Raz Friedman, the mobile gaming god in Israel, who for more than 10 years has been a central player in one of Israel’s most successful ventures, Playtika, has become a full-time Chief Product Officer to MonkeyLeague, the Web3 gaming startup.
Raz Friedman’s Background In Playtika
Raz Friedman has served as CEO for multiple gaming industries even before moving to be Playtika’s first employee. Friedman has almost two decades of game design and development experience, having joined Playtika over a decade ago as their first hire and leading their game development with popular titles such as Slotomania, WSOP Poker, Bingo Blitz, Grand Harvest Solitaire, and many more.
After solidifying his reputation as a gaming pro in Israel, Friedman moved to Playtika and became their very first employee. Playtika is a digital entertainment company that develops and publishes mobile games as its CPO. In 2018, after eight years of the Playtika growth and success, the company opened up its investment fund called Playtika Growth Investments, of which Friedman was still a part of. Friedman had been a part of Playtika since the very early days.
Raz Friedman Joining MonkeyLeague As Chief Product Officer
And now, Raz Friedman the Playtika gaming titan is also starting to be a part of the next-generation Web3 esports game, MonkeyLeague. Friedman was one of the first entrepreneurs to develop mass-market games for Facebook and mobile, pioneering the freemium model that will anchor the MonkeyLeague economy. Friedman has assumed a role as a full-time Chief product officer with MonkeyLeague.
Friedman will now be responsible for the building of MonkeyLeauges’s AAA-quality gaming experience, the leading of the design and development of MonkeyLeague, and its future studio titles to further cement MonkeyLeague as a full-fledged Web3 powerhouse. Friedman will also be responsible for overseeing the development of additional esports games and brands under the MonkeyLeauge umbrella.
“Esports and Web3 are two of the fastest-growing tech verticals right now, having been one of the first to build games on Facebook and for mobile, I’m beyond thrilled to be leading the design and development of MonkeyLeague and to be pioneering the next gaming revolution that is Web3. MonkeyLeague is only the beginning for our studio as we aim to set a new standard for high-quality Web3 games that last a lifetime,” said MonkeyLeague Chief Product Officer Raz Friedman.
Even in his advancement of becoming a MonkeyLeague’s Chief Product Officer (CPO), Friedman already showed off his affiliation with him listed as a cofounder with MonkeyLeague. His settlement to focus full-time on the MonkeyLeague’s development already cleared out that he believes in Web3 and the future of gaming.
“Raz is like the Bobby Fischer of gaming. His expertise in building sustainable economies and designing extremely popular games will only reinforce our future status as a Web3 gaming giant. Raz leading the overall product will ensure our studio’s first release sets a benchmark in high-quality Web3 gaming.” said MonkeyLeague Head of Marketing Oren Langberg.
Friedman will lead a team in which a combination of their experience will be over 100 years of experience in building disruptive games.
Summary About MonkeyLeague
MonkeyLeague is a quick, turn-based, P2E (Play-to-Earn), arcade, soccer game offering a high-production-value gaming experience with Solana blockchain, NFTs, and decentralized finance to deliver an exciting, turn-based, play-and-earn soccer game that’s easy to learn and yet complex to master.
The Monkey NFTs are MonkeyLeague’s in-game assets, whereby when playing the soccer game and winning matches, they are the team’s players and serve as income generators to also earn the in-game currency MonkeyBucks ($MBS). After a match ends, the in-game currency token, MonkeyBucks ($MBS), is split between the winning team, the Stadium owner, and the spectators who rooted for the winning team.
The community at MonkeyLeague has grown to nearly 300,000 members, with a lot of people showing their phenomenal concern in its upcoming Metaverse game. These achievements and settlements will help the company to focus more on the production of value and entertainment, with the rush to future gaming (Web3 and Metaverse).
Conclusion
Friedman has been a central player in Playtika — one of Israel’s most successful ventures. He has also been a huge momentum of the country’s gaming sector. His settlement to join MonkeyLeague as a Chief Product Officer should be an interesting one since it shows his all bent on exploring all sectors in the gaming world. As MonkeyLeague has scored a coup in its quest to develop the world’s first esports-focused Metaverse. Raz Friedman should be capable of helping to bring that to a mission accomplished.
