Web3 Metaverse Company Hadean Raises $30 Million in Series A Funding Round Backed by Epic Games and Tencent

Hadean, a company using computing to scale virtual and metaverse worlds, has successfully closed its Series A funding round, raising $30 million. Among the companies that invested were gaming giant Epic Games and Chinese entertainment behemoth Tencent. Hadean aims to keep developing its metaverse-scaling infrastructure and software. Hadean Closes $30M Series A Funding Round Hadean, … Read more

Unity CEO Predicts Websites Will Mutate to Metaverse Destinations Before 2030

John Riccitiello, CEO of Unity, one of the leading real-time 3D engine providers, has predicted that the internet will become part of the metaverse in the next several years. The executive predicted that most websites will become metaverse destinations and that this change will be mostly completed by the year 2030. However, legacy sites will … Read more

Wild West-Based Battle Royale Blockchain Game Grit Gets Listed on the Epic Games Store

On June 6, the Web3 entertainment company Gala Games announced that the Wild West-focused battle royale blockchain game Grit will soon be available via the Epic Games Store and accessible to 194 million users. The well known company Epic Games is the producer of the Unreal Engine and the popular online video games Fortnite and … Read more

NASA Partners With Epic Games to Create a Martian Metaverse Simulation

NASA, the U.S. space agency, has partnered with Epic Games, the company behind Fortnite, to build a challenge for developers to help create a Martian metaverse experience. The challenge will include various tasks, including designing several key environments for Martian astronauts, which will be rendered using Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5 to provide a realistic … Read more

Poloniex Lists SENSO As Sensorium Galaxy’s Partnership Spree With World-Class Artists Accelerates

With COVID-19 cases on the rise and the world’s top economies re-considering strict lockdown measures, cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex has taken an interest in SENSO — a token focused on bringing high-quality entertainment into the rapidly expanding VR space. Poloniex Lists SENSO The exchange has added support for Ethereum-based SENSO tokens on November 17, 2020, giving … Read more