Zed Champions is the new game from Zed Run.
Zed Champions is the new game from Zed Run.
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Virtually Human Studio launches beta for Web3 Zed Champions game

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Virtually Human Studio, which created the successful blockchain horse racing game Zed Run, announced the beta launch of Zed Champions over the weekend. The company is hoping to stage a comeback for what was once a Web3 darling.

Zed Run, now put out to pasture, was a digital horse racing game where players could own, breed and race digital racehorses with other players. It used technologies such as blockchain and cryptocurrency, and it was built on the fantasy of owning a thoroughbred racehorse in digital life, said Nir Efrat, the new CEO of VHS, in an interview with GamesBeat.

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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.