Block Tackle's first blockchain game is SkateX.
Block Tackle's first blockchain game is SkateX.
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Block Tackle raises $5M and launches skateboard NFTs

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Block Tackle, a new game studio making the SkateX blockchain game, is starting the sale of its collection of animated skateboard nonfungible tokens (NFTs).

San Francisco-based Block Tackle recently raised $5 million in funding and it is using that to build SkateX, an extreme sports game where players will own their skateboards in the form of NFTs, which use the blockchain to authenticate unique digital items.

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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.