Quote from Heatman on October 29, 2023, 11:36 am

Crypto.com’s Flagship NFT Collection Makes its First Foray into Blockchain Gaming

Loaded Lions, the flagship NFT collection of Crypto.com, has launched its first-ever game – Loaded Lions: Mane City – on the Cronos chain. The launch represents Crypto.com’s latest initiative to further deploy its assets and infrastructure towards the gaming sector – a key growth area within Web3 for the company as it explores new use cases for crypto and blockchain technology.

 

Developed in close collaboration with Cronos Play’s SDK team, Loaded Lions: Mane City is a tycoon simulation game where players design and build their dream cities and mansions with gold and diamonds generated from the in-game land that they own, alongside businesses they build on them such as gyms, banks and music stores.

Exclusive early access via First Frontier Land NFTs

 

To play Loaded Lions’ Mane City game at launch, players only need to own a Land NFT from Crypto.com’s “Land – The First Frontier” NFT collection. This collection was sold out in December 2022, however, players can still join the game now by purchasing it in the secondary marketplace on Crypto.com NFT or Minted.

 

Each Land NFT translates to a plot of land in the game that players will use as the foundation to build their own city within Mane City. The First Frontier Land NFT collection is distributed across an equal number of deeds, with five rarity levels in total – Starter, Rare, Epic, Legendary and Mythical. Each rarity unlocks a different number of open sites to build the Businesses which reward players with Gold, and also affects the amount of Diamonds that can be passively generated. 

 

If players own a Loaded Lions NFT, they will also enjoy exclusive perks such as in-game boosters that can speed up their in-game progression.

 

Expanding playability with new mechanisms

 

While the game is in its beta at launch, it is constantly evolving and there will be new mechanisms introduced that aim to increase playability and excitement for all Mane City players. This includes and is not limited to a competitive mode, new ways for players to invite friends without Land NFTs to join the fun, additional NFT integrations, and more. Quick hint: those that can’t join the beta now might want to start making friends with First Frontier Land NFT holders.

 

 

“We are thrilled to partner with Cronos on advancing Web3 gaming with the launch of Loaded Lions: Mane City on the Cronos Chain,” said Henrik Johansson, Global Head of Growth at Crypto.com. “This is the first-ever game for Loaded Lions, our flagship NFT collection, and we hope our community finds the experience exciting and engaging as we pioneer and evolve the technology. Blockchain gaming is an important and growing feature of the Web3 ecosystem, and we will continue to build and support innovations in our effort to expand our reach and improve our offerings.”

“Launching the Loaded Lions: Mane City game on the Cronos Chain has been an exciting project and one that has enabled collaboration with our Cronos Play SDK to good effect,” said Ken Timsit, Managing Director of Cronos Labs. “GameFi in particular is a high priority for our ecosystem development and it is important that we continue to diversify our dApp offerings in our quest to onboard the next billion users to Web3 and DeFi. I truly hope that all Loaded Lions and Crypto.com First Frontier NFT holders and other users can enjoy this new experience with the seamless support of our chain.”

 

Gameplay with a competitive twist

 

Mane City players are free to decide how to expand, multiply and upgrade their buildings. When the competitive mode is introduced, players will compete to be on top of the leaderboard as determined by the total amount of Gold that they generate during a season. Depending on game rules and policies, the higher their rank, the greater the players’ rewards, which may then be used to gain an edge in the next season or exchanged for Cronos’ native CRO token.