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Fable series, Dungeon Keeper, and Populous creator Peter Molyneux and his video game development studio 22cans have jumped into the blockchain gaming bandwagon with Legacy – a new blockchain business sim that lets players buy their own plots of land and start their own in-game blockchain business association. “Legacy is a game about growing and developing your own business through [...]
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While we haven't talked about Mir 4 much, the play to earn crypto MMO has exploded in popularity averaging 80,000 concurrent players on Steam alone over the last 30 days. The game is currently sitting at the #5 spot at the time this article goes live, which is impressive for a relatively unknown title. The core gameplay in Mir 4 [...]
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Ubisoft revealed their NFT (non-fungible token) project on December 7th, 2021. Titled Ubisoft Quartz, the goal of the project is to allow players to earn, trade, and sell in-game cosmetic items. Each item will have a serial number, making them one of a kind. Additionally, the names of all previous owners of each item will be permanently embedded into the [...]
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Neowiz, the South Korean gaming company best known for Bless Online, announced today their foray into blockchain gaming with 2 new game announcements: Golf Impact and Brave Nine. Both titles bill themselves as 'Play & Earn Games', meaning players will supposedly be able to earn valuable crypto currency simply by playing the games. Neither of these two games are 'new' [...]
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It looks like NFT and blockchain technology will soon be making its way into mainstream gaming as French video game giant Ubisoft announces their recent investment in a blockchain gaming company called Animoca Brands. The company also revealed vague plans to use blockchain technology in future games, paving the way for other big-name companies to do the same. Ubisoft CFO [...]
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A group of NFT advocacy groups and developers, including Enjin and a digital rights-oriented non-profit organization called Fight for the Future, is appealing to Valve to allow blockchain and NFT games back on Steam following the company’s decision to remove the said games from the platform earlier this month. “Valve is recognized for their willingness to experiment and innovate, not [...]
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Last week, Habbo Hotel developer Sulake put up NFT avatars for sale, which surprisingly sold out just 26 hours after they launched. According to the studio, the NFT sale is the first of its kind from an existing video game title with 11,600 unique randomly-generated avatars purchased by over 2500 collectors. “90% [of the avatars were] sold in the final [...]
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Habbo Hotel developer Sulake is dipping its toes into the blockchain pond with plans to release 12,500 unique pixel art NFT avatars for the social MMO. The avatars will be randomly-generated and can be bought individually by players, fans, and digital collectors, with 1,000 avatars reserved exclusively for the Habbo Hotel community. “The technology behind the NFTs provides tremendous security, [...]
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Now that blockchain MMOs are becoming a thing, let’s take a look at Earth 2, a “second Earth” metaverse MMO that allows players to buy and trade land in an exact virtual replica of our planet. It’s basically a real estate economic simulator that runs on E$ that can then be converted to the EARTH token with real-world value (currently [...]
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Global pre-registration for the Korean developed mobile MMORPG Mir 4 opened on July 29, 2021. Developed by WeMade Entertainment, Mir 4 is the latest title in the venerable franchise which got its start back in 2001 with The Legend of Mir 2. The classic isometric MMORPG and its 2004 sequel, The Legend of Mir 3, were among the most popular [...]
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