Moonbirds and Azuki IP Coming to Verse8 as AI-Native Game Platform Integrates with Story

BitcoinWorld Moonbirds and Azuki IP Coming to Verse8 as AI-Native Game Platform Integrates with Story Seoul, South Korea, September 23rd, 2025, Chainwire Vibecoding Meets Gaming: Anyone Can Build Licensed Multiplayer Worlds With Iconic IP leveraging Verse8 AI game platform and Story’s programmable IP infrastructure Story , a blockchain platform for intellectual property, and Verse8, an AI-powered game creation tool, today announced a collaboration to bring Moonbirds and Azuki IP into user-generated games on the Verse8 ￰0￱ will serve as the licensing infrastructure, registering and managing IP usage on its Layer-1 network. Verse8 enables users to generate multiplayer 2D and 3D games through natural language prompts without requiring ￰1￱ platform uses proprietary technology to produce 3D assets from a single ￰2￱ being in beta, Verse8 reports thousands of creators and more than 800,000 monthly active ￰3￱ integrating with Story’s programmable licensing system, content created in Verse8—such as characters, quests, and environments—can be registered on-chain with attribution and revenue-sharing mechanisms for IP holders and ￰4￱ part of the collaboration, Moonbirds and Azuki collections will be available within Verse8’s AI-driven ￰5￱ will be able to customize these IPs, incorporate them into new game environments, and monetize content through in-game purchases and branded ￰6￱ distribution will be handled via programmable royalties recorded on Story’s ￰7￱ partnership will debut at Origin Summit in Seoul on September 23, ￰8￱ the coming months, users will be able to launch community-made games featuring Moonbirds and Azuki characters through Verse8.

Verse8 was co-created by Jake Song, co-founder of Nexon and developer of Lineage, a leading MMORPG ￰9￱ platform is supported by Planetarium Labs and industry ￰10￱ collaboration with Story introduces licensed IP into AI-generated game environments with clear attribution and licensing rules enforced through smart ￰11￱ showcase the power of this model, Verse8 will provide support for two of Web3’s most iconic IPs: Moonbirds and ￰12￱ collections will be registered on Story, and their IP will be natively available inside Verse8’s AI-driven game ￰13￱ can remix, customize, and build with these IPs as “IP Legos,” assembling characters, quests, and game mechanics using the familiar building blocks of beloved onchain ￰14￱ creators can monetize their worlds through in-game purchases or branded expansions, with revenue automatically split between the creator, the original NFT holder, and the Brand / IP owners via programmable ￰15￱ example, a player could design an Azuki-themed cyberpunk battle arena with custom avatars and lore, then offer premium content like exclusive weapons or missions, while ensuring a share of that revenue flows back to Azuki’s creators and NFT ￰16￱ marks the first time IP holders of these NFT collections can seamlessly bring their IP into an interactive gaming format, with all usage rights, attributions, and revenue shares enforced via smart contracts on Story in the ￰17￱ partnership will debut at Origin Summit in Seoul on September 23, 2025, in the coming months, users will be able to launch community-made games featuring Moonbirds and Azuki characters powered by Verse8’s AI engine and Story’s onchain licensing ￰18￱ the Future of IP-Native Games Verse8 represents a breakthrough in how IP can be activated and extended across user-generated gaming ￰19￱ zero-code interfaces and real-time rendering, players can build expansive game worlds, storylines, and playable quests simply by describing them in natural ￰20￱ integrating with Story, all IP used in these environments becomes traceable, licensable, and governed by clear onchain ￰21￱ platform joins a growing ecosystem of Story-powered applications—including Aria (music IP as real-world assets), Poseidon (AI training data layer), and the IP Portal—cementing Story’s role as the programmable IP layer for the AI ￰22￱ of AI, IP, and On-Chain Licensing The collaboration between Verse8 and Story reflects broader developments in digital entertainment and intellectual ￰23￱ property is recognized as one of the largest global asset classes but is often difficult to license and manage across ￰24￱ in artificial intelligence increase the demand for verified, rights-cleared content, while blockchain infrastructure enables automated attribution and royalty ￰25￱ using Story’s programmable licensing system, assets created in Verse8 can be registered, attributed, and governed on-chain, providing clarity for creators and IP holders.

S. Y. Lee, Co-Founder, Story “IP isn’t meant to sit ￰26￱ programmable infrastructure, it becomes interactive, remixable, and composable and ready for a world where culture is built by communities and powered by agents. Verse8 shows what this future looks like: a platform where anyone can create multiplayer games using the IP they love, with onchain rails that respect rights, trace value, and unlock new markets.” Kevin Lee, CEO, Verse8: “Story gives us the missing layer we needed: trusted licensing infrastructure that works in real time, at scale, for user-generated ￰27￱ Story, every interaction in Verse8, whether it’s remixing characters, building quests, or sharing games, can now respect rights, share value, and evolve IP organically.

It’s not just content creation, it’s IP-native worldbuilding.” Spencer Gordon-Sand, CEO of Moonbirds: “Moonbirds is such a strong ￰28￱ community is full of forward thinking technologists many of whom have been at the forefront of ￰29￱ are one of the few brands who immediately and actively leaned into the AI wave we see shaping how IP grows and is utilized in the coming ￰30￱ are excited to see Verse8 expand the way that our community can engage with the IP they co-own alongside us and use the platform to further expand its growth and utilization.” Zagabond, Founder of Azuki (CEO, Chiru Labs): “Azuki has always believed in empowering our community to co-create ￰31￱ Verse8 and Story, that vision continues to be ￰32￱ can now build entire playable worlds with Azuki IP onchain, and I’m excited to see the endless possibilities created from the community.” About Story Story is a Layer-1 blockchain purpose-built to make intellectual property ￰33￱ by $136 million from a16z, Polychain, and Samsung Ventures, Story launched its mainnet in early 2025 and has quickly become a leading infrastructure for tokenized ￰34￱ network enables creators, developers, enterprises, and AI labs to register content as on-chain assets with embedded rights, turning media, data, and AI-generated works into legally enforceable digital ￰35￱ bridging the gap between outdated legal frameworks and the realities of the AI era, Story makes it possible to track provenance, automate licensing, and unlock new markets for ￰36￱ the foundation for IP’s evolution into an internet-native asset class, Story powers a more open, equitable, and composable creative ￰37￱ Verse8 Verse8 is a fully AI-powered game creation platform that allows anyone to build, publish, and share high-quality 2D and 3D multiplayer games using simple natural language ￰38￱ a cloud-native engine and an intelligent generative agent (“Agent 8”) handling code, art, and audio, Verse8 removes traditional development barriers and enables rapid, on-demand game ￰39￱ can transform ideas into playable games within minutes, all directly in a web ￰40￱ in 2025 by Planetarium Labs and industry veterans, Verse8 is pioneering the next generation of user-generated games – where creativity is the only limit and no coding or installation is ￰41￱ providing integrated publishing and monetization tools, Verse8 empowers a new wave of developers and communities to participate in the gaming economy like never ￰42￱ Azuki Labs Azuki is a brand born at the intersection of art, technology, and internet ￰43￱ started as a web3 project has evolved into a global community of artists and builders shaping original characters, stories, and experiences ￰44￱ digital collectibles to fashion and real-world events, Azuki is building a universe for digital natives drawn to what’s ￰45￱ more at ￰46￱ Moonbirds Moonbirds is a premier digital brand now growing under Orange Cap ￰47￱ its instantly recognizable art and devoted community, Moonbirds is expanding into games, storytelling, and live ￰48￱ 24 hours of launching its first collectibles under OCG, Moonbirds generated $1.7M in sales — a signal of both cultural resonance and commercial ￰49￱ Cap Games is building on this momentum to unlock new IP opportunities, cross-media partnerships, and long-term value creation across digital and physical ￰50￱ more at ￰51￱ Head of Communications HV Story henri.

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