Polygon has invested in Decentral Games.
Polygon has invested in Decentral Games.
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Polygon invests in Decentral Games to boost ‘play-to-earn’ games

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Polygon, the maker of a platform for blockchain games, has invested in Decentral Games to boost “play-to-earn” games.

Play-to-earn is a model for games where players can earn real money or other rewards by playing. Players of Axie Infinity have been earning nonfungible tokens (NFTs), or one-of-a-kind items that they can sell for real money. Folks in places like the rural Philippines are earning a living at three times the minimum wage by playing Axie Infinity.

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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.