scale these markets
demand."
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About Drift Zone
Drift Zone is a Web3 gaming studio that builds games that
players love to bridge the gap between Web2 and Web3. The studio's
ecosystem includes Drift Zone: Origins, a collectible card-based
auto-battler, and Drift Zone: Arena, a Telegram mini-game with over
500,000 players.
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About SEI
Sei is a Layer 1 that combines the advantages of Ethereum and
Solana: the dominant development standard of Ethereum with the
performance of Solana. The V2 update for Sei makes it the first
parallelized EVM. Serving as a new scaling approach for the
Ethereum ecosystem while achieving even faster speeds than Solana.
Sei launched its mainnet in 2022 and has a growing ecosystem with
key teams from Ethereum, Solana, Polygon, Arbitrum, and others
deploying. The team is backed by Multicoin, Jump, Coinbase
Ventures, and many more.
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Contact
COO
Sam
Patton
Drift
Zone
sam@driftzone.io