Krunker.io, a free-to-play first-person shooter, has been acquired by FRVR. Krunker.io, which has over 200 million unique players globally, is a wildly popular shooter with complete modding support that can be played anywhere without having to install the game.
Krunker, founded in 2018 by Swiss game developer Sidney de Vries, has grown to become one of the most popular post-app store games today. FRVR's platform has already reached over 1.5 billion players, earning it $76 million in investment, and it intends to use its resources to drastically accelerate Krunker's reach and performance. "Krunker is an extremely outstanding game with a fantastic community of gamers," remarked FRVR CEO Brian Meidell. "The Krunker team has done an incredible job producing a world-class game, and we look forward to assisting the team in taking it to the next level by putting FRVR's platform, crew, and publishing engine behind it." FRVR was designed specifically for partnerships like this."
"We are thrilled to be joining the FRVR family." "They completely understand our vision for Krunker, and we are all on the same page about the limitless potential that lies ahead of us," stated Krunker.io founder Sidney de Vries. "We get to have complete creative control, which is really essential to us and the community." This also includes a plethora of new tools and support for technical issues, quality assurance, community participation, and sandbox features. We'll have a lot more energy to devote to producing a terrific game for our players."
"FRVR's scalability and ability to deploy games almost everywhere with no installs, mixed with a Krunker game."
"io's caliber is the ideal match to demonstrate to the world what FRVR is truly capable of," stated Luke Alvarez, Founder Managing Partner at Hiro Capital. "I believe this will be a game changer for both Krunker and FRVR."