The Crypt is a web 3 game from Playmint.
The Crypt is a web 3 game from Playmint.
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Playmint raises $4M for web 3 MMOs

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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The siren song of blockchain gaming has lured some more veterans. Playmint, a game studio focused on web 3 massively multiplayer online games, has raised $4 million.

The Brighton, United Kingdom-based studio has veterans from Electronic Arts, Epic Games, and Disney. Bitkraft Ventures led the round with participation from 1kx, Cherry Ventures, Ethereal Ventures, and Play Ventures’ Play Future Fund.

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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.