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Artificial intelligence-driven fighting game AI Arena has set a date for its NRN token launch, following a play-to-airdrop campaign this spring.
Earlier this year, AI Arena let 8,000 users play its unique brawler game—built on Ethereum layer-2 scaling network, Arbitrum—while in pre-release for the chance to earn potential token rewards, with a campaign built around social media influencers. Now, those rewards are just around the corner.
Those who participated will be able to claim their tokens at 7am UTC on Monday, June 24, with a centralized exchange listing coming an hour later. Which exchange(s) the token will be listed on has yet to be announced, as of this writing.
AI Arena is a cartoonish brawling game akin to Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros. where players control their characters using artificial intelligence (AI). This is the unique hook for the game: Rather than button-mashing like other games in the fighting genre, you’re the fighter's coach aiming to clinch victory via extensive AI-driven training.
$NRN token will go live 06.24.2024
Claim Site Open: 7:00 am UTC
CEX Listing: 8:00 am UTCListing partners to be announced
Thank you to everyone who has been with us and believed in something.$NRN is AI gaming. Believe in the journey ahead. pic.twitter.com/gwonlVmKSQ
— AI ARENA | ʌı (@aiarena_) June 21, 2024
In March, the final round of the play-to-airdrop campaign ‘Gateway of the Arena’ concluded. This competition attempted to attract players while providing token rewards for playing the pre-release game.
The 8,000 players that took part earned a score based on how well their AI fighters performed. Each player was also part of a team headed by one of eight influencers, including the pseudonymous YellowPanther and Wale. Depending on the team's collective performance, players were rewarded with a potentially sizable airdrop multiplier.
How well you, your AI, and your team performed impacted the size of your airdrop bag. Overall, AI Arena promises to airdrop 80 million NRN tokens—half from the play-to-airdrop drive and half tied to “NRN Boxes,” or reward boxes linked to community engagement.
With the 3rd and final cycle right around the corner, let's take a look at some of the best community-submitted highlights from Cycle 2 of the Gateway to the Arena competition! 🔥
(Your AIs are getting scary good at the game.)
Want to be featured in next week's highlight video?… pic.twitter.com/HcN0937ZP5
— AI ARENA | ʌı (@aiarena_) March 6, 2024
In the future, AI Arena plans to launch a version that will require an NFT access pass to play. This version of the game will serve as the elite proving ground for the highest-level players, as the developer sees significant esports potential around this unique AI-driven fighting riff.
“Thank you to everyone who has been with us and believed in something,” the AI Arena announcement tweet read. “NRN is AI gaming. Believe in the journey ahead.”
Edited by Andrew Hayward