Further to its existing investment, which was announced in March 2024, Ethereum L2 Mantle has signed a strategic partnership with Singapore-based blockchain MMORPG MetaCene.
The two organizations previously worked together for the browser-based xMetaCene play-to-earn mini-game, which ran on Mantle and attracted over 450,000 wallets.
The just-launched PC/mobile MetaCene: Gold Rush experience, which rewards players with non-tradable in-game items and $3 million-worth of its to-be-released MUD and MAK tokens, also runs on Mantle.
In the longterm, however, MetaCene’s main game, which will launch as first chapter MetaCene: The Genesis of Fire, will run on the Ranger Protocol, albeit within what’s described as a “multi-chain future”.
“As with any serious gaming venture, computing-intensive interactions between players and assets require a highly-performant network to support seamless gameplay,” commented MetaCene CEO Alan Tan.
“To that end, we are excited to take MetaCene’s mission to revolutionize blockchain gaming to the next level through our collaboration with Mantle. Our strategic alliance will allow us to tap on Mantle’s cutting-edge modular L2 technology, strong technical support and resources to propel the growth of web3 blockchain gaming and GameFi to proliferate across the robust and well-established Mantle Ecosystem.”
 Download MetaCene: Gold Rush from the game’s website.
