Game developer Empires Not Vampires has officially announced that Paradise Tycoon is coming to Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo Switch by the end of 2025. This is made possible thanks to signing a publishing agreement with Bonus Stage Publishing.
“This partnership marks a remarkable step in our vision to expand the world of Paradise Tycoon – one that would not be possible without Bonus Stage Publishing’s experience in navigating the console distribution channels.”
Not only does this partnership help the team expand the blockchain game to bigger gaming audiences, but it is also said to be a “very rare milestone” to have a mobile game get brought to consoles.
The team’s first announcement with their new publishing partner is planned to be made soon.
About Bonus Stage Publishing
Bonus Stage Publishing is a traditional gaming publisher that has successfully published web2 games across PCs and consoles, including Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox. They’ve recently published a great snowmobile simulator called Sledders on Steam, garnering overwhelmingly positive reviews.
In a separate X post, the co-founder of Empires Not Vampires answered why the company needed a publisher to bring the game to more platforms. While anyone can get a license to launch on consoles without needing a publisher, the co-founder adds that “each platform has its own ins and outs you need to know to succeed.” Even though the team does have experience developing games for consoles, they’ve only ever published on mobile properly, making it useful to have a publisher who knows everything there is to get your title successfully released on gaming consoles. As such, he also recommends anyone looking to publish a game for web2 gamers on a platform you haven’t published before “to find a publisher… but they are picky!”
In the same X post, one user asked the co-founder whether the partnered publisher had any reservations on publishing a blockchain game, to which he replied yes. The co-founder then further explains that most web2 gaming publishers “are still not easily dealing with web3 games” and that the game and its vision need to have enough potential to be worth taking the risk over of a standard traditional game alternative.
What Is Paradise Tycoon?
Paradise Tycoon is a cozy life sim blockchain game set in a multiplayer 3D world where each player has their own island to build and customize to their liking while gathering resources, farming, participating in events, hanging out with friends, and more.
Earlier this month, Paradise Tycoon chose Avalanche for the $MOANI token launch, though the game will continue to be played on Immutable zkEVM. The TGE is planned to happen at some point in April this year. In this same month, players were able to participate in the Safe Harbor event, where the blockchain gaming community was able to work together on building and upgrading a harbor to help out the captain make the journey to Makubo Jungle, potentially earning rewards based on leaderboard position. Prizes included $MOANI tokens and various NFTs. Players can also earn $MOANI through various activities, such as completing Paradise Pass tasks and limited quests, trading the token at the auction house, and more. The token can be spent on island sales or rentals, on participation fees for competitions, for vendors offering consumables and other items, and more.
If you missed out on this month’s event and want to potentially earn goodies from relaxing play to earn gameplay, then you might want to jump into Paradise Tycoon right now as its game economy becomes fully powered by blockchain technology. This web3 game is available as a free to play title in open beta on web browsers and mobile devices, including Android and iOS via the Play Store and App Store respectively.
