Former Tiktok Gaming Boss Launches Metao, a ‘Blockchain Agnostic’ Gaming Company – Blockchain Bitcoin News

Jason Fung, former game manager at Tiktok, the video-based social media, launches a blockchain-based game launch. The company, called Metao, will focus on offering “blockchain agnostic” solutions that will allow Web3 game creators to expand their reach and not be limited to just one chain and ecosystem associated with a particular token.

Metao to focus on interoperability

Blockchain is becoming a major element in several companies trying to mix games with cryptocurrency. Jason Fung, who was game manager at Tiktok, one of the largest video-based social networks, is reportedly launching a blockchain-based game company. Metao, as the startup is called, will focus on providing a framework for other companies to build blockchain-based games, in the same way that companies like Unity license their technology to others.

This would make the lives of developers easier, just focus on the content while avoiding the complexity of integrating these mechanisms by themselves. The solution that Metao is trying to implement is also aimed at increasing interoperability and avoiding the segregation that many startups face when trying to implement their games in a single chain linked to a token ecosystem.

About this Fung stated:

Right now, if you are looking at a developer when implementing NFTs or blockchains in their games, they need to choose a single blockchain, be it Polygon or Solana or Binance Smart Chain. But imagine a more interoperable alternative.

A ‘Blockchain agnostic’ solution

The company, which consists of only eight employees including Fung and an undisclosed co-founder, has developed a technology that will allow developers to publish their games using any of the blockchains available, with the benefits of letting each user store their tokens. and items in their favorites. Fung explained this:

We have built a protocol for game developers, and we take a flexible, blockchain agnostic approach to their game development. With a protocol that we develop, developers can easily build their game by leveraging the power of different blockchains, giving the user the flexibility to transfer NFTs across chains.

Web3 and blockchain technologies have been adopted by a number of startups in the gaming arena, but none of the really big players in the industry have designed a large IP game around these. However, companies like Ubisoft and Square Enix have talked about the importance of blockchains and NFTs for the future of the industry, and even included this technology as part of their financial plans for the future.

What do you think of Metao, the interoperability-focused blockchain game launcher? Tell us in the comments section below.

Sergio Goshenko

Sergio is a cryptocurrency journalist based in Venezuela. He describes himself as late in the game, and entered the cryptosphere when the price increase occurred during December 2017. He has a computer engineering background, lives in Venezuela and is influenced by the cryptocurrency boom on a social level, and offers a different view of crypto success and how it helps the unbanked and underprivileged.

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