Wayra has decided to diversify even more and has invested in the startup Champion Games. The Barcelona video game studio has created metasoccer. Its about world football first metaverse in which you can manage your own club and generate income while you play. The game is aimed at both play-and-earn players and football fans interested in entering the metaverse and the web3 gaming.
It consists of a mode of online games that allow players to earn rewards, with real-world value, by playing against other players and progressing through the game. These rewards come in the form of in-game assets such as cryptocurrencies or NFTs such as virtual stadiums and sports kits among others. All these actions are recorded in the blockchain, a public database on the Internet.
“For us it is a privilege to have Wayra as an investor in our company. We hope that all the knowledge and experience in the field of telecommunications and innovation can help us to consolidate our business”, says Marc Cercós, CEO and co-founder of Champion Games, creators of MetaSoccer.
In 2021, Champion Gamers secured a funding round of Two millions of euros In which investors such as Play Ventures, ParaFI Capital, Defiance Capital or DAO Maker stand out, among others. The objective of the round was to lay the foundations to create the first sports metaverse with a new generation of digitally native soccer players and clubs in MetaSoccer, which in the coming years will reach ratings similar to those of professional soccer leagues.
To do this, it is investing in the hiring of specialized profiles in the development of Golang, React and onchain technologies in Solidity technologies and, in addition, they are reinforcing marketing actions to give the project more visibility. For now they have already got the support of great players like Ronaldinho either Daniel Carvajal and from clubs like Vasco da Gama.
New paradigm in the industry
“Play-and-earn is causing a new paradigm in the gaming industry. The use of decentralized technologies opens up a new world of opportunities that are going to revolutionize the industry. Champion Games is being able to ride this wave and create a web3 game that can reach the mainstream audience. We are delighted to support this team of great professionals and we are sure that through Telefónica and Movistar collaboration opportunities with great potential can open up”, says Marta Antúnez, director of Wayra Barcelona.
A few months ago, Wayra launched the Open2metaverse global call, to search for companies that are developing technology for the metaverse, in which 135 startups joined and 1,625 startups from around the world were analyzed. Telefónica also organized the Metaverse Day on September 29, where Champion Games was presented as one of the Web3 startups that the company is promoting.
