Mana's surge was followed by Atari's ATRI token and Decentral Games' DG token. All three of them hit new all-time highs in the aftermath of the news.
The value of the MANA token rose 31% through March 9 following news that classical game maker Atari will set up a gaming casino within Decentraland's virtual realm.
The partnership between Atari and Decentral Games, announced on March 8, will take place in May with the launch of Atari Casino within Decentral Games. The casino is expected to feature a variety of Atari-themed games that can be played with Mana Tokens, Die Stable Coin, Decentral Games' own DG Tokens, or Atari's Atari Tokens of the same name (ATRI).
Decentral Games is a community-owned ecosystem within Decentraland managed by its own users with the help of Decentraland Autonomous Organizations within Decentraland. A reported that 88% of its revenue share would go to the Decentraland Treasury.
The Decentraland is a hypothetical area built on Ethereum, consisting of 90,000 parcels each measuring 16 square meters in size. Users can build a variety of applications and structures within Decentraland, including games, marketplaces, and stores for digital and physical product sales.
The Atari Casino will be built on 20 lots of virtual land in the Casino Quarter section of Vegas City in the Decentraland. Atari pioneered several classic video games since the 1970s. Casinos will largely be based on games of chance, but at least one offering from Atari will also be technology-based.
Within 24 hours of the announcement, the value of all three native tokens soared to double-digit gains, hitting a new all-time high in the process.
Decentraland's Mana token was up 31% for the day, rising from $0.447051 to $0.587266. MANA crossed its all-time high of 2018 in February 2021, and Tuesday's surge pushed the token once again past its previous high.
Decentral Games' DG token surged to an all-time high after a 21% increase on Tuesday pushed the token price to $289.69 from $233.51. DG began trading on the exchange in December 2020.
Meanwhile, Atari's ATRI token value jumped 85% to $0.369760 from $0.19890, an all-time high above the token's previous ATH recorded shortly after trading began in November 2020. ATRI prices have fallen back to the $0.272 range at time of publication, making the token 36% higher over the past 24 hours.
The opening of Atari Casino is expected to be celebrated as a launch party pending an official announcement. Users will be given the opportunity to receive a variety of prizes, including non-fungible tokens and stakes in ATRI and DG tokens.