Bigger than the Japanese economy? Bwwwaaaaahhhhh! - Play to Earn #24
Ubisoft launched Raving Rabbids collectibles || South Korean K-League joined Sorare
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This has been quite an interesting week for blockchain gaming as there has been some serious mainstream exposure. French game publisher Ubisoft launched its first blockchain product, while the South Korean professional football league joined Sorare. Interesting developments, now could blockchain gaming become bigger than the Japanese economy? Ehhh… I’m not so sure. Read this and more in this week’s newsletter!
Have a nice weekend,
Robert Hoogendoorn
Ubisoft Launches Blockchain Game for UNICEF
Gaming company Ubisoft has launched a collectible blockchain game involving their Raving Rabbids brand, and all revenue goes directly to UNICEF. They named the project Rabbids Token. ▶▶▶ Read more
Light Trail Rush Launching Open Beta Next Week
The online competitive space brawler Light Trail Rush will get its open beta test starting from Monday June 22nd. Everybody with a Steam account will be able to give the game a try! ▶▶▶ Read more
Blockchain Gaming Will Dwarf Economy of Japan
Game company boss Hironao Kunimitsu expects the blockchain gaming market to grow tremendously. He made the bold prediction that blockchain gaming economies will be bigger than the Japanese economy. ▶▶▶ Read more
Apple Denied Cryptovoxels App for Reasons
Apple has denied to list a dedicate app for Cryptovoxels in their iOS App Store. A particular reason for denying the app hasn't been mentioned, but it's not the first time that a blockchain application was denied a listing on the App Store. ▶▶▶ Read more
Gods Unchained Adds Introductory Cards for Beginners
Gods Unchained is introducing a new way for beginners to get used to the game. The Welcome Set gives newcomers 140 cards. None of these are tokenized on the blockchain. ▶▶▶ Read more
Metaboss is back!
Blockade Games and its partners have revamped their biggest boss fight in history. Metaboss is back. Collectors of non-fungible tokens can use these tokens in this game to power their team. Winning teams can win prizes! If you didn’t check it out yet and you own some ERC-721 assets, make sure to take a look. Metaboss is a nice example of interoperability. ▶▶▶ Join the fight
Crypto Personalities Immortalized in Blockchain Heroes
A trading card project called Blockchain Heroes will launch this August on the WAX blockchain. It’s unclear whether these are mere collectibles or will actually be part of the collectible card game. CastleCrypto.gg has some examples of the cards, based on for example Andreas Antonopoulos and Charlie Lee. ▶▶▶ Check out more
Somnium Space Supports Custom Avatars
Creating your own avatar for Somnium Space is now possible thanks to a new SDK for Unity. Following an online tutorial will make it possible to create your own avatars to Somnium Space, and perhaps even sell them to other users. ▶▶▶ Read more
Blockchain-powered Fantasy Football Coming to South Korea
The South Korean K-League is now part of the fantasy football game Sorare. Players are now able to buy tokenized cards and use them in their weekly fantasy teams to accumulate points. ▶▶▶ Read more
The Sandbox Third MoonSale Sold Out in 2 Minutes
This week The Sandbox organized their third sale. This time around 711 land parcels were available to claim. It took the community less than two minutes to buy them all. Because of these weekly sales The Sandbox is in the top ten charts on several data driven websites. Next week there will be another sale, this time for 1458 land parcels at a 20 percent discount. ▶▶▶ Sign up now!
League of Kingdoms Has 500 Landowners
The strategy MMO League of Kingdoms has finished its two pre-sales. In total there are 500 people who bought land parcels. They’re now finishing the game, which is planned for a release later this year on iOS, Android and PC. ▶▶▶ Read more