Axie Infinity: Origins battle system.
Axie Infinity: Origins battle system.
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Axie Infinity: Origins will debut on the Google Play Store

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Sky Mavis announced that it has passed review and will be able to debut its Axie Infinity: Origins game on the Google Play Store.

That’s a big step for a Web3 game, as Axie Infinity: Origins is a free-to-play title that introduces players to opportunities to earn rewards and own their own stuff in the Axie play-to-earn universe. Sky Mavis said it believes it is the first Web3 game to pass muster in a major app store, though the Vietnam-based company had to make some major compromises to get permission to put the game on the store.

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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.