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Earlier this month, Netmarble revealed their plans to jump into the cryptocurrency bandwagon with 14 out of its 20 in-development games set to include some sort of NFT or play-to-earn mechanic. One of those games is A3: Still Alive, which will officially be launching next month with a new dungeon that will reward players with a new cryptocurrency called Inetrium. [...]
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2021 was a good year for Pearl Abyss despite shrinking revenues from its core IPs as the company reveals in their Q4 2021 financial report. Operating revenues for the last fiscal quarter of 2021 amounted to ₩118 billion KRW, or roughly $98.6 million USD, which translates to a 22.4% increase quarter-over-quarter and 11.7% increase year-over-year. Pearly Abyss’ main IPs, Black [...]
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Another week and another major gaming studio announces a blockchain project. This time its Netmarble, which announced 'Golden Bros', a 3v3 real time shooter for PC and mobile. The game bills itself as 'free to play' and 'play to earn', but the value of the game's currency and its utility isn't known yet. While there's no concrete release date yet, [...]
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Neowiz, the South Korean game developer and publisher best known for Bless Online, announced their 1st blockchain game this last week titled Siege Royale. Siege Royale is a battle royale game with 'Play to Earn' and 'NFT' elements built on Unreal Engine 5. The game is scheduled to launch sometime later this year in 2022. Siege Royale - 2022 Alpha [...]
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Late last year, blockchain company Blue Monster Games bought out Citadel Studios along with their flagship game Legends of Aria and its proprietary game engine. Naturally, this brought up concerns on the future of the game and whether or not it will have blockchain mechanics built-in. The time for speculation is over as Reaper Games (formerly Blue Monster) CEO Joseph [...]
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It may sound hard to believe, but the blockchain powered play to earn MMORPG Mir 4 hit 1.4 million concurrent users in November 2021 according to the company's latest earnings report published February 9, 2022. This 1.4 million figure is absolutely nuts. Just to put it into context, the most played game ever on Steam was PUBG which peaked at [...]
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Another day, another NFT announcement from a gaming company. This time its Krafton, the South Korea gaming company behind Tera, Elyon, and PUBG (Playerunknown's Battlegrounds). Krafton announced today that they're working on an "NFT metaverse platform" in partnership with Naver Z (which runs ZEPETO, a social virtual world with 290 million users worldwide). Krafton will be handling the development of [...]
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ArcheAge developer XLGames announced their plans to release an NFT game called ArcheWorld during a media event for blockchain ecosystem Bora. According to XLGames CEO Jake Song, the upcoming game will use blockchain technology to place real-world value on every item crafted in the game. “It means a complete ‘creator economy’ in which users go beyond simply owning the right [...]
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Korean video game company Netmarble is wholeheartedly embracing blockchain technology and will be integrating it into 70% of its upcoming games this year. According to a report by Forbes, 14 out of the company’s 20 planned titles will feature some sort of blockchain mechanic, one of which is a new metaverse called Everybody’s Marble: Metaworld where players will be able [...]
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2021 has been a great year for Electronic Arts Entertainment as shown in their Q3 2022 financial report. According to the report, the fiscal quarter ending in December 31, 2021 was the company’s biggest quarter to date with a total net revenue of $1.789 billion, up by 6.9% quarter-over-quarter. Net revenue for the whole of 2021 also saw a 22% [...]
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