Ubisoft Emphasizes Ambition for Blockchain Gaming - Play to Earn #23

Gaming giant invites Xaya, Axie Infinity, Planetarium, Splinterlands and more into their blockchain social gaming entrepreneurs lab!

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There are all kinds of collaborations within the blockchain space. Companies giving grants to developers, like for example Matic and Decentraland are doing this week. But there are also companies working together. These collaborations are even better when they reach outside the field of blockchain development. That’s why Ubisoft’s interest in blockchain gaming is so fascinating!

Enjoy this week’s newsletter,

Robert Hoogendoorn

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Ubisoft Adds Xaya, Splinterlands and Axie Infinity to Entrepreneurs Lab

The biggest news from this week is the continued involvement of Ubisoft in the blockchain gaming space. The games publisher has announced the companies involved in the fifth season the their entrepreneurs lab. From May until November a group of companies will be sharing and gaining knowledge with and from the French gaming behemoth. Among these companies are the creators of Axie Infinity, gaming blockchain solution Xaya, gaming community blockchain solution Planetarium, and trading card game Splinterlands. Interestingly enough, Planetarium was already part of the previous edition of the entrepreneurs lab as well. Nonetheless, this continued investment in the blockchain gaming space, suggests that Ubisoft is very much interested in using the technology. ▶▶▶ Read more

Matic To Fund Mini-Games for Decentraland

The Matic Network is partnering up with Decentraland to financially support developers that want to make mini-games for inside the virtual world. A total of 100 thousand dollars worth in MATIC or MANA will be made available. ▶▶▶ Read more

Avastars Series 2 Launching Today

Avastars will be running the sale of its second series of generation 1 characters starting this Friday. Users will be able to scroll through the generated characters, and buy the ones they like. As soon as five thousand are minted, it ends. ▶▶▶ Read more

Businesses Need to Identify Themselves Before Selling Games on Ultra

Game distribution platform Ultra will require game studios to go through a Know-Your-Business process. This will guarantee them that a company is real, and that they can contact someone in case problems arise. ▶▶▶ Read more

Next Gods Unchained Mythic Again Part of Raffle

Immutable has shown what their next one-of-a-kind mythic card will do in a game of Gods Unchained, and these super rare card will be given away in a raffle! ▶▶▶ Read more

Cryptovoxels Ditching COLR Token

Cryptovoxels is removing their own COLR token from the virtual world. They don't consider the token useful anymore. It was once invented as a way to introduce colors into the virtual world, but colors can now be used without the token. ▶▶▶ Read more

South Korean NFT Marketplace Launched This Week

This week South Korean companies have launched a marketplace for non-fungible tokens. It's called the PlayDapp Marketplace, and for now it supports two Ethereum-powered blockchain games. However, more are coming! ▶▶▶ Read more

First Blankos Block Party Gameplay Footage Shown

The first gameplay footage of the EOS-blockchain powered game Blankos Block Party has been revealed during an online event by entertainment website IGN. However, there was no mention of any blockchain features. ▶▶▶ Read more

The Sandbox Sells 1458 Land Parcels within 3 Minutes

It took The Sandbox only three minutes to sell all land parcels during the second wave of their MoonSale. Every week they are selling a bunch of land parcels. This doesn’t only serve as a good promotion for the upcoming major fourth pre-sale later this year, but also brings the blockchain project under the attention of data-driven websites. Because of these sales, The Sandbox is now in second spot behind Superrare on Nonfungible, with almost 70 thousand dollars in sales. On the peer-to-peer marketplace Opensea the project is 7th with 72.1 ETH in weekly trading volume. Note, both websites measure different data. ▶▶▶ Check the tweets

Nestables Alpha Test Coming This Month

In their latest development update the team behind the cute Nestables shared details about their latest and upcoming changes. Think about the integration of wearables, more toys to play with, music, improvements to the building editor and ultimately the progress on the alpha version of the game. They expect to launch a closed alpha test somewhere during this month, only for those who hold a Nestables Founder’s token. ▶▶▶ Read the full update