House of Gaming partners with blockchain giant Polygon, through ‘Hefty Games’

Leveraging the wide popularity of interactive gaming entertainment and its acceptance as an emerging cultural relevance, Hefty Games, today announced a unique partnership with leading influencers of the segment – Lokesh Gamer, Gyan Gaming and Two Side Gamers, who have a combined following of close to 50 million. Through this association, the company is set to launch trading cards that will allow gaming aficionados to own a collectible from their favorite gamer. With this launch, Hefty Games aims to kickstart the Gaming & NFT ecosystem, and  blockchain gaming in India with exclusive P2E (Play to Earn) games and a plethora of unique utilities.

As the owner of intellectual property rights of the first set of influencers, Hefty Games will soon be announcing its first drop of NFT’s. This much-awaited auction of India’s inaugural digital collectibles/ NFTs will be followed by the foray of other gaming superstars into the Hefty Metaverse. Via this association, Hefty Games has established itself as a one-stop destination that facilitates movement of all forms of digital art in the gaming realm onto the blockchain. To commemorate the announcement, the Gamers will join the competitive Esports platform IGL - Indian Gaming League, to host together a unique on-ground tournament soon,  open for all. The winners will be awarded exclusive prizes and a chance to be whitelisted for the exclusive NFT drop.

Hefty Games is a collaboration between House of Gaming and Polygon, House of Gaming is a new-age tech company with an endeavor to redefine the e-sport sector in India, known for IGL - Indian Gaming League, its competitive Esports platform, as well as Polygon – the leading platform for Ethereum scaling and infrastructure development that will engage gaming enthusiasts and bring them closer to the biggest names in the industry, Hindustan Talkies – a media content conglomerate transforming entertainment across e-sports, games and blockchain technology. Hungama – one of the largest digital media entertainment companies in South Asia, the enterprise was launched via the drop of an all-explainer video featuring the gamer trio.

In addition to the above, Hefty’s collaboration with eDAO, an entertainment and creator-focused entity, will support the growth of the Hefty Ecosystem enabling users to interact and engage with their favourite gamers and artists. With more high-end creations in the pipeline, Hefty Gaming looks to enable users with access to the Metaverse that is a perfect synergy of all things gaming and entertainment.

Yash Pariani, Co-Founder and CEO of House of Gaming, further added, “With this joining of hands between the three forerunners of the gaming fraternity and Hefty Games, we are ready to lead this innovation into Web 3.0 and the metaverse. This much-awaited drop of India’s inaugural digital collectibles in the gaming zone would set in motion a series of drops by other gaming superstars who would feature in the Hefty Metaverse.”

Sharing his thoughts, Sandeep Nailwal from Polygon commented, “With today’s announcement, we have been able to expand the horizon for the gaming community of India. Through Hefty Games, we have enabled gamers to monetise their worth further, and engage their followers better.”

After the recent announcement of Hefty Art bringing legend MF Husain’s paintings into the metaverse, Hefty Entertainment joined hands with T Series. Hefty Games is another vertical under the Hefty Metaverse set to define the future of gaming. Adding to this, Hefty Games will also be introducing blockchain gaming, bringing exclusive P2E (play 2 earn) games to India and several NFT projects with massive gaming utilities.