A group of Hollywood and gaming luminaries have joined forces to launch a AAA web3 video games studio within the United Arab Emirates.
Dubbed “Galactic Leisure Publishing,” the just lately launched enterprise represents the primary arm of mother or father firm Galactic Group.
The agency’s inaugural endeavor, PlanetQuest, has been in energetic growth since 2022. Loren Roosendaal, CEO of Galactic Leisure and founding father of PlanetQuest, informed Cointelegraph that, regardless of the sport not having launched but, it’s put in a large userbase:
“PlanetQuest passport holders account for over 300,000 related wallets, over 200,000 of which maintain a number of PlanetQuest NFTs.”
AAA franchise expertise
The group behind PlanetQuest is comprised of former workers from Disney, Warner Bros., Activision-Blizzard, and Epic. Their earlier particular person credit embrace a bevy of franchises starting from movies equivalent to “The Batman,” “Avengers,” and “Blade Runner,” all the best way to AAA video games equivalent to “Fortnite,” “Name of Obligation,” and “Star Wars: Jedi Survivor.”
The agency’s Chief Inventive Officer, Jon McCoy, whose labored on AAA Hollywood blockbusters all through their profession, stated these experiences couldn’t evaluate with their work with Galactic Group:
“Naturally no first try at one thing new is ideal, but it surely’s been wonderful attending to create a sci-fi universe with the followers in a method that’s by no means been tried earlier than. I’ve gotten to satisfy quite a lot of my childhood goals, engaged on Star Wars, Blade Runner and Marvel films to call just a few, however there’s little that compares to having the ability to work together and construct with the followers from day one.”
PlanetQuest
The corporate’s first title, PlanetQuest, has been described as present in a “Star Wars-like” world stuffed with belongings that may be owned and traded by gamers. Every little thing from ships to complete planets may be copped as digital belongings which, ostensibly, gamers can hold for their very own sport use or promote/commerce to different gamers for native foreign money.
Galactic at the moment has plans to launch tie-in media for PlanetQuest together with novels, comedian books and one other sport to be revealed later, in line with a report from VentureBeat.
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