Blockchain Game Alliance: NFT games generated $2.32B in Q3
Nonfungible token (NFT) games generated $2.32 billion in revenue in the third quarter, according to data compiled in the annual report by the Blockchain...
Solana Ventures, Forte, and Griffin Gaming will invest $150M in blockchain games
Solana Ventures, Forte, and Griffin Gaming Partners announced they will invest $150 million in blockchain games. The aim is to invest in Web 3...
Overcoming the resistance to blockchain games
Valve stirred the hornet’s nest around blockchain games when it announced a ban on games with nonfungible tokens (NFTs). We discussed the controversy around...
Faraway raises $21M to make social games with player-driven economies
Faraway has raised $21 million to enable blockchain games with player-driven economies. Not bad for a company that started in June. Miami-based Faraway is...
29 blockchain game studios and groups blast Valve for NFT games ban
A coalition of blockchain groups and game companies blasted Valve today for its ban on games with nonfungible tokens (NFTs). Last Friday, Valve’s Steam...
The DeanBeat: Among the believers of the NFT gaming revolution
I made it out to a party for the first time in a while in San Francisco. Friends of Gabby Dizon, founder of Yield...
Animoca Brands raises $65M at $2.2B valuation from Ubisoft and others
Animoca Brands has raised a new round of funding — the third time since May — and this time the company has scooped up...
Steam reportedly blocks cryptocurrency and NFT games
Valve is reportedly blocking cryptocurrency and NFT games on its Steam digital distribution network, according to Age of Rust developer SpacePirate Games. The studio said...
Rethinking the ban on selling in-game assets
Should buying in-game assets from another player be banned as cheating? The answer depends on who you ask. Game publishers would probably argue that...
The DeanBeat: Blockchain gaming companies raised $476M in the first half of 2021
We knew that gaming grew during the pandemic, and game investments and acquisitions have seen a boom as well. If you combine games with...