In summary
- Delabs Games will bring the Ragnarok role-playing game franchise to Telegram in the first quarter of 2025, focusing on maze exploration and social features tailored to the platform.
- The company, backed by TON Ventures, also plans to port Boxing Star to Telegram in the third quarter of 2025.
- The goal is to deliver a gaming experience true to Ragnarok’s roots, enhanced with hassle-free Web3 features.
South Korean game developer Delabs Games announced plans to bring the popular RPG franchise Ragnarok to Telegram in the first quarter of 2025, following a pivot by the company to embrace messaging platform Telegram’s booming crypto gaming scene. .
The Seoul-based company’s adaptation of the classic Ragnarok IP will focus on maze exploration gameplay and incorporate new social features designed specifically for the Telegram environment, according to an announcement.
The initiative is part of a broader strategic shift towards Telegram by Delabs Games, which has secured new funding from TON Ventures and a private investor. TON Ventures supports the ecosystem of The Open Network (TON), the Telegram-aligned Blockchain network that has seen a boom in 2024 thanks to games like Notcoin and Hamster Kombat.
The company also plans to adapt the mobile game Boxing Star, which is scheduled to launch on Telegram in the third quarter of 2025. Boxing Star has accumulated more than 70 million downloads to date on mobile platforms, the firm reported.
“Bringing Ragnarok to Telegram marks a bold step in our strategy of bringing well-known IPs and mid-core games directly to gamers where they are already connecting,” Joonmo Kwon, CEO of Delabs Games, said in a statement. “With Ragnarok, we are creating an experience that is not only true to its roots, but also enhanced with Web3 features, without any added complexity.”
Delabs’ Ragnarok game will be separate from Ragnarok: Monster World, a game launched on the Ethereum Ronin gaming network, this year. That game, developed by Zero X and in collaboration with publisher Gravity, is a strategic mobile action experience in the vein of Supercell’s hit game, Clash Royale.
Before its recent change of direction, Delabs tested the gaming waters on Telegram with its baseball-themed game “Giga Chad Bat,” launched in July. The firm’s parent company, 4:33 Creative Lab, previously integrated games like Blade and Hero into social platforms like South Korea’s Kakao.
Delabs previously released the Mario Kart-style PC racing game Rumble Racing Star, and had been developing additional game projects called Metabolts and Space Frontier.
Editor’s Note: This article was written with the assistance of AI. Edited and fact-checked by Andrew Hayward.
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