Curio announces $5.7M funding round, launches new strategy game Duper

Game development studio Curio announced today that it has raised $5.7 million in its latest round of funding. The studio simultaneously launched the first season of its new game, an onchain social strategy game called Duper, and some of the funding will go towards its development and expansion. Duper’s first season offers a month-long tournament with large prize pools.

Curio developed Duper to be a similar to real-money skill-based games such as poker. It’s a five-player PvP title in which players attempt to outmaneuver each other and be the last player standing. The game has been available for preseason play up to now, and players have been able to claim loot boxes. These yield emblems, a currency in Duper’s ecosystem.