Though not as splashy as some of the other web3 games, Upland has quietly remained one of the most played blockchain games since its launch back in 2020. Since then they have expanded to over a dozen cities and added further layers of depth to their game. It’s been a while since we’ve written about […]
Upland, the city-building metaverse has partnered with Gala Games Vox to build a cross-platform open metaverse. The VOXverse is a dynamic world developed by Gala Games and the team behind The Sims. As the first step towards achieving this interoperability mission, Upland has teamed up with Gala Games Vox as a launch partner for the […]
Upland, the NFT-powered real estate simulator, has launched Community Developer tools that will allow third-party developers to create experiences inside the game. The community dev tools will help evolve the Upland ecosystem as players will access numerous activities, cities, and assets created by third parties. Upland Community Developer Tools The Community Dev Tools contain REST […]
Upland is growing at a fast pace, leading the team to envision a more sustainable and attractive economic model for the future of the game. The shift has been announced after a series of successful initiatives. In the month of July, Upland hinted at what might come next with the release of the NFT-to-USD program, […]
Though Upland is primarily known as a game of buying and selling virtual properties on a real world map, they have steadily added new features, expanding their game into a virtual world. The most recent step in that direction includes player owned shops, called Metaventures. Virtual worlds and metaverses are hot in the blockchain space. […]
Upland recently announced that player-owned businesses will now be called “metaventures.” Additionally, the team has decided to discard the old NFT-based business ownership model in favor of a new “Venture Dues” fee model. Ideally, this new model will allow for more opportunity, flexibility, and decentralization. Upland recently secured $18 million in an investment round that […]
The virtual real-estate game Upland has raised $18 million at a $300 million valuation through an investment round led by Animoca Brands. Upland wants to use the funding to speed-up their roadmap and deliver new features a lot faster. They also want to bring more corporations into the virtual world of Upland. Animoca Brands itself […]
Upland, the digital real estate trading and building game using real city maps, announced a new burn event where players can acquire Legendary and Mythic animated cards. Players burn common cards from the Blockchain Heroes collaboration set in order to acquire these rare collectibles. In April, Upland collaborated with Blockchain Heroes to create a special […]
Upland, the property ownership and development game, has announced the first phase of their Property Development. They named it Bellini I. Players will be able to utilize a new currency, called Spark, to construct a variety of structures on their properties. This initial release includes on a subset of models for construction. Eventually players can […]
During Q1 2021 there was 148% user growth for blockchain gaming compared with one year ago. According to the BGA Blockchain Game Report Q1 2021 by DappRadar there was an average of 73,512 active wallets per day. While they reported 29,563 wallets back in the first quarter of 2020. The increase of wallets doesn’t only […]
