Press Release
ThunderCore and YGG SEA launch Web3 game developer program for Southeast Asia
March 16th, 2023 – Coinscribble / ThunderCore has partnered with Yield Guild Games Southeast Asia (YGG SEA), Southeast Asia’s largest blockchain gaming guild, to launch a developer program that will tap into the growing demand for blockchain-based games and virtual worlds. The partnership is a manifesto of our commitment to bridging the Southeast Asia developer talent into Web3 and attracting global Web3 talent into the region. It’s going to be a game-changer in the Web3 world of Southeast Asia.
Partnership to boost SEA Web3 gaming development
ThunderCore is a blockchain platform that provides a scalable and fast infrastructure for decentralized applications (DApps). YGG SEA, on the other hand, is a gaming guild that has evolved into a community-driven ecosystem player, establishing a strong grassroots presence, and connecting and engaging a deep relationship with their community members in the SEA market. For developers, YGG SEA’s massive reach in the region and ThunderCore’s strong user retention skills offer the perfect tools to enter the SEA market as effectively as possible.
The developer program is expected to help YGG SEA open opportunities beyond ‘just playing’ games to its community of gamers & creators within the metaverse; and at the same time, provide go-to-market access for ThunderCore and Blockchain game developers into the region.
As YGG SEA continues to grow its user base in Southeast Asia, YGG SEA has partnered with over 80 games and has more than 175 K community members, and deployed more than 20,000 scholarships to date. In line with YGG SEA’s efforts to be the friendly gateway into the metaverse for ANYONE, YGG SEA provides language-specific support on its platform. It has a stellar track record of helping games establish a market presence in SEA and features some of the biggest success stories in blockchain gaming to date.
Southeast Asia is a key market for global economic growth and will be a key driver for Web3 community growth as pioneered in 2021/2022 by Axie Infinity, the region’s home-grown blockchain game.
Thanks to its battle-tested fast and secure infrastructure, ThunderCore is perfectly positioned to support the development of high-performance Dapps required for blockchain gaming. It excels at acquiring and retaining new users, frequently clocking over 100,000 daily active users (DAU) according to DappRadar due to its entertainment-first approach to growing its ecosystem. This proven ecosystem retention mechanism will help developers retain users and build a strong community around their projects in the long term.
Future Plans
With its mission to create the biggest and most sustainable play-to-own (P2O) virtual economy focused on Southeast Asia, the partnership between ThunderCore and YGG SEA is expected to create a more diverse and vibrant game ecosystem in the region. Roger Hsu, CEO of ThunderCore, had the following to say: “Our YGG SEA partnership is an important step for ThunderCore as we expand our presence in the SEA market to help grow the blockchain gaming industry and create new opportunities for ourselves as well as developers, investors, and gamers in the region.”
About ThunderCore
ThunderCore is the only platform growing DApp users organically through ecosystem retention, which will be the key driving force behind the real mass adoption of blockchain. Its proof-of-stake (PoS) architecture, EVM compatibility, entertainment-first ethos, and deep developer support provide a battle-tested home for the next generation of crypto innovators across Web3, DeFi, NFTs, GameFi, and the metaverse.
Thanks to its unique PaLa consensus mechanism, ThunderCore can handle 4,000+ TPS with sub-second confirmation times and ultra-low gas fees kept at a fraction of a cent.
ThunderCore Token (TT), the chain’s popular native asset, can be stored in the feature-rich TT Wallet, together with other supported ecosystem assets.
About YGG SEA
YGG SEA is a gaming guild with a strong community presence in Southeast Asia. The DAO (Decentralised Autonomous Organization) is YGG’s first guild partner (previously called SubDAO) and it aims to become the friendly face in onboarding anyone into the metaverse through gaming, education, and providing access to yield earning opportunities in the metaverse.
We believe blockchain technology is here to disrupt many aspects of lives and the biggest challenge for the entire ecosystem is the ease of access. s part of the ecosystem, YGG SEA believes that gamification is the way to onboard the next billion users and that “playing” is everyone’s birthright. T YGG SEA alongside our ecosystem partners like Thundercore and game developers within this program wants to create opportunities for our communities to have a real job and impact within the metaverse. – Irene Umar, Co-Founder of YGG SEA.
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