NFT Marketplace on Bitcoin & New Game Announcements - Play to Earn #73
Echoes of Empire, Big Time, Sorare, Guild of Guardians & much more news!
We’re recovering from one of the biggest price corrections in the middle of a bull run ever. But guess what? People keep building games, developing dapps and distributing NFTs. As if nothing happened. This week we have news about two new game announcements, we discovered an NFT marketplace on the Bitcoin blockchain and there’s some interesting news about Sorare (it’s a bit technical though!). Next week we’re expecting a couple of NFT presales for some upcoming games. Make sure you mark your calendars for these! — Robert Hoogendoorn
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Gala Unveiled Echoes of Empire Strategy Game
Gala Games is one of the ambitious companies in the blockchain gaming space. After Town Star, Mirandus and Fortified, they’ve now announced Echoes of Empire. This will be a 4X strategy game on PC. The screenshots look really cool, so it’s probably worth it keep your eyes on this one. — Learn more about this game
Sorare Embraces ZK Proofs As Scaling Solution
This week Sorare finally announced their choice for a scaling solution. The fantasy football game was running on Ethereum mainnet and kept paying for all the gas fees. With tens of thousands of trades per week, monthly costs have probably been in the millions recently. Anyway, they will work with StarkWare to implement zk-rollups. This means faster transactions, free transactions, and very likely more gameplay-based rewards for players to earn in the near future. — Read more here
Guild of Guardians NFT Sale Starts Next Week
Personally I’m kind of hyped about Guild of Guardians. Firstly, mobile games are a great fit for play-to-earn mechanics, because there’s a worldwide audience that has access to these devices. But above all, the gameplay seems very fun to me. Next week they’re starting by selling the most expensive NFTs, the guilds and the legendary heroes… that’s the only thing that’s a bit off-putting to me. I’d much rather see everybody being able to join the sale, by acquiring $25 heroes. — Anyway, check it out
Dark Country Land Sale on Wax Next Week
We’ve already seen Dark Country selling land on Flow, and now they will sell land on the Wax blockchain. It’s interesting how this trading card game is developing its game economy, and to see the impact of these land sales on the general hype surrounding the game. Oh, there’s a whitelist for certain Dark Country fans by the way. — Read more about the sale
Alien Worlds Now Has Shining for More NFTs
Alien Worlds has launched their upgraded shining mechanic. From now us shining costs less TLM, but you are also able to shine weapons and minions. These must be preparations for the Thunderdome! — Dig in and learn more here
Sorare Cards You Could Buy for UEFA Euro 2020
I like football. The sports where you kick a ball with your foot, that is. I’m quite active in Sorare and I’m looking forward to UEFA Euro 2020. Therefore I made a list of potential national team players that will be in the tournament, and are kind of cheap to pick up. If you play Sorare as well, you could find this useful! — See the list here
NFT-powered Action RPG Big Time Coming to PC
Big Time Studios is working on an action role playing game that uses NFTs. For now they’ve named the game Big Time, which could of course also be the final name of the product. Who knows? Anyway, the studio is new. Gaming veterans set it up and immediately got the funding. It will be interesting to see what they will make of it. — Read more about Big Time
Bitcoin NFTs Now Available on Elixir Market
Satoshi’s Games isn’t only working on the battle royale shooter Lightnite, but also made an NFT marketplace. This marketplace is called Elixir, and it runs on top of the Liquid Network. Liquid is a layer-2 solution for the Bitcoin blockchain. So yes, this screenshot is from a game that uses bitcoin! — Learn about Liquid and Elixir
Other NFT, DeFi and gaming headlines
🟡 Pac-Man Wearables Coming to Genies — Wakka wakka!
👗 The Sandbox Organizes Fashion Contest — Spot, light, action!
🏊♀️ R-Planet Overhauls AETHER Mining Program — Mining pools!
🌞 Xaya Expands Horizons to Polygon and BSC — For Jodan!
👻 Aavegotchi Announces Wallet Feature On Polygon — No more pocket change
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