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After being brought back from the dead last year, it looks like SoulWorker will be reincarnated again as a blockchain game called Soul Reborn. That’s if they get past Lion Games, that is. Lion Games is threatening to sue the Soul Reborn’s developers for copyright infringement advising players to stay well away from the blockchain game. “Soul Reborn is the [...]
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Living Phoenix Entertainment announced a fork of their in-development Tibia-inspired 2.5D MMORPG on January 22, 2022. Dubbed Ravendawn Eternal, the game will be a blockchain-powered fork of Ravendawn Online. Ravendawn Online is expected to release first and will be free of NFT and Blockchain elements. Many gamers, including many of the original crowdfunding backers of Ravendawn Online, have no interest [...]
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Wemade, the South Korean developer behind the 'play to earn' crypto MMORPG Mir 4, announced in their last earnings report that they will be releasing additional games on their WeMix blockchain platform and 2 of those games caught my eye - DarkEden and Yulgang (Scions of Fate). Both of these franchises existed as PC MMORPGs for over a decade. Darkeden [...]
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Mir 4, the first major 'play to earn' cryptocurrency powered MMORPG, announced 'Seoul Spooning 2022' which is a roadmap for the evolution of DRACO (Mir 4's play to earn crypto). The goal is to expand DRACO's used in the decentralized finance / game finance universe with additional features (like staking and a new token called HYDRA). Seoul Spooning 2022 is [...]
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In more video-game-companies-joining-the-crypto-bandwagon news, Sega is apparently considering dipping their toes into the world of blockchain gaming and NFTs but will be taking a more cautious approach compared to other industry giants. The Japanese video game company cites possible backlash as the reason why they’re not diving head first into the fray. A recent Q&A with the company’s management reveals [...]
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Yet another video game company has decided that they want a piece of the cryptocurrency pie as GameStop is reportedly launching its own NFT and cryptocurrency marketplace. The controversial gaming retailer has yet to announce the plans, although people familiar with the project have already confirmed the fact to Wall Street Journal. According to the Wall Street Journal, GameStop’s decision [...]
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Over the past few months, several big name video game companies and developers have decided to dip their toes into the world of cryptocurrency, blockchain gaming, and NFT’s, the most recent of which is RF Online developer CCR. The studio has risen from the dead with plans to relaunch the classic sci-fi fantasy MMORPG with play-to-earn mechanics. A new global [...]
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Square Enix received a tremendous amount of backlash on Twitter and other social media platforms over the weekend after releasing a letter from the company's president discussing future plans to embrace NFTs. Some folks, namely blockchain enthusiasts, were happy to hear this, but the response by most gamers were universally negative. Despite this though, investors cheered the move by sending [...]
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Twitch Co-founder Justin Kan has launched a new company and integrated marketplace for gaming NFTs called Fractal. The company has partnered with several leading blockchain game developers, including Genopets, The Sandbox, Nyan Heroes, Mini Royale, Caveworld, Aurory, Portals, Syn City, Panzerdogs, Solchiks, and Photo Finish. Together, these companies have sold billions in NFTs within their games. With Fractal, players will [...]
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Blue Monster Games is finalizing a deal to acquire Virgina-based indie developer Citadel Studios, along with their Kickstarted MMORPG Legends of Aria and in-house Shards Engine. As part of the acquisition, Citadel’s founder Derek Brinkmann will be joining Blue Monster as the NFT game developer’s CTO. Blue Monster Games is a Florida-based NFT game development studio currently working on an [...]
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