This past one year feels like a small life. Walken was born and grew to become bigger than our wildest dreams. At the same time it still feels like the very beginning, so many more cool things and ideas are to come to life soon. New games, new experiences, new horizons. Walken would never be so amazing without the community. You guys inspire us to excel in all areas and be the best version of ourselves, and we’ll continue to deliver for you. Big hug to all of you, and for now let’s celebrate!
Alexei Kulevets, Co-Founder & CEO
March marks a special time for the Walken Team, not just because of more daylight and numerous shades of green around, but also because it’s our anniversary!
On March 14, 2022, the first players were welcomed to Walken marking the beginning of closed beta testing and a thrilling journey ahead. The feedback and traction it received went beyond our wildest dreams, and today as Walken is getting ready to celebrate the 3M players milestone, we are more excited than ever to fulfil its full potential in the world of web3 gaming. Over the year since the soft launch, Walken has come a long way, and we are proud to be having this opportunity to continue pursuing our mission: to tie web3 and web2 in a sustainable, meaningful way.
Despite the challenging and generally unfavourable market conditions, 2022 was a remarkable year for the project, with the major highlights including:
- Closed beta successfully completed;
- Open beta (still running);
- IEO & token listing;
- Over 2M players in less than 6 months from soft launch;
- An array of features delivered (breeding, daily quests, Mysberry booster, staking, and ranking system topping the list);
- Several events to celebrate Halloween, Christmas, St. Valentine’s, etc. together;
- Building a strong and passionate Community that believes in Walken and shares our vision.
Ahead of the big day, we’ve started to roll our a series of time-limited events and updates in honour of Walken’s 1st anniversary as a token of thanks for being with us for all this time:
- The roadmap update outlines our plans as for what the nearest future holds: new games under Walken protocol, boosted asset & NFT utility, offline events — to name just a few.
- Spicing up the celebration, the all-time fav Fusion Event, the third updated version, is up and running. Jump at the chance to upgrade your CAThlete crew while there are still some fusions left. We’ve made considerable changes to its design to provide more value for new players as well as further boost NFT diversity and raise their value while preserving the value of higher rarity NFTs. Check out this link for more details.
- The highlight is going to be the Lootbox Sale featuring the exclusive B-day themed item collection to commemorate the first year we spent together with our players. Can’t wait to see your CAThletes dresses up for the party! Stay tuned for the lottery announcement in our official channels, we'll be sharing all the details soon!
On top of that, Walken Runner has made a comeback last weekend, just in good time to join the festivities. Its release is multi-faceted and marks an important milestone in Walken ecosystem development. The next big thing to come is the long-anticipated PvP mode or Duels that is now on the final stages of internal testing, almost ready to offer a tougher challenge, and a more unique and engaging experience to Walken players.
We are full speed ahead to continue to deliver on our vision in 2023, which among other things promises to be a year of transition with a much greater focus on Walken ecosystem and exploring the powerful synergy of casual gaming and web3.
The Walken Team thank each and every one of our players for joining us at any stage of this journey and showing such fierce support and commitment that inspire us ever since. We wouldn’t have made it without you, the driving force behind the continuous innovation and evolution of Walken. Cheers to another amazing year together!
