Thor Gunnarsson (Mainframe) & Anton Backman (Play Ventures): Democratizing Gaming | Slush 2021
Channel: Slush
Date: 2021-12-06

While cloud-native games have opened up access to high-end games, instant games have shattered the gaming industry from bottom up: games are accessed through peer-to-peer links from social networks like Discord, Twitch, and Messenger, enabling unseen distribution and staggering user growth. At the intersection of the two, a new wave of democratization is set in motion.

Thor Gunnarsson’s Mainframe Industries operates at this very convergence, developing the world’s first cloud-native MMO game – a game that can be played by anyone, anywhere and at any time. Sharing the stage with him is Anton Backman, Principal at Play Ventures, who invests in games and crypto.