A last depend of two,197 gamers took half in Otherside’s first spherical of Undertaking Dragon, which was sufficient to see Yuga Labs break the Guinness World File for many concurrent gamers ever in an internet first-person shooter.
Each group members from throughout Yuga Labs tasks – together with holders of Apes, Meebs, Kodas, Moonbirds, and Voyagers – in addition to household and pals from exterior, took half within the record-breaking 5 matches.
Its success is partly because of MSquared, a platform that enables builders to construct and join digital worlds inside the metaverse, primarily making a community of interconnected areas the place gamers can transfer between a number of experiences seamlessly.
The experiment was a part of Yuga’s preparations for its forthcoming Otherside launch in June 2025. A metaverse permitting video games to stay perpetually, amongst different options it consists of AI integrations, a developer toolkit, and “always-on” persistent islands.
“Right this moment’s Undertaking Dragon occasion was one for the report books, and Yuga Labs has many extra firsts for Otherside deliberate for later this yr.”
In associated information, following the top of Dookey Sprint Unclogged season 1, Yuga Labs’ CEO Greg Solano just lately introduced the discontinuation of the sport in its present kind.
A collaboration with Faraway Video games, Dookey Sprint Unclogged was a sequel to Yuga’s browser-based Dookey Sprint and launched on cellular in 2024. Whereas Yuga totally focuses its efforts on Otherside, Dookey Sprint Unclogged shall be revitalised in some kind as soon as the metaverse goes stay in June.