Project Genesis is the first blockchain game from 8 Circuit.
Project Genesis is the first blockchain game from 8 Circuit.
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8 Circuit Studios unveils blockchain-enabled deep space survival game Project Genesis

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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8 Circuit Studios has unveiled its first game, Project Genesis, a deep space survival game that is powered by the Ethereum blockchain.

8 Circuit Studios is an ambitious company that hopes to use blockchain, cryptocurrency, and other collaboration tools to build the Metaverse, the digital universe envisioned in novels by William Gibson and Neal Stephenson and featured in movies Ready Player One, TRON, and The Matrix.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.