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Casual game WatBird is preparing to introduce “millions of players” to the world of blockchain and Web3 on The Open Network (TON) with its upcoming WATCoin token launch in September. Founded in 2015 and part of Animoca Brands since 2020, Web3 mobile gaming platform GAMEE has secured investment from TON Ventures and Pantera Capital and lined up a raft of partnerships, including OKX, Yescoin and Notcoin. Those partnerships have seen GMEE launch “an initiative with Notcoin to reward $NOT holders with WatPoints,” and collaborate with Yescoin to “bring new WatPoint-earning missions to our players,” a GAMEE spokesperson said. Other link-ups include an initiative with Mocaverse to “help boost their community numbers on Telegram.” Fronted by a “degen bird that has taken on a life of its own,” WatBird’s Wat Racer is a casual runner title available through the GAMEE mini app on Telegram. Players steer WatBird in a box cart to collect WatPoints—and can invite friends in order to upgrade their vehicle to a go-kart, car or even a Lambo. Wat Racer. Image: GAMEE That “community-first” approach has helped WatBird to rack up three million daily active users and onboard four million user wallets onto TON—putting it well on track to bring GAMEE’s community of 90 million Telegram gamers into the TON ecosystem. “As a company that has always prided itself on introducing millions of players to the power of Web3, it’s a no-brainer that we should commit to a TON-based project,” a GAMEE spokesperson said in a recent interview. They added that, “The fact that it is so simple to set up and use crypto on TON means the biggest hurdle that stops many from venturing into Web3 has been easily overcome.” GAMEE aims to “connect brands, gamers, and crypto projects through play,” introducing mainstream gamers to the benefits…

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Filed under: News - @ September 9, 2024 8:20 pm