Spekter Agency is the first game from Spekter Games. Source: Spekter Games
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Taehoon Kim’s Spekter Games raises $5M for Spekter Agency rogue-lite on Telegram

Game veteran Taehoon Kim‘s Spekter Games has raised a $5 million round of funding to make Spekter Agency, a rogue-lite game on Telegram.

The game is the first-ever Web3 roguelite on Telegram. That marks a clear break from last year’s wave of clicker and farming games. Instead, it delivers arcade-style, Vampire Survivors–inspired gameplay that’s actually fun—blockchain elements included, but tucked neatly under the hood, said Kim in an interview with GamesBeat.

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