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Champion Games raises 2 million to launch MetaSoccer, the first football game in metaverse

The Spanish gaming startup, Champion Games, manages to raise 2 million euros in a financing round to launch the first football game in metaverse, MetaSoccer, based on blockchain technology.

The Spanish studio dedicated to video games and based in Barcelona, ​​Champion Games, has managed to raise 2 million euros in a recent round of financing for the launch of the first play-to-earn football game in metaverse and based on blockchain technology, MetaSoccer.

For this, it has been supported by international funds such as Play Ventures, DeFiance Capital, ParaFI Capital or DAO Maker, as well as youtuber Willyrex.

This investment highlights the strong interest in the play-to-earn, being one of the sectors in which more is invested within the world of blockchain. Not surprisingly, the Axie Infinity project, an online video game also based on NFT and that uses the cryptocurrency based on Ethereum AXS and SLP, recently achieved a market capitalization of 9 billion dollars.

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In the case of MetaSoccer, it is a proposal designed for both play-to-earn as for football fans who are starting in the world of metaverse, the virtual world in which you interact with other users through digital devices.

The goal of Champion Games is “Create a new generation of digital native soccer players and clubs that, in the coming years, achieve ratings similar to those of professional soccer leagues”, explains Patxi Barrios, co-founder and COO of the firm. In this sense, it highlights that, the purpose is that “The next Messi is born in the metaverse and plays on a platform like ours.”

With this objective, thanks to the financing obtained, the startup will prioritize the development and execution of the video game by 2022 with the hiring of new profiles specialized in the development of Golang technologies and programming. onchain in Solidity.

Likewise, they will also reinforce their marketing actions to give more visibility to the project, which implies having advisors in digital content and football.

MetaSoccer, a bet with great potential

Those responsible for MetaSoccer are optimistic about the good moment that the sector is going through, as well as the fact of the potential that it represents when combining technology blockchain, decentralized finance, sports betting and soccer.

According to their estimates, MetaSoccer’s potential audience reaches 40% of the world’s people, since 3.1 billion play video games, 3.5 billion are soccer fans in more than 200 countries, and 1, 6 billion make sports bets.

To this is added the potential of blockchain and NFT technologies, so when playing on the video game, soccer and sports betting sector, the figures that move are around 400 billion dollars.

Willyrex emphasizes this aspect for whom MetaSoccer “It has three key points to be the next milestone in the world of blockchain games: first, it is the first football metaverse with unique characteristics. Second, it has a new economic model based on the token bonding curve, which provides stability to the token. Finally, the Champions Games studio has more than 6 years of experience in video game development “.

Undoubtedly, great attractions for MetaSoccer users, who will own their assets on the platform, such as stadium teams or players, and will carry out transactions with the MetaSoccer Universe (MSU) token.

This will allow you to enjoy a unique experience by being able to create and manage your own teams and generate income while playing, just like real football clubs. So similar to real clubs that users can also earn money by getting sponsors.

MetaSoccer has already sold 72 million of its MSU in a private presale and 18 million in a public presale.

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