NFL Rivals Announce New Partnership With Super Bowl LVIII Champion Kansas City Chiefs
Kansas City, Missouri, August 28th, 2024, Chainwire
NFL Rivals, the officially licensed video game of the National Football League and NFL Players Association, announced today a partnership with Super Bowl LVIII Champion, the Kansas City Chiefs, to make NFL Rivals the “Official Mobile Game of the Chiefs” for the 2024 NFL Season.
The partnership, launching at the start of the NFL season, ushers in NFL Rivals’ Year 2 and will include tailgate activations, in-stadium branding and sweepstake opportunities for fans to win VIP experiences at Chiefs’ home games at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City throughout the season, culminating in select fans receiving tickets to a Rivals-themed Chiefs home game.
“After our massively successful inaugural season of NFL Rivals, we’re thrilled to partner with the Kansas City Chiefs, one of the NFL’s most storied and successful franchises,” said John Linden, CEO at Mythical Games. “This partnership with my hometown team couldn’t make me happier.”
“We are thrilled to have NFL Rivals joining our family as the Official Mobile Game of the Chiefs,” said Kim Hobbs, Vice President of partnership strategy and development at the Kansas City Chiefs. “We remain focused on reaching fans wherever they engage and consume the NFL, and mobile gaming is a growing market, especially amongst our young fans.”
NFL Rivals is the first NFL-licensed mobile game to incorporate digital ownership technology. Entering its second NFL season, it has over 5 million downloads and over 115 million games played.
NFL Rivals is available for download in the App Store and Google Play Store.
Interested fans can also visit the NFL Rivals website for more information and join the NFL Rivals Community on X and Discord.
About Mythical Games
Acknowledged by Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas 2021 and recently Forbes’ Best Startup Employers (2024), Mythical Games is a next-generation game company creating world-class games and empowering players to take ownership of their in-game assets through the use of blockchain technology. The team has helped develop major franchises, including Call of Duty, Call of Duty Mobile, World of Warcraft, Diablo, Overwatch, Magic: The Gathering, EA Madden, Harry Potter Hogwarts Mystery, Marvel Strike Force, Modern Warfare 3, and Skylanders.
The Mythical Marketplace, the first in-game blockchain Marketplace on iOS and Android, provides gamers with ownership and control over the purchase and sale of digital assets, while the Mythical Platform protects gamers that may be new to blockchain through a custodial wallet for their digital items.
About the Kansas City Chiefs
Founded as the Dallas Texans in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League (AFL) by sports pioneer Lamar Hunt, the franchise moved to Kansas City in 1963 and became known as the Kansas City Chiefs. The team currently competes in the West Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). Under the guidance of the Hunt Family and the leadership of Chairman and CEO Clark Hunt, the mission of the Kansas City Chiefs is to Win with Character, Unite our Community, Inspire our Fans and Honor Tradition. For information about the Kansas City Chiefs, visit chiefs.com.
