French sport developer TapNation has launched its Olympics-themed mobile-based sport Athletics Rush. The sport is at present simply web2. Its blockchain parts will likely be launched on Tezos in August.
Beforehand asserting collaborations with a number of ecosystems reminiscent of Immutable and Arbitrum, this will likely be TapNation’s first sport to deploy to the Tezos blockchain.
“With Athletics Rush, our purpose was to create a enjoyable and satisfying expertise seamlessly incorporating web3 parts. By constructing on Tezos, we are able to improve participant retention and supply rewarding experiences with out disrupting the core gameplay,” stated TapNation head of web3 Philippe Lenormand.
As for video games on Tezos, the quantity continues to be sparse in comparison with different networks. Nonetheless, Tezos claims it has seen a major enhance in exercise throughout 2024, with month-to-month customers up by 500% throughout the first quarter.
“Tezos provides a safe and sustainable blockchain platform that aligns completely with the imaginative and prescient for Athletics Rush. We’re blissful to introduce blockchain expertise to reinforce the person expertise with out compromising the enjoyable and interesting nature of the sport,” stated Tezos APAC head of gaming Jeremy Foo.
By way of the sport, it’s a hyper-casual athletic runner that includes varied sport modes to grasp athletic expertise reminiscent of operating, leaping and throwing. Gamers can gather medals whereas competing on world leaderboards.
Athletics Rush is on the market to obtain by way of Google Play.