Blade of God X (BOGX) accused of abandoning its blockchain roadmap after raising funds through the crypto space

A former executive of the Web3 game Blade of God X (BOGX) accused the project of abandoning its blockchain-based roadmap after raising funds through the crypto space.

A former executive of the Web3 game Blade of God X (BOGX) has accused the project of abandoning its blockchain-based roadmap after raising funds through the crypto space.

On April 1, BOGX’s former chief marketing officer Amber Bella claimed in an X post that despite being funded by Web3 sources, the game “completely abandoned” its Web3 goals and the team working on its Web3 features.

After 1.5 years of dedication to Blade of God X, a game that was funded by Web3 sources yet completely abandoned its Web3 goals and the team working on it, I'm finally speaking up.

— Amber Bella (@Amber__Bella) April 1, 2024

“Web3 was completely abandoned, and my Web3 team’s salaries went from delayed payments to no payments at all,” Bella claimed.

The former game executive also said 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.

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Former BOGX exec says founder avoided refund conversation

In the X thread, Bella claimed she attempted to convince Yang to properly liquidate the game’s Web3 assets, but the BOGX founder blocked all communications. Bella wrote:

In the last conversation we had (which she later blocked me from), I proposed settling the Web3 side responsibly if they were to shift the game into a fully Web2 project. We could've discussed a plan to properly liquidate the remaining Web3 assets (NFTs, in-game assets) in a way that would allow for the best possible outcome for all parties involved. We could've reached a fair agreement on how to compensate users who purchased NFTs with crypto and how to return the funds to their original crypto wallets. But she refused to even discuss it. Instead, she chose to cut off all communication with me. I tried reaching out through different channels, but she blocked me everywhere. It's been 1.5 years, and I still haven't been able to contact her again.

Bella said this happened when she proposed “settling the Web3 side” responsibly if they were to shift the game into a fully Web2 project.

In addition, the former exec accused the game’s Web2 team of claiming prizes allocated for players. Bella said 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’ve gone to players.

They concealed this from the Web3 team entirely and initially denied it when confronted. Only when we presented evidence showing that the accounts were linked to their own wallets did they finally remove these accounts.

Cointelegraph reached out to Blade of God X for comments but did not receive a response by publication.

BOGX is a game action role-playing game (RPG) developed by Void Labs. On May 11, 2024, Web3 investment fund OKX Ventures announced its investment in the game. In a now-deleted press release, OKX Ventures wrote that the game “merges advanced AI agents with blockchain technology.”