Flowstate's Smash Stars: Thunderdome is a Web3 game.
Flowstate's Smash Stars: Thunderdome is a Web3 game.
Categories

Flowstate Games unveils Web3 arcade game Smash Stars: Thunderdome and $2M funding

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
  • Updated
  • 5 min

Flowstate Games has raised $2 million and announced its first Web3 arcade game, a car combat game dubbed Smash Stars: Thunderdome.

The Helsinki-based company has been working for a couple of years, and it adjusted its strategy to incorporate its Web3 strategy, starting on Smash Stars: Thunderdome in the spring, said CEO Edvard Groundstroem, in an interview with GamesBeat.

Unlock premium content and VIP community perks with GB M A X!
Join now to enjoy our free and premium membership perks.
Join Now
Already a member? Sign in
Written by

Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.