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Back in March, play-to-earn pet battling game Axie Infinity was hacked and drained of cryptocurrency tokens worth over $600 million in what could be the biggest cryptocurrency heist in history. Following the hack, developer Sky Mavis was forced to shut down the system and freeze all user assets as they began their investigation into the matter. In a perfect example [...]
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If there’s one thing that you can count on when it comes to play-to-earn games, it’s that the value of their tokens is bound to crash sooner or later. This is largely due to the innate volatility of the cryptocurrency market and the problem of oversupply. Riders of Icarus, which became play-to-earn a few months ago, is now facing the [...]
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Kritika Global, the play-to-earn reboot of the Korean anime-styled fantasy MMORPG, has made its way to Steam but without any plans to add NFTs or blockchain features. This is due to Steam’s strict policy against blockchain and play-to-earn games, although I don’t really get why its developer, ALLM, decided to release the game on the platform when it was readily [...]
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Despite the backlash that Square Enix received when it announced its interest in blockchain gaming earlier this year, it’s gone ahead and taken its first big steps into the world of NFTs, but not in the way that you would have expected. The company will be releasing NFT-tied Final Fantasy VII action figures in partnership with NFT company Enjin. The [...]
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As more and more video game companies and studios jump aboard the blockchain train, Minecraft developer Mojang has taken a stand against anything related to blockchain technology, including NFTs. According to the studio, they’re now in the process of updating the Minecraft Usage Guidelines to provide more specific rules on the use of new technologies and will not be supporting [...]
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When Citadel Studios and its flagship game Legends of Aria were acquired by blockchain company Reaper Games earlier this year, the new owners announced their plans to run two separate versions of the sandbox MMORPG. One version would have play-to-earn mechanics through NFTs while the other would be a traditional MMO that will get the same new features and updates [...]
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South Korean video game publisher Kakao Games has partnered with another development studio from its home country as part of its efforts to secure their footing in the ever-growing blockchain games industry. The publisher has invested an undisclosed amount in RedLab Games and their upcoming play-to-earn MMORPG, codenamed Project R, which is planned for release on mobile devices. According to [...]
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Everybody seems to be joining the NFT gold rush, even famed professional skater Tony Hawk. He’s struck a deal with PIXOWL to create “the biggest skate park in the metaverse” within its voxel sandbox game, The Sandbox, with NFTs to be created by Autograph. “Autograph will create Tony Hawk avatar NFTs based on Tony Hawk and his most iconic skateboards, [...]
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Dead or Alive creator, Tomonobu Itagaki, has founded a new studio called Apex Game Studios and announced that its already started on its first project – Warrior. The studio’s flagship title is a AAA fantasy MMO with creature-collecting and battling mechanics and, wait for it… NFTs. Players will apparently go around collecting gacha-style “mob servants” that they can then summon [...]
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So far, most blockchain games have been relatively simple games with low-quality graphics and little to no storyline. South Korean developer Ring Games, however, is looking to up the ante with its premium play-to-earn character collecting action RPG, Stella Fantasy. The upcoming game features high-quality anime-style visuals and gameplay elements similar to Genshin Impact with NFTs added to the mix. [...]
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