Leading non-fungible token company Yuga Labs announced the hiring of a newly created position that will help with the company’s gaming ambitions.
What Happened: Yuga Labs, the creator of Bored Ape Yacht Club, announced its first-ever Chief Gaming Officer. The company hired Spencer Tucker for the role, a position that will oversee Yuga’s gaming initiatives.
Tucker will be responsible for overseeing the company’s Otherside metaverse project.
“Web3 is revolutionizing gaming, entertainment and community in much the same way the shift to mobile revolutionized communication,” Tucker said. “I am beyond excited to join the Yuga Labs team and to continue building toward the new era of interoperability and community-empowered growth in the Otherside metaverse.”
Tucker has over two decades of gaming industry experience, including roles with Scopely and Gree International Entertainment.
The hiring comes as the company has placed heavy emphasis on its Otherside metaverse project and its future beyond being just a company with several NFT collections.
“Spencer brings a passion for and deep knowledge of gaming and shares our vision for the Otherside metaverse,” Yuga Labs CEO Nicole Muniz said. “Yuga today is known most prominently for being the home of Bored Ape Yacht Club, CryptoPunks and Meebits, but Yuga is more than that. Gaming is one of our main focus areas.”
Muniz said Yuga Labs could “revolutionize the way” people think about Web3 gaming using items such as storytelling, ownership, utility and community to stand out.
Yuga Labs started the year with 10 workers and has grown to more than 70 employees. The company plans to have more than 100 full-time employees by the end of 2022.
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