GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 21, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox CCP Games has raised $40 million in its latest financing round, and will be dedicating these funds to the development of a new blockchain-based title.

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 18, 2023

Digital Development Management (DDM) released its regular report on games industry investments, mergers, and acquisitions today, with the second quarter showing across-the-board declines from a first quarter that was already the worst in more than four years. Blockchain gaming investments were particularly hard hit. "As

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Game Daily

MAY 15, 2023

Launched last month, Meta World: My City from Netmarble N2 is a blockchain real estate digital board game with additional virtual real estate building and trading as well as social metaverse activities. Netmarble N2’s previous work includes the similarly Monopoly-like game Let’s Get Rich.

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 2, 2023

About 8 months ago, we discussed how Apple’s NFT-related guideline changes could affect blockchain games. However, it was still quite an important step for every blockchain game developer. Apple including blockchain games in their review guidelines acted as a seal of approval for those games.

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 30, 2023

Generative AI is the speculatively disruptive trend of the moment, inheriting the title from the metaverse and blockchain gaming before it. And while narrative gaming start-up Hidden Door just surfaced last year with a pre-seed funding round, CEO Hilary Mason had years of experience working in machine learning and AI beforehand.

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Logic Simplified

MAY 21, 2023

The advancement of technology has enabled various sectors to flourish and develop in unimaginable ways. One area that has been able to capitalise on these developments is the gaming sector, which has created an entirely new universe for gamers. One of the latest breakthroughs to hit the video gaming market is NFTs.

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Logic Simplified

MAY 11, 2023

The mobile gaming industry has seen tremendous growth in recent years, and it is only expected to increase in the years to come. With significant innovations and advancing technologies, the year 2023 is set to be big for mobile gaming. Below are some of the most notable mobile gaming trends to look out for in 2023.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 26, 2023

If you have been following the DoF newsletter and blog for the last year, you might have seen some of my articles on blockchain games, including a prediction piece. Blockchain games are still early. Should you have tokens or only NFTs in your game? However, it still holds true after all that we’ve been through.

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Game Daily

JULY 26, 2023

Pool is one of the most popular games in the world, as well as the basis for many successful video games and simulations. Now it’s coming to Web3 gaming, via Eyeball Pool from Eyeball Games. “We’re not taking an inferior product and just slapping an earning element on it and calling it a blockchain game.”

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Logic Simplified

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Game as a Service (GaaS) has fundamentally transformed the gaming industry. There is a shift noticed from the traditional model of releasing a complete, standalone game to it now becoming an ongoing, evolving experience. GaaS is shaping a more dynamic and interconnected gaming landscape for the creators and the gamers.

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Starloop Studios

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

As one of the forerunners in blockchain game development, NFT game development, and Meta game development we’re always looking to push the boundaries. What’s the next best step to continue and grow the new, emerging world of blockchain gaming?

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Game Daily

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Game7 has released a comprehensive report on the state of Web3 gaming. The research report is based on 1,900 blockchain games and a thousand funding rounds from 2018 through to October, 2023 and includes insights into fundraising, competitive dynamics, and blockchain networks. ” The report is free to download here.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 13, 2023

Want to get away from the hustle and bustle in the Moscone Centre and just have a good conversation and decent coffee with Dutch games industry professionals? Here you will find game developers, publishers and tool- and tech providers ready to do business. We create games that make you smile”, says CEO Stein Damen. “By

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Starloop Studios

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

As blockchain networks and NFTs grow in popularity, so too do blockchain games and NFT games. As the popularity grows, it’s important that developers know which blockchain platform to choose.

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Game Daily

AUGUST 15, 2023

KAP Games is a distribution and publishing platform that can best be described as a kind of Steam for Web3 browser and mobile games. It is currently listing more than 50 games including a number of first party titles, such as Brawl of Fame. We want people to be able to arrive and start playing games within seconds.”

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iXie gaming

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The world of video games is constantly evolving, with new technologies and game modes being added frequently. One of the newest trends in the gaming industry is the development of games that utilize non-fungible tokens (NFTs). What is NFT Game Development? Features of NFT Games.

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Logic Simplified

MAY 25, 2022

What are blockchain technology and NFT? In order to comprehend NFT better, let us first take a step back and understand blockchain technology. Blockchain is a kind of database in which data is stored in blocks that are chained together. It can be a tokenized representation of images, playing cards, in-game items, videos, etc.

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Cocos

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Xpell is a P2E MMORTS game that has been created by CC 3.6, this game is utilizing Telos Blockchain for micro-transactions like in-game trades and paying XPL tokens. The mechanic of the game is so simple. Google Play: play.google.com Xpell Xpell is a play to earn MMORTS game built on Telos Blockchai.

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Game Dev Unchained

MARCH 7, 2022

Blockchain tech was the talk of the town at this year’s DICE 2022 conference. Like ‘blockchain,’ the ‘metaverse,’ and the ‘hybrid workspace.’ These were on top of all attendees’ minds and this year had a mixture of support and pushback from developers and players alike.

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Game Daily

JUNE 5, 2023

Stephenson’s open metaverse blockchain company, Lamina1, announced a partnership with Web3 game publisher Interverse, which is creating an NFT cartoon shooting game called Degen Royale. Getting paid for metaverse work is much less simple than taking a solid salary at a top games company.

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Game Daily

AUGUST 7, 2023

Mighty Action Heroes is a new battle royale game for mobile, offering Web3 capabilities via blockchain-tradable, collectible NFTs. GameDaily: Tell us why you decided to make a Web3 battle royale game? Simon Davis: We made a game for Apple in 2019 called Butter Royale. It was a shooter – food themed and very cute.

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Logic Simplified

MARCH 8, 2023

Ways in which the future of metaverse can transform the work Immersive learning experiences and training The future of metaverse can transform training and skill development by considerably reducing the time required to develop and acquire new skills. AI is crucial in the development stages of the metaverse.

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Game Daily

AUGUST 21, 2023

Digital Development Management’s newly released report on financial activity in the video gaming sector is a mixed bag, showing a decline in mergers and acquisitions, IPOs, and investments in the second quarter of this year, but noting that the market is likely to heat up in the months ahead. Investments DDM counted $0.7

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Thetan Arena (TA) is a fascinating experiment in the burgeoning blockchain space. The Vietnamese developer WolfFun breathed new life into its top-down MOBA Heroes Strike by relaunching it with blockchain-based play-to-earn mechanics. projects in the crypto space, Thetan Arena is a fun game and a well-rounded, complete product.

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AWS Games

JUNE 13, 2023

A mage, a hacker, and a barbarian walk into a bar… What sounds like the start of a joke is the ultimate vision for cyberpunk, blockchain collectible card game “Metropolis Origins”, created by game industry veterans at QXR Studios. GameLift quickly became our server of choice and how we launched the game.

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Game Daily

APRIL 21, 2023

Shardbound is a collectible card battle tactics game that came out on Steam early access back in 2017. Originally developed and published by Spiritwalk Games, it sat quietly for the last six years, attracting a few players, but not setting the world on fire. “How do you get triple A quality games out on a startups budget?”

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 17, 2022

The current massive deceleration of the Web3 space is a good moment to re-evaluate and re-think the fundamentals of Web3 gaming. The goal for all parties involved was still to achieve a massive return on investment, often relegating the delivery of the actual game that served players to a secondary objective.

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Moonmana

JULY 25, 2022

Video games industry is going big and bigger. How do we see it in 2022 and what’s at play for developers? What are the fresh trends in the gaming industry? The last few years have been motivating the game development field quite actively. Video games development incorporates PC games and consoles.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Written by Ethan Levy , Executive producer at N3TWORK, who is building his first blockchain game. Ethan is always looking for worthy, free-to-play mobile games for the N3TWORK Platform. Ask him about a free, $10,000 UA test for your game. Thoughts and opinions are his own and do not express those of his employer.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

This article originally appeared on his Substack Game Stuff. Specialist VC firms that fund game development are a relatively new phenomenon. Given these incredible tailwinds, it’s not surprising that mobile game companies have delivered the vast majority of gaming venture returns in recent years.

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Game Daily

MARCH 23, 2023

Tim Sweeney’s stage presence isn’t likely to attract the attention of the Oscars or Grammys live show organizers, but in yesterday’s State of Unreal presentation at Game Developer Conference, he fairly electrified his audience. The Epic Games boss lacks the flash and manufactured charisma of many tech execs.

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iXie gaming

APRIL 3, 2023

Many individuals believe that the Metaverse will be the next big thing in game development. Nearly all of the world’s major game publishers have grown primarily obsessed with an esoteric concept called the Metaverse. Some, on the other hand, don’t appear to understand its significance. So, let’s dive in!

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Moonmana

JULY 4, 2022

So what are the top game development trends in the current year? What to Expect in Game Development? To estimate the industry and the whole game development future is not an easy task, as life is truly unpredictable. As a result, game development saw their sales increase. Source Statista 2022.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Written by Ethan Levy , who is always looking for worthy, free-to-play mobile games for the N3TWORK Platform. Ask him about a free, $10,000 UA test for your game. Early this year, when it was first suggested to me that I investigate blockchain gaming, I immediately rejected the idea. In my heart, I am a game designer.

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Gamesbrief

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

I am continuing my quest to understand this third major transition in the technology / games markets in my career (first: the Internet; second: free-to-play; now: the blockchain). Spending time at the Develop conference helped me a lot. I feel smarter after Develop. I feared that I didn’t or couldn’t understand.

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iXie gaming

APRIL 24, 2023

Are you curious about game development in the metaverse and the potential it holds for game developers? Developing games for the metaverse can be both exciting and challenging, but with the right skills and knowledge in game development, developers can unlock the full potential of this dynamic digital realm.

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Game Daily

APRIL 14, 2023

Knights of Cathena is a turn-based free-to-play strategy mobile game with Web3 capabilities. Players earn cryptocurrency by playing and winning PvP games, but there is no initial buy-in. According to publisher fivefingergames’ CEO Lukas Anetsberger: “The game is a seamless blend between Web2 and Web3.

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