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Gabby Dizon, the founder and CEO of Yield Guild Games says a renewed focus on free-to-play gaming will help put a booster on Web3 game adoption. Next year’s most successful Web3 games will pivot from play-to-earn (P2E) to instead focus on being completely free-to-play to dr in players, says Yield Guild Games CEO and co-founder Gabby Dizon.  Speaking to Cointelegraph, Dizon said unlike games such as Axie Infinity — which require players to purchase at least three Axie nonfungible tokens (NFTs) to play — the new wave of hyper-successful Web3 games will seek to remove as many of the financial and technical barriers to entry as possible. “There's this big realization that for millions of people to be able to get into a game, they have to be free-to-play first.” “There's an evolution of the business model where the games are free to play, and then at some point along the way while you're playing, then you're able to mint an NFT or start earning tokens, but a lot of new ga...

Yuga Labs is gearing up to launch a new game in the Otherside metaverse, but its not 3D, while NFT trading volume for NFL All Day pumped 570% over the past seven days. The Adidas /// Studio, also known as the Triple Stripes Studio, has launched a Web3-based digital artist in residency program to showcase and support budding creators in the NFT space. The program was announced on Aug. 31, and it will officially launch on Sept. 4 via a series of online and in-person events that will run until Sept. 11. INTRODUCING: RESIDENCY BY ADIDAS The adidas /// studio is proud to announce the global launch of "RESIDENCY by adidas" - the brand’s first digital artist -in-residence program! pic.twitter.com/He0LAEUzQA — ALTS by adidas (@altsbyadidas) August 31, 2023 According to the program’s website, the aim is to collaborate with up-and-coming artists and provide a “creative pathway for digital artists to further connect with the brand and their passionate community of collector...

Play-for-Gold Web3 game Golden Egg Wonderland gets a beta update with tons of new features and a comprehensive NFT economy. Web3 game Golden Egg Wonderland received a major update with new features, in-game characters and a way to exchange Golden Egg NFTs for physical golden eggs. Web3 gaming has become one of the most popular sectors of the blockchain ecosystem, providing a medium for other blockchain-based technologies, such as nonfungible tokens (NFTs) and decentralized finance (DeFi), to proliferate as well. Attracting more than one-third of the total blockchain activity, the Web3 gaming space has spawned numerous interesting innovations over the last couple of years. The most prominent trend within Web3 gaming turned out to be play-to-earn (P2E), where players can collect in-game tokens and NFTs that hold real-life value. Over time, P2E gaming saw many different iterations, and the new play-for-gold (P4G) approach expands Web3 gaming beyond the digital universe. The FRUITS Eco-Bl...

Square Enix’s NFT-friendly CEO is stepping down, but it may not impact the firm’s NFT plans, while Disney-backed Baobab Studios' first NFT drop sold out ahead of its upcoming RPG game. Krapopolis, the NFT-affiliated cartoon series from Rick and Morty co-creator Dan Harmon has been renewed for a third season by Fox, despite season one not even airing yet. The Krapopolis team announced the renewal via Twitter in March. 2, and emphasized that NFT holders can still engage with the show before it airs. HOLY KRAP! Citizens we just got BIG news that Krapopolis has been renewed for a *third season*. You don’t need to wait for the show to start, you can start participating now by voting, viewing exclusive content, redeeming rewards and more on https://t.co/vQCCep6yyq! — Krapopolis (,) (@Krapopolis) March 2, 2023 Speaking to Deadline on March. 2, Michael Thorn, Fox’s president of scripted programming noted that “We’re so bullish about the work that we want to support and its ability to ...

Enhanced play-to-earn mechanics, well-designed game economy and top-notch production values set a new standard in blockchain gaming. The growing GameFi sector has caught the attention of the video game industry, leading many brands to create their own unique blockchain games. However, despite the popularity of these projects, many lack engaging gameplay mechanics and the entertainment value found in successful traditional games.  With a focus on high production values, replayability and entertainment , the upcoming Blockchain gaming project Undeads aims to bring these much-needed elements to the forefront of the Web3 space . Undeads’ head of community Jan Emil Christiansen will get into more detail about the ambitious gaming project in an AMA on Feb. 22, 3:00 pm UTC. Undeads brings a post-apocalyptic setting to the blockchain The Undeads metaverse immerses players into a post-apocalyptic world where they are faced with the choice to align with either humans or zombies. The gameplay ...

A new sportsbook dApp is offering a more social form of prediction in which its users make all the rules. In his 2017 book, What We Think about When We Think about Soccer, English philosopher Simon Critchley elucidates what it is about soccer that can give it such a hold over people. There are the social aspects, the sense that supporters share a heritage of moments lived through together. But more powerful than that, perhaps, is the way the experience of the game transforms the experience of the everyday. With the crown jewel of sporting competitions already heating up, Blockchain network Transient is introducing a revolutionary approach to the traditional sportsbook . The Transient “Splash Sports” dApp, has replaced the bookmaker-based sportsbook with a community-driven approach in which users decide what they want to make predictions on. How is Splash Sports different from traditional prediction sites? What advantages do users have in the Splash Sports model as opposed to regular ...

Soulbound tokens (SBTs) refer to digital identity tokens that represent the characteristics or reputation of a person or entity. By creating an alternative financial system with extraordinary flexibility and innovation in less than ten years, Web3 has astounded the globe. Economic and cryptographic primitives such as Smart Contracts and consensus mechanisms have helped to create an open-source system to conduct and authorize financial transactions. However, the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem cannot support straightforward contracts like an apartment lease because it lacks a native Web3 identity. This article aims to demonstrate how even modest advances toward social identity representation with soulbound tokens could circumvent these constraints and reroute Web3 to an authentic, more transformational path.  What are soulbound tokens (SBTs)? Projects and use cases focusing on social identities and communities rather than just money are required for blockchains to be at the cor...