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Blockchain Gaming World23 May 2025 | Weekly news roundupJon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the week's news including:[0:28] Following Nyan Heroes, Blast Royale and Tatsumeeko, Ember Sword has shut down.[2:15] The background is a lot of web3 game devs raised their funding back in 2021-22.[4:12] $5 million isn't much money to make a good game, either web2 or web3. [5:07] And most teams raising money were inexperienced. They had never made a game before.[6:15] A team of 10 game devs probably costs around $1 million a year.[6:58] Ambitious games like Nyan Heroes and Ember Sword probably required +50 devs.[7:35] Hence $5-10 million of funding doesn't last very...2025-05-2354 minBlockchain Gaming World25 April 2025 | Weekly news roundupJon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the week's news including:[0:25] Immutable and Ubisoft have announced Might & Magic Fates.[1:05] Ubisoft have been making blockchain games since 2017/18.[2:35] Might & Magic feels like a reasonable IP to experiment with a web3 TCG.[3:08] But do we need another TCG? Another web3 TCG?[5:40] Web3 will be optional for players and won't give gameplay advantages.[7:55] Ready Makers Inc's lawsuit against Ready Maker (Gibraltar) has been thrown out.[16:22] Did the lawsuit impact the price of the PLAY or would it have gone down that much anyway?[17:16] Pixels is the first game to...2025-04-2533 minBlockchain Gaming World18 April 2025 | Weekly news roundupJon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the week's news including:[2:10] A year ago, Immutable launched The Main Quest. People have been collecting gems ever since.[3:45] However, it wasn't clear what the purpose or value of these gems was.[4:10] Main Quest has been renamed Perpetual Rewards. You can earn more gems by playing games. [5:05] Your wallet has to be verified by phone number and social login.[5:34] You buy one key per wallet for 500 gems that drops random rewards, mainly IMX tokens.[6:51] In the first week, I got an epic key, which dropped around $30 of IMX.[8:00...2025-04-1841 minBlockchain Gaming World4 April 2025 | Weekly news roundupJon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the week's news including:[0:30] The Sandbox's Alpha 5 Season is now live with Jurassic World being the lead brand.[3:27] Ultra has raised $12 million, with more expected later in 2025.[3:57] Jon's been talking to the new CEO Gus van Rijckevorsel about his vision for the company. [7:05] How this funding will be used to generate momentum for the future funding.[9:38] Three tokens have launched this week. All of them are performing badly.[12:22] Immortal Rising 2's IMT token is down 74%. It ran a long airdrop campaign but lack utility.[13:09] At present, the only...2025-04-0434 minBlockchain Gaming World28 March 2025 | Weekly news roundupJon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the week's news including:[0:25] Ultra has appointed a new COO, on top of the new CEO added in December 2024. [2:00] Ultra is a Steam-on-blockchain distro platform. It's suffering from the cold start problem.[3:00] Ashes of Mankind is its first party shooter, going into early access in Q2.[4:30] The role of the CEO in modern business and why Ultra's co-CEO structure didn't work.[6:40] But the new CEO and COO don't have any previous game industry experience.[8:04] Gunzilla's GUN token is going live on Binance on 31st March. [10:50] Once the mainnet...2025-03-2846 minBlockchain Gaming World21 March 2025 | Weekly news roundupJon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the week's news including:[2:07] GDC 2025 was quiet and not just for web3 gaming.[4:06] Immutable's financials for the period FY22/23 were released. [5:13] It lost $50 million on revenue of $27 million.[6:20] This compared to a loss of $31 million on sales of $19 million in FY21/22.[8:35] It still has around $140 million in cash and liquid crypto in the bank.[15:05] Immutable's revenues are rising but clearly it also needs to cut costs and have a hit game. [17:43] At least six blockchain games are now developing for console.[26:17] Gabe Leydon was talking up Apptokens at...2025-03-2143 minBlockchain Gaming World7 March 2025 | Weekly news roundupJon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the week's news including:[1:42] Parallel is the most successful web3 TGC partly through its esport prizes. Just awarded $100,000.[3:22] The second game in the universe is AI experiment Colony, but information is limited.[4:07] Sanctuary is their third game; an extraction shooter. A hard genre to pull-off.[7:20] WorldWide Agents' AI platform went live this week; first time to stake MOJO tokens.[11:03] Wemade's Night Crows game is about to hit its first anniversary: Jon's about to hit level 45. [15:41] Immutable's big hope RavenQuest goes live on 14th March.[21:00] Immortal Rising 2 has done 9...2025-03-0742 minBlockchain Gaming World27 February 2025 | Weekly news roundupJon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the week's news including: [2:54] Yuga Labs has been struggling since 2023 but is now focused on its Otherside metaverse. [4:03] It's testing Project Dragon, a FPS which reach 2,197 concurrent players - a new world record. [5:40] It uses Improbable's MSquared networking tech to handle this in a cost effective manner. [7:05] Improbable has also launched a new blockchain called Somnia. [8:38] It claims to handle 1 million transactions per second. [9:48] Why do we need another blockchain? The dial-up vs broadband comparison. [11:37] Improbable's CEO thinks web3 gaming is too insular and focused on token price. [14:45...2025-02-2856 minBlockchain Gaming World20 February 2025 | Weekly news roundupJon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan reflect on the week's news. [1:05] Ronin-based prediction market Forkast has gone live. Jon is very excited. [2:38] It's one of the first non-gaming apps on Ronin as the blockchain has gone permissionless. [5:33] How the prediction market works - users buy and sell percentage bids on events. [7:02] The CGX token has also gone live. It's used for rewards and future governance. [8:30] This isn't gambling. It's skill-based gaming. [10:33] You'll also need the CGX token in order to create predictions in future. [12:00] Why predictions markets can generate useful information. [13:56] Jon spoke to Daryl from...2025-02-2124 minBlockchain Gaming World7 February 2025 | Weekly news roundupJon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan reflect on the week's news. [1:15] The RON token has flipped the marketcap of the AXS token. [2:48] The Ronin blockchain has gone permissionless in terms of its zkEVM chain. [6:57] Sky Mavis has announced a $100,000 RON prize pool for NFT trading this month. [9:10] Sky Mavis is pushing all the growth levers forward for Ronin. [10:12] Overall, daily activity on the Ronin is down to around 500,000 DAUWs from 2 million. [11:33] Blocklords has announced its AI agent roadmap. [17:04] Every game will be using AI agents to improve their UX. [18:11] Treasure has announced its Mage AI agent...2025-02-1448 minBlockchain Gaming World7 February 2025 | Weekly news roundupJon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan ponder the week's news. [1:05] Planet Mojo has announced WWA Season 1, in which humans and agents play, stake and win.[4:13] Humans play using $MOJO and earn World Points and AgentXP, which is staked on the AIs.[7:43] A key question is will it be fun to watch AI agents playing poker?[9:30] Mighty Bear Games is minting its AlphaGOAT AI agents, which can earn tokens.[13:44] Faraway has announced more about RIFT, including its RIFT Arena battler for AI agents.[18:52] NFL Rivals had a difficult year 2 in terms of balance, but big plans for...2025-02-0756 minBlockchain Gaming World24 January 2025 | Weekly news roundupJon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan ponder the week's news.
[0:52] How Jon came up with the Top 50 Blockchain Game Companies of 2025 list.
[8:28] Proof of Play was #1 - Jon explains why.
[18:04] Soccerverse now has over 1,000 managers and is about to hit Game Day 3.
[21:56] TON is now the only blockchain that can connect to Telegram mini-games.
[26:08] LINE NEXT has launched its first mini games using the Kaia blockchain.
[27:16] Jon found it complex to find the dapp store and play the games.
[31:03] The first games have been announced for the new Abstract blockchain.
[34:00] The first token launchpad for memecoins...2025-01-2454 minBlockchain Gaming World17 January 2025 | Weekly news roundupJon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan chew through the week's news.
[0:23] Sky Mavis has announced a new $10 million grants program for developers on Ronin.
[3:22] Is the ease of onboarding users to web3 games still a big issue?
[7:08] Mobile basketball game Rumble Kong League is migrating to Ronin.
[9:50] What will be most interesting about Ronin going permissionless is new non-gaming apps.
[11:55] Axie Infinity added $4 million to its treasury in 2024.
[15:31] Axie and Pixels believe they can make play-to-earn work as a sustainable business strategy.
[16:20] Wild Forest demonstrates that pure token airdrops still don't.
[18:08] Explaining Pixel's 2024 financials.
[27:34] AI agents...2025-01-1753 minBlockchain Gaming World10 January 2025 | Weekly news roundupJon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan chew through the week's news.
[0:57] In 2024, Limit Break released its ERC721C standard for enforcing NFT creator royalties.
[4:55] This level of centralization wasn't controversial with NFTs because the issue was existential.
[5:44] Feature include the ability to set maximum and minimum prices for NFTs.
[6:23] ERC20 tokens are different to NFTs: will people accept such features for ERC20 tokens?
[7:30] Another example is tokens that can't be traded outside of the game application.
[10:41] Limit Break's DigiDaigaku game will hopefully demonstrate how these features work.
[15:00] iCandy has raised $4 million for its forthcoming ZKcandy gaming...2025-01-1041 minBlockchain Gaming World186 | 2024 in reviewJon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan discuss all the news from 2024.
[2:16] The success of Pixels was an ongoing trend in 2024; but it wasn't always about DAUWs.
[2:35] Heroes of Mavia was the first big game and token launch of 2024 but it didn't scale.
[4:10] In 2024, we saw a lot of blockchain games launching through app stores but no big hits.
[6:10] Browser vs app stores and PC gaming stores remains a key business decision.
[8:44] A lot of meme-y game coins such as MON, PORTAL, CARV, XAI launched in Q1.
[11:30] There was a lot of news about chain migration...2024-12-2758 minBlockchain Gaming World20 December 2024 | Weekly news roundupJon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan discuss the news for the week ending 20th December 2024.
[0:31] Pudgy Penguins launches its PENGU token, with a strong community airdrop.
[3:22] The launch was very generous with Pudgy NFT holders getting $85,000 of PENGU.
[5:34] Surprisingly given the Abstract blockchain is launching, there wasn't a claim+stake option.
[11:00] Xterio has announced its AI agent vision for 2025 including Befriend AI chat-to-airdrop.
[15:32] Is it a pivot? Maybe but a pivot can be a positive change for a project.
[16:35] More generally, the Virtuals AI agent platform is doing very well.
[18:28] Planet Mojo has announced its Agents...2024-12-2041 minBlockchain Gaming World13 December 2024 | Weekly news roundupJon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan discuss the news for the week ending 13th December 2024.
[0:21] Ronin-based Apeiron is now live via app stores in southeast Asia.
[0:50] But what's gone live is the dungeon battler gameplay. The god game meta is still in dev.
[4:08] Ubisoft's Captain Laserhawk is going live on 18th December.
[5:12] Jon is more excited about it than previous Ubi game Champions Tactics, which was hardcore.
[7:18] Crypto Unicorns' dev Laguna Games announces fully onchain game Neo Olympus.
[12:26] Fully onchain game Soccerverse is launching on 9th January 2025.
[15:31] Treasure has launched its L2 on ZKsync.
[20:13] Hytopia has...2024-12-1326 minBlockchain Gaming World6 December 2024 | Weekly news roundupJon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the news for the week ending 6th December 2024, including:
[0:32] EVE Frontier enters closed alpha on 10th December.
[2:51] EVE Frontier is the attempt to build an EVE-style game in a composable blockchain sandbox.
[5:55] How will a community grow up in EVE Frontier?
[8:19] What does the original EVE Online community think about EVE Frontier?
[12:43] Pudgy Penguins announces its PENGU token, what's the background?
[19:40] NFL Rivals has surpassed $10 million in lifetime NFT trading volume.
[24:15] This is also part of Mythical's attempt to build out a multi-game marketplace for NFTs.
[25:43] Sky Mavis...2024-12-0636 minBlockchain Gaming World22 November 2024 | Weekly news roundupJon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the news for the week ending 22nd November 2024, including:
[2:05] Limit Break is rolling out its protocol to protect NFT creators royalties to all EVM chains.
[3:45] Adding features such as minimum/maximum NFT prices may be controversial.
[8:00] But you can also see how this might be good for some assets.
[10:09] India-based guild KGeN has raised $10 million taking total funding to $30 million.
[14:23] YGG has announced its Onchain Guilds protocol, launching on the Base blockchain.
[17:38] And, more generally, the Base blockchain is picking up more gaming projects.
[18:52] Parallel announces its Primechain...2024-11-2238 minBlockchain Gaming World15 November 2024 | Weekly news roundupJon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the news for the week ending 15th November 2024, including:
[0:31] It's been a year since Pixels went live on Ronin - one of 2024's success stories.
[2:10] Why so many games have moved from Polygon.
[3:10] Reasons to study Pixels' success.
[4:27] Pirate Nation has launched its Season 3 rewards program.
[12:16] Off The Grid has launched a competition giving out $3,000 per day.
[17:03] Fableborne has moved from Avalanche to Ronin.
[21:45] Game7 has already published its 2024 Web3 Gaming report.
[32:10] Team Liquid has launched its fan rewards platform MyBlue on the Sui blockchain.
2024-11-1537 minBlockchain Gaming World8 November 2024 | Weekly news roundupJon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the news for the week ending 8th November 2024, including:
[7:12] Delabs has announced it will be launching Ragnarok and Boxing Star on Telegram in 2025.
[14:40] Nine Chronicles M has been out for almost a year and has seen good growth.
[21:30] Hunters On-Chain is giving away $1M of BOOM via its Season 2 through Game7.
[26:51] Immutable has integrated its Passport wallet with Telegram.
[29:34] Off The Grid is now the most popular blockchain game in terms of daily activity.
[36:19] Why Pixels' focus now less on headline user numbers and more on generating revenue.
[40:53...2024-11-0943 minBlockchain Gaming World1 November 2024 | Weekly news roundupJon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the news for the week ending 1st November 2024, including:
[0:35] Pudgy Party mobile social game is announced for 2025.
[4:03] Blankos NFTs are now live for trading on Polkadot via the Mythical Market.
[6:35] Blankos as an example of how blockchain assets can encourage project longevity.
[10:16] Mythical Games is also launching various MYTH airdrops, including for Blankos holders
[12:06] Immutable has received a Wells notice from the SEC.
[13:43] This makes Immutable and the SEC feel important, albeit for opposing reasons.
[18:02] Shodown Samurai R is the latest game announced for the Sui blockchain.
[20:10] The...2024-11-0134 minBlockchain Gaming World25 October 2024 | Weekly news roundupJon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the news for the week ending 25th October 2024, including:
[0:35] Ubisoft's Champions Tactics is now live, including via the Ultra platform.
[2:04] The Big Blockchain Game Report for Q3 2024 went live this week - "another difficult quarter"!
[3:52] Most big game tokens are down in price during 2024 but BEAM, PRIME and SUPER are up.
[5:28] Also, most game tokens were down in their general crypto ranking, relative to other cryptos.
[8:01] Investment into the blockchain game sector is down; currently down 31% compared to 2023
[10:05] Key ecosystem trend has been the explosion of Telegram mini-games...2024-10-2528 minBlockchain Gaming World18 October 2024 | Weekly news roundupJon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the news for the week ending 18th October 2024 including:
Off The Grid has gone into early access and gotten everyone talking about it. [0:30]
There's been 6 million wallets created on its Gunz testnet. [3:10]
Twitch stats are down at lot from weekend peak of 160,000 viewers/hour. [4:05]
Should we view Off The Grid as triple-A console shooter or a gaming blockchain platform? [8:35]
Azra Games announced its $42.7 million Series A funding. [10:05]
Faraway Games has announced its own Avalanche-based L1 gaming chain called FCHAIN. [18:21]
Avalanche is gaining momentum - Off The Grid, Shrapnel, DeFi Kingdoms, MapleStory etc. [22:04]
Talking to Sky Mavis' Jeff Zirlin about the rise of Ronin...2024-10-1841 minBlockchain Gaming World183 | How Ronin maturesCheck out Jon's daily email at https://gamestx.substack.com/
In episode 183, Jon Jordan talks to Sky Mavis co-founder Jeff 'Jihoz' Zirlin about the maturing of Ronin from the blockchain for Axie Infinity to a gaming ecosystem for dozens of web3 games.
[3:09] What is Axie Pals?
[5:58] The Axie treasury is generating $300,000/month.
[9:52] What is the future for Axie as a brand?
[11:24] Making Axie NFTs dynamic has created a sink for AXS tokens.
[13:26] How has the change been for Sky Mavis moving from being a developer to a platform holder?
[13:44] "We believe we have expertise, the...2024-10-1641 minBlockchain Gaming World11 October 2024 | Weekly news roundupJon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the news for the week ending 11th October 2024 including:
Gunzilla has released Off The Grid, the first blockchain game on consoles for PC and PS5 [1:08];
Off The Grid is the only triple-A blockchain game, at least in terms of its $100 million budget [2:09],
Good for the industry to see some of these big games finally being released [7:44];
But we should also be aware that many new games - esp. shooters - fail for different reasons [8:20];
Ubisoft's Captain Laserhawk will be minting its NFTs on Magic Eden [9:54];
Ubisoft's Champions Tactics is going live on 23rd October [11:31];
Guild of Guardians is dropping its biggest content updat...2024-10-1138 minBlockchain Gaming World4 October 2024 | Weekly news roundupJon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the news for the week ending 4th October 2024 including:
Fat/Thin Protocol thesis as relating to Ethereum/ETH, Ronin/RON and TON.
Shardbound is going live via Steam and Epic Games Store on 9th October.
Sky Mavis is stopping free gas for Ronin transactions.
Gunzilla's Off The Grid battle royale shooter is now available for testing on Xbox.
Number of TON games up 320% in Q3 2024.
Playful Studios has announced Thousands, its game streaming web3 platform.
2024-10-0539 minBlockchain Gaming World181 | Taking onchain games to internet-scaleCheck out Jon's daily email at GamesTX
In episode 181, Jon Jordan talks to Proof of Play CEO Amitt Mahajan about its fully onchain game Pirate Nation, which has seen its audience grow 100-fold over the past 12 months as it's rolled out new content on a weekly basis, as well as launching its PIRATE token.
2024-10-0241 minBlockchain Gaming World27 September 2024 | Weekly news roundupJon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the news for the week ending 27th September 2024 including:
Line is getting blockchain integration.
Ragnarok: Monster World goes live on 1st October.
Why developers should build live.
How to fix The Sandbox.
Axie Pals will get genAI.
TreasureDAO ditches Arbitrum for ZKsync.
2024-09-2726 minBlockchain Gaming World20 September 2024 | Weekly news roundupJon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the news for the week ending 20th September 2024 including:
The return of Flappy Bird
New games for Ronin
Are there too many blockchain games?
Ex-Zynga team announce blockchain poker game
2024-09-2039 minBlockchain Gaming World180 | Aperion's inspirations and aspirationsCheck out Jon's daily email at GamesTX
In episode 180, Jon Jordan talks to Foonie Magus CEO Frank Cheng about Apeiron, its hybrid roguelite dungeon crawler with deck elements - out now on PC and coming to mobile in late 2024 - plus a god metagame due in 2025.
2024-09-1836 minBlockchain Gaming World13 September 2024 | Weekly news roundup
Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the news for the week ending 13th September 2024 including:
CCP's announcement of blockchain-enabled EVE Frontier
Dookey Dash: Unclogged is live
1 million downloads for Guild of Guardians
Axie Infinity: Origins is 2
Gameloft is making a Claynosaurz mobile game.
Grapes has been bought out
2024-09-1329 minBlockchain Gaming World179 | Building fully onchain games with CartridgeCheck out Jon's daily email at GamesTX
In episode 179, Jon Jordan talks to Cartridge CEO Tarrence van As about the advantages of building fully onchain games using its Starknet-based development tools.
2024-09-1137 minBlockchain Gaming World6 September 2024 | Weekly news roundupJon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the news for the week ending 6th September 2024.
2024-09-0636 minBlockchain Gaming World178 | Why is SolForge Fusion using blockchain?Check out Jon's daily email at GamesTX
In episode 178, Jon Jordan talks to Stone Blade Entertainment CEO Justin Gary about his career making deck builders and TCGs and why he's adding blockchain into recent PC release SolForge Fusion.
2024-09-0435 minBlockchain Gaming World30 August 2024 | Weekly news roundup
Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the news for the week ending 30th August 2024.
2024-08-3033 minBlockchain Gaming World23 August 2024 | Weekly news roundupJon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the news for the week ending 23rd August 2024.
2024-08-2333 minBlockchain Gaming World177 | Promoting long-term play in BlocklordsCheck out Jon's daily email at GamesTX
In episode 177, Jon Jordan talks to MetaKing Studios' CEO David Johansson about the launch of fully onchain companion game Blocklords Dynasty, as well as the long term plans for PC strategy game Blocklords, including the launch of the battle mode, NFT permadeath and family lineage.
The thinking behind fully onchain game Blocklords Dynasty.
"Onchain transactions are how people measure traction in this space."
Dynasty came from adding utility to our hero NFTs while being fully onchain.
With Base Paymaster, the user didn't have to pay gas for their first...2024-08-2133 minBlockchain Gaming World16 August 2024 | Weekly news roundupJon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the news for the week ending 16th August 2024, including:
Three months post-launch, is Guild of Guardians a success or failure?
Scaling web3 games through the app stores is really hard.
Autoverse Studios has raised $8 million for its drag racing game on Immutable.
What's the percentage of bots in blockchain gaming?
Fully onchain game Blocklords Dynasty lost 80% of its audience post-P2A token event.
All web3 game devs deal with the tension of scaling audience while rewarding skilled players.
Pixelcraft announces its Geist L3, including anti-bot measures.
MOJO token goes live on Base on 19th August.2024-08-1627 minBlockchain Gaming World8 August 2024 | Weekly news roundupJon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the news for the week ending 8th August 2024, including:
The most popular games for July: Pixels, Blocklords Dynasty, Catizen.
Blockchain game sector investment trends, 2024 YTD is down 33% compared to 2023.
Drake Star's Global Gaming Report Q2 2024 has some fundamental mistakes cf blockchain game funding.
July's investment total of $38 million was the second lowest in 3.5 years.
Crypto price crash as a result of wider financial fragility cf Yen carry trade, US jobs etc.
Why Gamee is building again on Telegram/TON.
How sustainable are these highly viral audiences?
Ubisoft's blockchain-based Captain Laser2024-08-0828 minBlockchain Gaming World176 | Why Gamee is back building on TelegramCheck out Jon's daily email at GamesTX
In episode 176, Jon Jordan talks to Gamee chairman Bozena Rezab about why the casual gaming network is returning to Telegram with its WAT Protocol, 8 years on from when it was a launch partner for gaming on the messaging platform.
Reasons include viral scaling of audience, its Star monetization network and native crypto support thanks to the integrated TON blockchain.
2024-08-0734 minBlockchain Gaming World2 August 2024 | Weekly news roundupJon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the news for the week ending 2nd August 2024, including:
Cosmic Bomber has launched, exclusively for Moca ID users at the moment.
Manchester United has launched a fantasy soccer game on Tezos.
New rewards campaigns from Earn Alliance, HyperPlay, Gamer7 and MetaCene.
Magic Eden is now The Sandbox's official NFT marketplace and launchpad.
Ronin has hit 2 million DAUWs, but is this actually significant?
Do developers care about bots?
A game that does care about bots is Pirate Nation.
Blocklords Dyn...2024-08-0325 minBlockchain Gaming World175 | Goat Gaming's vision for TelegramCheck out Jon's daily email at GamesTX
In episode 175, Jon Jordan talks to Mighty Bear Games' CEO Simon Davis about its competitive reward gaming ecosystem Goat Gaming, which is leveraging channels such as Telegram.
2024-07-3132 minBlockchain Gaming World26 July 2024 | Weekly news roundupJon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the news for the week ending 26th July 2024, including:
Our Game of the Week is Splinterlands' TD game SoulKeep.
Animoca announces a $20 million strategic partnership with TON.
Studio 369 announces idle companion game Metalcore Arena and vehicle NFT sale.
Boomland announced how the Hunters On-Chain BOOM token airdrop will work.
Why this NFT-token approach could drop the BOOM price in the short-term.
We've been playing a lot of browser companion game Blocklords Dynasty.
Why we stopped playing Blocklords PC game.2024-07-2627 minBlockchain Gaming World19 July 2024 | Weekly news roundupJon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the news for the week ending 19th July 2024, including:
BCGbiz Mavens discussion on how to choose a blockchain -- grants, community, tech?
Immutable was the fastest growing blockchain in terms of new titles in Q2 2024.
Wemix changes its blockchain strategy to fewer, high quality games.
Stardust has launched its Starbase rewards network.
Why no-one should use the term "onboarding a billion web3 gamers".
Do we need another web3 gaming reward platform?
What are blockchain game developers still getting wrong (about tok...2024-07-1929 minBlockchain Gaming World12 July 2024 | Weekly news roundupJon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the news for the week ending 12th July 2024, including:
Launch of Mocaverse's MOCA token
Soccerverse raises $3 million from Square Enix
Forgotten Runiverse is moving from Arbitrum to Ronin.
Smilegate's MMORPG Nine Lords will be going live on Line's DOSI platform, plus
Jon muses on how to combine the financial and psychological value of digital assets
2024-07-1229 minBlockchain Gaming World174 | How ArenaX is bringing AI to blockchain gamesCheck out Jon's daily email at GamesTX.Substack.com
In episode 174, Jon Jordan talks to ArenaX's Wei Xei about how the company is looking to apply its AI technology - reinforced machine learning - for blockchain games such as AI Arena, as well as onboarding people to the AI sector more generally.
2024-07-1038 minBlockchain Gaming World5 July 2024 | Weekly news roundupJon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the news for the week ending 5th July 2024, including:
Immutable has seen a 30% rise in daily active wallets during June up to 300,000 DAUWs.
Hunters On-Chain and Guild of Guardians are the most popular games on Immutable zkEVM.
Discussing 69% of Pixels' peak DAUWs being bots. Does it matter?
Alien Worlds' genAI tool for UGC lore.
Yat Siu is bullish on the rise of Telegram as a platform for web3 gaming.
2024-07-0527 minBlockchain Gaming World28 June 2024 | Weekly news roundupJon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the news for the week ending 28th June 2024, including:
Talking to Sky Mavis' Jeff Zirlin about whether web3 gaming is dead.
Pixels' DAUWs are down a lot since Chapter 2 launched.
Is Sky Mavis' support for Axie Infinity now flogging a dead horse?
How do you reinvent an IP c.f. Rovio and Angry Birds?
Lumiterra announced for Ronin, not Solana, (probably)!
Talking to Pixels' CMO Heidi about building solid community.
Shardbound has launched an open beta via Epic Games Store.
Netmarble is bringing its Marblex platform to Immutable zkEVM.2024-06-2823 minBlockchain Gaming World21 June 2024 | Weekly news roundupJon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the news for the week ending 21st June 2024, including:
Rise of games on TON
Are there now too many blockchains? L2s? L3s?
What's happening with Heroes of Mavia?
Boomland's 250 million BOOM token play-to-airdrop
Immutable zkEVM data -- MAUWs vs DAUWs
2024-06-2130 minBlockchain Gaming World173 | Building gaming L1s with SagaCheck out Jon's daily email at GamesTX.Substack.com
In episode 173, Jon Jordan talks to Saga CEO Rebecca Liao about the blockchain's vision to be the "L1 for launching L1s", in particular its focus on games. 2024-06-1932 minBlockchain Gaming World172 | How Pixels grows beyond 1 million DAUWsCheck out Jon's daily email at https://gamestx.substack.com/
In episode 172, Jon Jordan talks to Pixels' CEO Luke Barwikowski about the game's growth in 2024, and how the launch of its chapter 2 sets the scene for the game to continue its trajectory into 2025. 2024-06-1328 minBlockchain Gaming World171 | Stardust's vision for one billion web3 gamersCheck out Jon's daily email on Substack
In episode 171, Jon Jordan talks to Stardust CEO Canaan Linder about how he got into the industry 6 years ago, how Stardust is helping game developers build on the blockchain and scale (eventually) to one billion players. He says it's a question of when, not if.2024-06-0538 minBlockchain Gaming World170 | How Today is mixing AI, UGC and blockchainGet Jon's daily GamesTX email via Substack.
In episode 170, Jon Jordan talks to Mike O'Connor about Today The Game, which is mixing generative AI NPC creation with sim-style gameplay, resource trading and user generated content. 2024-05-2939 minBlockchain Gaming World169 | How Helika is moving beyond web3 analyticsCheck out Jon's daily email at Substack.
In episode 169, Jon Jordan talks to Helika CEO Anton Umnov about how the company is moving from web3 analytics into 'doing everything except making web3 games'.
2024-05-2235 minBlockchain Gaming World168 | Guild of Guardians: moving from launch to liveopsCheck out Jon's daily email on Substack.
In episode 168, Jon Jordan talks to Guild of Guardians' game director Chris Clay about the global launch of the mobile RPG through app stores, also discussing future plans as it moves into liveops. 2024-05-2134 minBlockchain Gaming World168 | Guild of Guardians: from launch into liveopsCheck out Jon's daily email at https://gamestx.substack.com/
In episode #168, Jon Jordan talks to game director Chris Clay about the launch of mobile RPG Guild of Guardians through the app stores; specifically how the launch went, the balance between web2 and web3 games, and how the game will evolve as it enters liveops. 2024-05-1635 minBlockchain Gaming World167 | YGG and the future of guildsCheck out Jon's daily GamesTX email via Substack.
In episode 167, Jon Jordan talks to YGG co-founder Gabby Dizon and LongHash VC Shi Khai Wei about the future of guilds in blockchain gaming. 2024-05-0844 minBlockchain Gaming World166 | Why Midnight is building the Evergreen multiverseRead Jon's daily GamesTX email at Substack.
In episode 166, Jon Jordan talks to Steve Wade, the CEO of Midnight about Evergreen, something he describes a gaming multiverse, which will start releasing its first games in Q4 2024 and hopes to build out an interoperable platform for items and trading. 2024-05-0101 minBlockchain Gaming World165 | Building The SandboxCheck out Jon's daily email via Substack.
In episode 165, Jon Jordan talks to Sebastien Borget and Nicola Sebastiani from The Sandbox to discuss what's going on with the UGC metaverse platform, which is due to transition from alpha to beta in 2024. 2024-04-1739 minBlockchain Gaming World164 | How Shrapnel becomes a crafting UGC shooterCheck out Jon's daily email at GamesTX.
In episode 164, Jon Jordan talks to Shrapnel's head of studio Don Norbury about feedback from the extraction shooter's early access, the future introduction of item crafting and UGC, whether web2 gamers are playing Shrapnel, game dev sentiment around blockchain, how Shrapnel can become a console game, and why the game's underlying Mercury tech platform is opening up to thirdparties.
2024-04-1043 minBlockchain Gaming World163 | The rise of in-game NFT marketplacesCheck out Jon's daily email via Substack.
In episode 163, Jon Jordan talks to Sequence's head of strategy and partnerships Sam Barberie about the shift from thirdparty NFT marketplace such as OpenSea to in-game marketplaces, and why this is vital for developers to make the most of the opportunities provided by player-owned economies. 2024-04-0443 minBlockchain Gaming World162 | How Minecraft ban built HytopiaCheck out Jon's GamesTX Substack here.
In episode 162, Jon Jordan talks to ArkDev about the history of what was originally called NFTWorlds and is now called Hytopia and its Hychain blockchain. 2024-03-2736 minBlockchain Gaming World161 | HyperPlay and native Web3 game distributionCheck out Jon's daily Substack: GamesTX.
In Episode 161, Jon Jordan talks to Jacobc.eth about HyperPlay, a game distribution store for web3 games, as well as an aggregator of other game stores, about competing with Steam, Apple and Google and how the disruptive power of web3 in this sector has been underestimated. 2024-03-2040 minBlockchain Gaming World160 | Building mech shooter MetalCoreCheck out Jon's daily Substack here.
In episode 160, Jon Jordan talks to Studio 369's CTO Dan Nikolaides about the development process for F2P PC-based combined arms shooter MetalCore, which is currently in closed beta.
2024-03-1329 minBlockchain Gaming World159 | Oh, the stories Yat Siu tells...Check out Jon's daily Substack - GamesTX
In episode 159, Jon Jordan talks to Animoca Brands' chairman Yat Siu in a wide-ranging talk covering everything from:
John Locke and meme coins,
to how Mocaverse helped the growth of Pixels,
what is the Moca Foundation,
why web3 is fundamentally better for gamers than web2,
why Animoca Brands has invested in 450 web3 companies,
why DAOs need to be messy, and
why Yat thinks western gamer designers are "quite socialist"
2024-03-0648 minBlockchain Gaming World158 | Gaming on MoonbeamCheck out Jon's daily Substack - GamesTX
In episode 158, Jon Jordan talk to Moonbeam's head of ecosystem Sicco Naets about the opportunities arising from the Polkadot-based L1 and its cross-chain EVM-compatible design. 2024-02-2934 minBlockchain Gaming World156 | Telling the tale of Nine Chronicles MCheck out Jon's daily Substack at https://gamestx.substack.com/
In episode 156, Jon Jordan talks to JC Kim, the CEO of South Korean web3 developer Planetarium about the story behind its idle RPG Nine Chronicles M, which is now out for PC and mobile, with around 100,000 MAUs.
2024-02-1437 minBlockchain Gaming World155 | Why Mythical Games is bullish on web3 gaming via app storesCheck out Jon's daily Substack at https://gamestx.substack.com/
In episode 155, Jon Jordan talks to Mythical Games' CEO John Linden about its decision to build on Polkadot, the formation of the Mythos Foundation and why its games are all going to be distributed through Apple and Google's app stores.
2024-02-0739 minBlockchain Gaming World154 | The ground-up rise of PixelsCheck out Jon's daily Substack at https://gamestx.substack.com/
In Episode 154, Jon Jordan talks to Pixels CEO Luke Barwikoswki on the remarkable rise of the social RPG, which was triggered by its relaunch on Ronin in November 2023
2024-01-3134 min
Blockchain Gaming World153 | Autonomous worlds and godless gamesCheck out Jon's daily Substack at https://gamestx.substack.com/
In episode 153, Jon Jordan talks to Playmint CEO David Amor about the rise of fully onchain blockchain games, including Downstream, its currently in-development title.
2024-01-2439 min
Blockchain Gaming World152 | How Kratos is building a global gaming communityCheck out Jon's daily Substack at https://gamestx.substack.com/
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In BCGW #152, Jon Jordan talks to the founder of Kratos Studios Manish Agarwal about how it's building out a global community of gamers. Starting in India, with the acquisition of IndiGG, but now in Indonesia, Brazil, Nigeria, Turkey etc, Kratos has over 1 million players, organized in 14,000 clans and has distributed >$1 million to players as they complete quests in both web2 and web3 mobile games. As Agarwal says it, Kratos is all about solving the LTV>CAC...2024-01-1737 minBlockchain Gaming World150 | 2023 review of blockchain gaming bizCheck out Jon's daily Substack at https://gamestx.substack.com/
In BCGW #150, Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan discuss the key news stories of 2023.
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Blockchain Gaming World149 | Making web3 games secure and accessible with Sequence (Peter Kieltyka)Check out Jon's daily Substack at https://gamestx.substack.com/
In BCGW #149, Jon Jordan talks to Horizon Blockchain Games CEO Peter Kieltyka about his love of open source coding, why Horizon developed TCG Skyweaver in order to build all-in-one web3 stack Sequence, and the difference between non-custodial and self-custodial wallets. 2023-12-2250 min
Blockchain Gaming World148 | State of web3 gaming in 2023 with Game7Check out Jon's daily Substack at https://gamestx.substack.com/
Check out Game7's State of Web3 Gaming report at https://research.game7.io/state-of-web3-gaming-2023
In BCGW #148, Jon Jordan talks to Game7's head of research George Isichos about the State of Web3 Gaming report the DAO has released.
2023-12-1254 min
Blockchain Gaming World147 | From STEPN to Gas Hero w/ Shiti ManghaniCheck out Jon's daily Substack at https://gamestx.substack.com/
In BCGW #147, Jon Jordan talks to Find Satoshi Lab's COO Shiti Manghani about what it was like to experience the rapid success of move-to-earn game STEPN in early 2022, why the company has built out an ecosystem including a DEX and NFT marketplace, and what's next including new social mobile game Gas Hero. 2023-12-1235 min
Blockchain Gaming WorldBlocklords | Start as a farmer, become an NFT kingCheck out Jon's daily Substack at https://gamestx.substack.com/
In BCGW #146, Jon Jordan talks to MetaKing Studios' CEO David Johansson about strategy PC MMOG Blocklords, which is now playable in open beta via Epic Games Store in its early iteration.
David talks about the vision for the game, which is a MMO with strategy elements and epic battles, where you start off as a farmer, gathering resources, but in which you can create a family dynasty and work your way up to become a king of your region.
MMO game with...2023-11-0739 min
Blockchain Gaming WorldBCGW #145 | Why Trophy is giving away 98% of its revenueCheck out Jon's daily Substack at https://gamestx.substack.com/
In BCGW #145, Jon Jordan talks to Superlayer's Kevin Chou about his career in gaming (Kabam, Gen.G, Rally, Forte) and new launch Trophy, a games ID and discovery platform in which players can earn 98% of their ad revenue by sharing data with advertisers.
2023-10-2543 min
Blockchain Gaming WorldBCGW #144 | Proof of Play's 100% onchain gaming visionCheck out Jon's daily Substack at https://gamestx.substack.com/
In BCGW episode #144, Jon Jordan talks to Proof of Play CEO Amitt Mahajan about his career - as a co-creator of FarmVille etc - and why he's so excited about building fully onchain games - such as debut Pirate Nation - which are fully composable and unlock new experiences both for developers, players and their communities.
2023-10-1743 min
Blockchain Gaming WorldBCGW #143 | SKALE Network's new gaming chopsCheck out Jon's daily Substack at https://gamestx.substack.com/
In BCGW #143, Jon Jordan talks to SKALE Networks' Jack O'Holleran about the Ethereum-based scaling solution's recent rise as a blockchain for high performance games. 2023-10-1034 min
Blockchain Gaming WorldBCGW #142 | League of Kingdoms reduxCheck out Jon's daily Substack at https://gamestx.substack.com/
In BCGW #142, Jon Jordan talks to NOD Games director of BD Dan Lee about the web3 veteran dev's expansion for its 4X game League of Kingdoms, and how it's moving also into publishing and advising other South Korean companies about web3 including NHN.
2023-10-0543 min
Blockchain Gaming WorldBCGW #141 | Reignition of Star AtlasCheck out Jon's daily Substack at https://gamestx.substack.com/
In episode #141, Jon Jordan talks to ATMATA CEO Michael Wagner about Star Atlas; how he's dealt with the past 12 months of difficulties while maintaining his grand vision for the space combat and trading MMO, which is currently releasing multiple different experiences. 2023-09-2140 min
Blockchain Gaming WorldBCGW #140 | Wreck League is building the perfect esport mechsRead Jon's daily email at https://gamestx.substack.com/
Jon Jordan talks to nWay CEO Taehoon Kim about the company's background in real-time multiplayer fighting games, its first web3 experiment, and how it hooked up with Yuga Labs to launch season one of its mobile mech NFT builder-and-battler Wreck League, which goes live on 14th September. 2023-09-0538 min
Blockchain Gaming WorldBCGW #139 | Blockchain gaming offers huge upside despite slow adoption says Com2uSCheck out Jon's daily Substack at https://gamestx.substack.com/
BCGW #139 | Jon Jordan talks to Com2uS' US president Kyu Lee about the South Korean game company's early experiments in blockchain games and why it's currently taking a very controlled approach to introducing these mechanics into games such as Summoners War: Chronicles.
2023-08-0940 min
Blockchain Gaming WorldBCGW #138 | Why Delabs is all-in on blockchain gamesCheck out Jon's daily Substack at https://gamestx.substack.com/
In BCGW #138, Jon Jordan talks to Delabs' head of web3 strategy Quinn Kwon about the South Korean developer's approach making high quality blockchain games.
2023-07-2731 min
Blockchain Gaming WorldBCGW #137 | No wallet, just stream: Ember Sword’s mass market planCheck out Jon's daily Substack at https://gamestx.substack.com/
In BCGW #137, Jon Jordan talks to Mark Laursen, the CEO of Bright Star Studios about its forthcoming MMORPG Ember Sword. 2023-07-1932 min
Blockchain Gaming WorldBCGW #136 | Extending blockchain game economies with MoonstreamCheck out Jon's daily Substack at https://gamestx.substack.com/
In BCGW #136, Jon Jordan talks to Moonstream CEO Neeraj Kashyap about how the company helps blockchain game companies control and expand their economies, including reference to how Moonstream has worked with Crypto Unicorns.
2023-07-1335 min
Blockchain Gaming WorldBCGW #135 | Fableborne: the build-and raid mobile RPGGet Jon's daily blockchain gaming email at Substack
In BCGW #135, Jon Jordan talks to Pixion Games' CEO Kam Punia about Fableborne, its forthcoming mobile RPG in which players build and raid each others' bases for rewards and leaderboard placement. 2023-06-2932 min
Blockchain Gaming WorldBCGW #134 | Building Infinigods' interoperable gaming ecosystemCheck out Jon's daily Substack - GamesTX.
In BCGW #134, Jon Jordan talk to Infinigods' co-founder Owen O'Donaghue about how it's building out its interoperable ecosystem of games, which offer different gaming experiences but share NFTs, while also allowing players to earn tradeable assets through gameplay in a sustainable manner.
1:33 Owen talks through his previous career at Microsoft and Facebook/Meta
6:47 Axie Infinity, NBA Top Shot and CryptoKitties and the rise of blockchain games
9:00 The value of open economies in F2P games
11:41 The setting of Infinigods' games with respect to mythology, IP and scaling the...2023-06-2139 min
Blockchain Gaming WorldBCGW #133 | Ultra - building Steam on steroids for blockchain gamingRead Jon's daily Gamestx Substack here and the full interview here.
In BCGW #133, Jon Jordan talks to Ultra co-CEO Nicolas Gilot about the long gestation and potential synergetic potential of the blockchain-based PC game distribution ecosystem, which also includes a streaming channel, NFT marketplace and esports tournament platform. 2023-06-1442 min
Blockchain Gaming WorldBCGW #132 | Crypto Unicorns - building for core, expanding via casualRead Jon's daily Substack Gamestx here.
In episode #132 Jon Jordan talks to Laguna Games' CEO Aron Beierschmitt about the first year of running its resource farming game Crypto Unicorns, including the launch of new more accessible mobile-first experiences such as Unicorn Party and the Fall Guys-esque Rainbow Rumble.
Full article here
0:46 The first year of running Crypto Unicorns
2:00 Launching at the peak of the bull
4:00 We have runway until the end of 2024
6:21 The inspiration for those cute Crypto Unicorns
7:40 Why we pivoted from mobile F2P
10:40 We're seeing great success on Facebook marketing (c.5% CTR)
12:35...2023-06-0743 min
Blockchain Gaming WorldBCGW #131 | Azra's Legions & Legends is a F2P mobile-first "web3-sensitive" game w/ Mark OteroIn BCGW #131, Jon Jordan talks to Azra Games' CEO Mark Otero about Legions & Legends, his forthcoming 9th hero collection RPG; notably covering why Otero thinks blockchain and true ownership are important, and why he describes the game as being a "web3-sensitive" title, which will also have a "token of fun".
1:30 Legions & Legends will be your 9th RPG so what does blockchain add to the mix?
2:30 The value of true ownership of game assets
4:00 How can blockchain make the game experience stronger?
6:15 The influence of D&D in Mark's history
7:29 How blockchain plays into new features for...2023-05-1734 min
Blockchain Gaming WorldBCGW #47: Tony Pearce on why games will take blockchain mass marketIn this episode, Jon Jordan talks to mobile game entrepreneur Tony Pearce about the formation and funding of Reality Clash developer Reality Gaming Group, and why he believes games will be the products that take blockchain tech mainstream.
Topics covered include:
Tony’s early years in mobile games
Reality Clash’s 2017 ICO
The UX pain points that need to be overcome
Why Crypto Winter was horrible but necessary
Why games and NFTs will drive blockchain adoption
Why the big game companies aren’t interested in blockchain yet
Why boom times are ahead… eventually
Episode links:
Ton...2019-06-1026 min
Blockchain Gaming WorldBCGW #46: Talking the future of blockchain games with Gareth JenkinsIn this episode, Jon Jordan and game/blockchain developer Gareth Jenkins (@garethjenkins) discuss what’s been going on and what will be going on in the world of blockchain games, including chewing the fat over the new Dapper wallet and Cheeze Wizards.
Topics covered include:
The current state of the industry
The possible impact of Ethereum 2.0 and Cosmos
Whatever happened to EOS and TRON?
Issues around the integration blockchain, games and brands
Dapper Labs’ new Dapper wallet and UX challenges
Cheeze Wizards - the good and the bad
The future of blockchain games
Episode links:
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Blockchain Gaming WorldBCGW #45: Enjin’s Multiverse - strengths & weaknessesIn this episode, Jon Jordan and James (@BCGbiz) discuss the Enjin Multiverse, which is a growing blockchain gaming platform, spanning everything from the technology to make blockchain games to rules for item interoperability, the Enjin cryptocurrency, a mobile wallet, plus strong developer support and an active crypto community.
Currently over 20 games are using the platform, with more being added as Enjin rolls out its latest Enjin Sparks program.
Topics covered include:
What is the Enjin Multiverse?
How well does it chime with broader blockchain sentiments?
Which games are using Enjin?
How does the interoperability o...2019-05-1735 min
Blockchain Gaming WorldBCGW #44: CryptoKitties’ new robotic traits, the Dapper wallet & Cheeze Wizards!?In this episode, Jon Jordan and James (@BCGbiz) discuss what’s been going on in the world of CryptoKitties’ developer Dapper Labs, which has announced new Robotic Traits, launched the open beta for its new smart contract wallet Dapper, and is totally confusing everyone with its just-announced somewhat surreal Cheeze Wizards game (at least, we think it’s a game).
Topics covered include:
CryptoKitties’ new RoboKitty Purrstige Traits, which will “unlock new features in other dapps”
A wider discussion on the approaches to blockchain game item interoperability, including Enjin’s Multiverse
The open beta launch of the Dapper wal...2019-05-0320 min
Blockchain Gaming WorldBCGW #41: Talking Battle Racers with Altitude’s Luna Javier This week, Jon Jordan talks to Altitude Games’ creative director Luna Javier about the mobile game developer’s move into blockchain games. Its debut title Battle Racers will launch as one of the first partnerships with Decentraland in the coming months.
Topics covered included:
Why Altitude Games got interested in blockchain
The happenstance that resulted in Battle Racers joining Decentraland
How the game has been designed to be accessible for everyone
And how it integrates the Ethereum blockchain for more committed players, notably via the metagame provided by its vehicle NFTs, which can be levelled up as we...2019-04-1026 min
Blockchain Gaming WorldBCGW#40: Talking F1, brands and NFT value with Animoca Brand's Robby YungThis week, Jon Jordan talks to Animoca Brands’ CEO Robby Yung about the Hong Kong-based developer and publisher’s 2018 pivot from mobile games into blockchain products, notably blockchain gaming.
Note: This interview happened prior to Animoca’s announcement it was acquiring German developer Stryking for $1 million, plus its investment raise of $3 million.
Topics covered included:
Why Animoca moved from mobile to blockchain
The value of the true ownership of digital items
How big brands such as F1 think about blockchain, especially how it changes in their level of control
How the F1 Delta Time game wi...2019-04-0524 min
Blockchain Gaming WorldBCGW#39: Why MLB Crypto Baseball became MLB ChampionsThis week, Jon Jordan (@blockchaingmg) and James McQuillan (@BCGbiz) talk about how three blockchain games are positioning themselves for mass market success, in terms of their use of licenses, marketing and community outreach.
Topics covered included:
Why MLB Crypto Baseball 2018 become MLB Champions and has removed blockchain from its onboarding.
Neon District's Founders Sale.
The announcement of the F1 Delta Time blockchain game from Animoca Brands.
Links
MLB Champions website
Neon District website
F1 Delta Time website2019-03-2924 minBlockchain Gaming WorldBlockchain Gaming World #8 - GuildChat's Skinner BoxBitGuild starts airdropping TRX (and less useful tokens) into its new mobile messaging GuildChat app to much confusion, Jon buys a big shiny gun in Reality Clash, and HyperDragons and Ethermon beat out CryptoKitties' DAUs.
Jon Jordan (@blockchaingmg) and BlockchainGamer.biz (@BCGbiz) James discuss the state of blockchain gaming.2018-10-1219 min