MagicBlock raises $7.5M for real-time, app-specific extensions for Solana blockchain
MagicBlock, a real-time engine for decentralized games and applications on Solana, has raised a $7.5 million seed round. Lightspeed Faction led the round, with...
APhone app uses Web3 to create an affordable virtual smartphone
APhone is a new app that uses Web3 to create an affordable virtual smartphone. It’s all in the game of democratizing Web3 applications. Singapore-based...
Solana Labs launches GameShift beta to simplify blockchain game development
Solana Labs has launched a beta for GameShift, a platform that makes it easier for game developers to create blockchain games. The platform makes...
Solana will tout games at PlayGG Comic-Con event in July
The Solana Foundation announced it will launch a free Solana games exhibition dubbed PlayGG at an event ahead of San Diego Comic-Con International in...
Magic Eden introduces semi-fungible tokens (SFTs) marketplace with Genopets
Magic Eden has introduced its “semi-fungible token” (SFT) marketplace with the blockchain game Genopets. I’ll explain the SFT in a second, but you can...
Fractal makes it easy to integrate crypto wallet with Web3 games
Twitch cofounder Justin Kan is announcing today that his new blockchain games marketplace Fractal has made it easy for Web3 gamers to sign into...
Irreverent Labs confirms $40M round funded by Andreessen Horowitz and others
Irreverent Labs confirmed it has raised $40 million to further boost its efforts to create MechaFightClub, a robot cockfighting game that uses non-fungible tokens...
Blockchain game advocates aim for the mainstream
Blockchain games are on the defensive lately, and resistance from hardcore gamers and game developers could reverse the progress that nonfungible tokens (NFTs) made...
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...
Solana, Lightspeed, and FTX announce web3 gaming investment initiative
Solana Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and FTX have announced a $100 million investment initiative centered around Web 3 gaming. The investments in the initiative...