Games publisher Ubisoft and blockchain investment fund Hashed will advise Planetarium to maximize the potential of their upcoming blockchain-powered role playing game Nine Chronicles. The two advising companies will help the game studio to grow the game’s ecosystem and implement a proper in-game economy. Ubisoft was already interested in Nine Chronicles, which became clear last […]
Blockchain gaming company Animoca Brands has reported its highest revenue ever during the COVID-19 pandemic. They announced 4.33 million dollars in revenue for the first quarter of 2020, followed by 3.01 million in April alone. According to Animoca these results are possible thanks to NFT sales for games like The Sandbox, F1 Delta Time, and Crazy […]
In 2020 the NFT Market is growing at a rapid rate. There’s a growing interest from traditional companies looking for new kinds of business. In addition there’s more money moving into this space as well, while the technology keeps developing. In this article we look at the biggest trends in the NFT market during the […]
According to the latest rumours Paypal is rolling out plans to start selling crypto and offering wallet services, and that could have a major impact on blockchain gaming. Coindesk based its news on ‘well-placed industry sources’. Paypal itself has declined to comment. Having Paypal as a payment option inside blockchain gaming apps, would make user acquisition much […]
Blockchain gaming will become so big it will be bigger than the economy of Japan. That’s the prediction Hironao Kunimitsu, founder of social gaming company Gumi and director at Double.Jump Tokyo, did in a panel hosted by CoinTelegraph. He said that blockchain-based trading of non-fungible tokens will grow to become more valuable than Japan’s entire economy. […]
Blockchain games are one of the biggest victims of the current high gas prices on the Ethereum blockchain. Because of these high gas prices it’s impossible to play certain games, without paying exorbitant amounts of money. According to a report by DappRadar the amount of transactions for blockchain gaming has dropped with 87 percent. The increased gas […]
Enjin has launched the Enjincraft blockchain plugin for Minecraft servers. The company announced this on Wednesday. Server owners can integrate rewards for players, or give players access to certain areas in the game world when they own a special item. In addition players can exchange items within their game world as well. With the SDK installed by […]
In the past ten weeks the virtual world Somnium Space has auctioned hundreds of land parcels for 2325.98 ETH or just over 470 thousand dollars. This amount was reached after the final round ended on Sunday. These ten weeks filled with auctions were part of a promotional campaign known as the Road to Second Land […]
The next generation of gaming isn’t about improved graphics, but instead about bridging universes and adding interoperability. This is something you can see in the broadest sense. Gaming universes will be with us in our pocket, at home on our television and on our laptop. Virtual economies move into the real world, and it doesn’t […]
The free-to-play business model for video games is thriving, but with play-to-earn a new way to monetize games, gamers and their efforts is entering the industry. Ever since the games industry had its breakthrough in the early 80s, there have been a variety of business models. Alongside the traditional retail sales there would always be […]
