Mythical Games to integrate Worldcoin’s identity tech as part of new funding round

It’s reported that Mythical Games will be closing a new funding round by Monday 20th October, which would be its Series D. 

To-date, the US developer and publisher of mobile games such as Pudgy Party and FIFA Rivals has raised over $300 million, with its previous 2024 Series C round valuing the company at $1 billion. 

The size of the investment hasn’t yet been disclosed but investors are expected to include previous participants such as Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest.

New investors include the Sam Altman-affiliated Worldcoin identity blockchain, with Mythical Games integrating this tech to add secure, human-verified accounts into its Mythos platform.

“Mythical is integrating with Worldchain to bring identity and trust into the next era of gaming,” said Mythical CEO John Linden.

Another new investor will be Eightco Holdings. 

It’s a Nasdaq-floated company which has been making waves thanks to a recent crypto pivot to add a digital asset treasury to its operations. 

This has seen the previously non-descript IT company raising $270 million to buy crypto tokens, notably Worldcoin’s WLD. Its stock increased by 3,000% on the news.

It’s also working on its own “authentication and trust layer for the post-AGI world”, which will focus on consumer, enterprise, and gaming.