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Gas fees are still problematic in the world of digital collectibles and blockchain gaming. My Crypto Heroes had - well - quite an interesting solution for their problem. At the same time Sorare is pumping volume nonetheless. Even Paris Hilton and Ashton Kutcher are getting in on the crypto art craze. Some interesting stuff!
Play to Earn moves to dedicated website
Thirty three weeks ago when I started this newsletter I was writing on Medium. Two months later I moved my content to the decentralized web. However, I’m not satisfied with the way that worked out. So I bought some webhosting and now Play to Earn has its own dedicated website at www.playtoearn.online. Bookmark it and keep your eyes open for more stuff happening. I’m working on a mascot, and this character may or may not appear in one or more virtual worlds. Who knows?
J-League Pushes Sorare To The Top
The addition of the Japanese J-League has increased trading and sales by 89 percent for fantasy football game Sorare and pushed the game to the top of the charts. With 417 ETH – or 170 thousand dollars – in weekly trading volume, the project outpaced three major art platforms and four virtual worlds. — Personally I really enjoy Sorare, even though I think that the game needs to work on the user experience for on-boarding. The pricing can be pretty steep. ▶▶▶ Read more
F1 Delta Time Unveils Extensive Plans for REVV Token
Animoca Brands has unveiled all the details for their upcoming REVV token, which is the in-game currency and utility token for the racing game F1 Delta Time. Players will be able to use the token to entire tournaments and purchase collectibles. In addition the token can be earned by playing the game. — REVV has been talked about for months, and it looks like the company if finally getting ready to launch the full potential of their virtual economy. ▶▶▶ Read more
Gas Fees Force Dramatic Changes My Crypto Heroes
The high gas fees on the Ethereum blockchain are damaging the blockchain gaming ecosystem and My Crypto Heroes is making dramatic changes to deal with that. The game company will now tie their in-game currency to the gas fees. As a result there’s no longer a 100 GUM flat fee to transfer items onto the Ethereum network. — Instead the price is very, very likely to double or perhaps even triple! Gas fees are still very high on the Ethereum network. ▶▶▶ Read more
Known Origin Joins Decentraland Marketplace
After Superrare and Makers Place now Known Origin has joined the Decentraland Marketplace to sell crypto art. The entire inventory of Known Origin, including all secondary sales, are purchasable using the MANA token. On every sale the platform charges a 2.5 percent fee. and burns it. This decreases the total supply of MANA circulating on the market. — It’s not a surprise that traders are very bullish on the MANA token. ▶▶▶ Read more
Nine Chronicles Final Pre-Sale Early Next Month
Planetarium has announced the final pre-sale for their upcoming blockchain-powered role playing game Nine Chronicles. The pre-sale starts on September 2nd 2020. During the pre-sale gamers can buy in-game currencies (NCG) that will be used for crafting, governance and market trading inside the game. — Fact: Gamers can opt-in to have their computer mine NGC. While mining, the user’s computer supports the game’s custom blockchain network. ▶▶▶ Read more
Lost Relics Multiplayer In Development
Lost Relics will get cooperative and competitive multiplayer options in the near future. One-man game studio Cliff Cawley has revealed an extensive list of updates and additional content for his recently renamed dungeon crawler. Aside from multiplayer gameplay, there will be new skills and more different dungeons to the game. Cawley announced his plans in a recent live stream on Twitch. — This is one of the best games on the Enjin multiverse, and it’s completely free! ▶▶▶ Read more
Paris Hilton Drawing Sold for $17.000
Paris Hilton auctioned a drawing of her own cat for charity and it sold for 40 ETH, which is a little bit over 17 thousand dollars. The auction was hosted by Cryptograph and the proceeds go to a diverse range of charities. Paris Hilton chose to support the LA Foodbank, Meals on Wheels USA and Back Pack Bed. ▶▶▶Read more
Avastars Will Give Native Tokens to Collectors
Collectors of the colorful Avastars will soon receive a native token for the project which allows them to create so-called Replicants. Users can create these Replicants using the treats of Avastar Primes. For each Avastar an owner will get one token which allows for the creation of one Replicant. This is what co-founder Jim McNelis announced on Twitter. — Can’t wait to see Avastars actually being used as an avatar option inside other projects. Will that ever happen? ▶▶▶ Read more
Taurion Treasure Hunt Begins Next Tuesday
Xaya is launching the third Taurion Treasure Hunt on Thursday August 25th. Everybody is able to participate, simply by registering everybody can get their first vehicles. During the treasure hunt players need to find or steal prizes and bring these back to their base in order to actually own them. There’s now over 15 thousand dollars worth of digital prizes, including cryptocurrencies and digital assets from all kinds of games. — Definitely going to join and try to win something. ▶▶▶ Sign up and play to earn!