Blade of God X Accused of Abandoning Blockchain Roadmap

A former executive of the Web3 game Blade of God X (BOGX) has accused the project of abandoning its blockchain-based roadmap after securing funding through the crypto space. On April 1, Amber Bella, the former chief marketing officer of BOGX, claimed in an X post that despite being funded by Web3 sources, the game had "completely abandoned" its Web3 goals and the team working on its Web3 features. Bella stated that the Web3 team's salaries went from delayed payments to no payments at all, indicating a significant shift in the project's priorities.

Bella also revealed that instead of compensating users and repaying funds to non-fungible token (NFT) buyers, the game’s founder, Tnise Liu Yang, decided to block her from all personal communication channels. Bella attempted to convince Yang to properly liquidate the game’s Web3 assets and address the Web3 community, including returning in-game purchases made by Web3 users during the third test. However, she discovered she had been blocked from all personal communication channels without any advance notice. This happened when Bella proposed settling the Web3 side responsibly if they were to shift the game into a fully Web2 project.

In addition to the financial issues, Bella accused the game’s Web2 team of claiming prizes allocated for players. She stated that while the Web3 team was working to improve player benefits, they discovered that the Web2 team was using their own accounts to complete and claim cash prizes that should have gone to players. Bella wrote that the Web2 team concealed this from the Web3 team entirely and initially denied it when confronted. Only when evidence showing that the accounts were linked to their own wallets was presented did they finally remove these accounts.

BOGX is an action role-playing game (RPG) developed by Void Labs. On May 11, 2024, a Web3 investment fund announced its investment in the game. In a now-deleted press release, the investment fund wrote that the game "merges advanced AI agents with blockchain technology." This investment highlights the initial interest and support for BOGX's Web3 ambitions, which now appear to have been abandoned according to Bella's claims.