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Hey Yuga community, regardless of how you feel about the reduction in force today, please remember that real humans lost their livelihoods today and celebrate wisely. They're reading Twitter too.
HV-MTL and Legends of the Mara are finding a new home @farawaygg, putting these brands in the best position to reach new heights. Wanted to share some unfiltered thoughts on the news:
Faraway’s founders @apaley and @0xdenz have extensive careers in web2 gaming and taking beloved, worldwide IP and making sticky, fun games to delight those communities. But that means jack shit on its own.
More importantly these guys are fucking doers, by which I mean they are the actual hands really truly making those experiences that live on their resume, AND they understand the insane, idiosyncratic space we’re in. It’s basically impossible to find founders like them that are crypto native, have serious game dev credentials, and have the hustle to live-operate a game and build in public. Plus they’ve got a 100+ person team in lockstep behind them.
For all those reasons, when they approached Yuga with the idea of acquiring HV-MTL and LoTM, I was tempted. But when they shared their vision and made it clear that they had a plan to start rewarding the community from day 1, I was in.
Since I took over the CEO spot two months ago, my mantra has been: make delightful shit fast. That takes a tremendous amount of focus.
This move is one step in making sure Yuga’s gaming focus is razor-sharp on 3D Otherside, so we can be telling stories and delighting people (fast) there. I’ll have more news to share on that front soon. But know that while HV-MTL and LoTM will have their own futures under Faraway, we look forward to building out an interoperable future in Otherside for them.
Finally it’s bittersweet but with my friend and Yuga’s CGO @everydayzukini joining Faraway as Chief Product Officer, that team is going to be lethal. I can’t think of a better group of humans to shepherd HV-MTL and Legends of the Mara into its next chapter. We’ll be locking arms with them for the journey.
Appreciate your support and please show some love for Faraway. They are just getting started.
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Like I said last week, building Otherside has been challenging, and you’ll see some of those challenges in Apes Come Home.
But challenges are also inspiring, and the entire team is stoked to get folks into BAYC Island. Can’t wait for you all to see a slice of what we’ve been working on, and look forward to hearing your thoughts.
Finishing up my first day as an official part of the @yugalabs team and I'm alive with excitement and possibility. Honored to get to work alongside such passionate, thoughtful people who show up everyday to build the future. What a journey we've got ahead of us!
Yuga Labs has acquired @PROOF_XYZ, which includes PROOF Collective, @Moonbirds, Mythics, @oddities_xyz, and @Grails exhibition series.
For more information, see the official Yuga News blog:
https://t.co/ly3fTYxCBk
Early on @mfigge shared some unseen creative from @moonbirds & @proof_xyz with the team. It was 8:30PM, we were all exhausted, but we loved it so much that @dalegre had to implore Figge to stop sharing his screen bc we literally couldn't stop talking about it and get down to biz.
A lot of hard work from the Yuga recruiting team went into this key hire. We'll circle back with you on the synergies she brings by thinking outside the box and taking these conversations offline so we don't boil the ocean but bring actionable insights to fruition. 🫡