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 […]
Virtual real-estate game Upland is working with Blockchain Heroes to launch the Upland Collectibles: Blockchain Heroes Edition on the Wax blockchain next week. What’s interesting is that some of the collectibles will also have utility on the EOS blockchain, as some digital collectibles can become so-called Block Explorers in the Upland game. The cards exists […]
Play to Earn is happy to introduce Upland as a game sponsor during the Play to Earn Game Festival this March. Upland will be one of many games at the festival, which offers an opportunity for gamers to dive deeper in the world blockchain gaming and play-to-earn mechanics. Upland has seen strong growth in 2020, […]
The daily number of active players for blockchain games grew approximately 35 percent during 2020. According to data presented by DappRadar in the BGA Blockchain Game Report 2020 there were approximately 20 thousand daily active user wallets on January, and an average of 27.765 daily active wallets in December. During the year the number of […]
Upland will start beta testing business ownership inside their virtual world on the EOS blockchain. The developers see player-owned businesses as the next step in the evolution of Upland, and therefore they are searching for beta testers. Upland announced the businesses beta program in a blog post. During the beta program there will be two […]
