Outspoken Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson surprised Crypto Twitter last week when he announced his “first game is coming out,” alongside a trailer for a game launching on blockchain gaming platform When one user asked about it, Hoskinson simply replied, “I have six companies.”With RFLXTOur first game is coming out https://t.co/jYY4GuY5iQ— Charles Hoskinson (@IOHK_Charles) April 11, 2024(Following publication of this story, Hoskinson tweeted a video in which he says he’s a board member at the company and that RFLXT was a “spinout company” from IOG. As previously noted, the studio’s PR rep told Decrypt before publication that Hoskinson did not have a position at the company.)“Our mission at RFLXT is to reinvent what entertainment can be, by launching and combining innovative technologies we haven’t seen combined before,” a spokesperson told I have six companies— Charles Hoskinson (@IOHK_Charles) April 12, 2024A key strategy for RFLXT is approaching the developers of old PC titles and helping “introduce them to the Web3 world,” they added. This is how Voyager: Ascension came to be. Originally launched in 2018 as Overload, the game hailed from some of the creators of old-school classic shooter Descent. Now it’s been reworked for the crypto world.“We worked with that team to license the game and introduce features for Web3 audiences,” the RFLXT spokesperson told Overload is currently However, Voyager: Ascension is releasing for free on Gala Games with what the team described as a “very low-priced token season pass” available.But why GalaChain and not Cardano?“Helping grow the presence and awareness for games built on Cardano is a major focus for us,” RFLXT told Are you guys following @rflxtstudio ? We’re working with #Cardano games, our own titles and lots of partners Don’t miss a thing! We are ramping up for a wiiild summer ️ Voyager: Ascension goes LIVE April 23rd on @GoGalaGames! https://t.co/nMEMEPuptw pic.twitter.com/Zxmuc6SfCm— Joshua Miller (@Miller_19k) April 16, 2024A core goal for the company is interoperability, as a result RFLXT believes that this partnership with Gala “just made sense,” as “their mission aligns closely with ours.” With that said, the team also confirmed that they are “working with Cardano games” for the RFLXT platform.“Ultimately, our goal is for our titles to be released in a variety of places,” RFLXT said. “With the special integrations to our Digital Doubles and other RFLXT portal features working across platforms and chains.”Digital Doubles is an AI-driven product that will enable influencers and streamers to integrate themselves into games. Depending on the title, Digital Doubles will interact with players in a variety of ways, from unlocking special features to being playable characters.While Voyager: Ascension won’t be integrating this feature, when the RFLXT platform launches “later this summer,” the first full platform title called Chronoshot will integrate Digital Doubles. The team promised “some other titles following that,” with plans to showcase what’s next at August’s Rare Evo conference in Las Vegas.Edited by Andrew HaywardEditor’s note: This story was updated after publication to include the detail from Hoskinson’s tweeted video that he’s a board member at RFLXT, which the company did not share when asked prior to publication.
