Edging Out Blockchain?
Is there more to decentralised computing than blockchain?
NumberEight's Emma Raz and Matthew Paletta compare the sustainability of edge computing, cloud computing, and blockchain
Mga 2022 Best Innovation
This Earth Day, take a fabulous hot air balloon ride around the GamesForest.Club
Georg Broxtermann and Maria Wagner, co-founders of GamesForest.Club, discuss representing the positive change from the mobile games industry, and their optimism around blockchain gaming
Casual Crypto
Yomi Games raises $2 million to become the "Zynga of Crypto"
Will develop play-to-earn casual social games to be more accessible for those entering crypto gaming
Play To Win
Monster League Studios raises $2 million for blockchain-based esports platform
Will feature a series of sports-based games, starting with soccer and later tennis, hockey, basketball, and more
Hot Five
Hot Five: Zynga, Rovio, ustwo games, Bluestacks interviews, and how to avoid UX/UI dark patterns
The hottest interviews and features on PG.biz
Mga 2022 Mobile Legend
ustwo’s Danny Gray: “When we’re all dead and gone, what do you want your impact on the world to be: your $4 million exit or all the lives you’ve changed?”
Part two of our interview with ustwo games chief creative officer and MGA 2022 Mobile Legend Danny Gray delves deep into his model for building games at scale and the value of blockchain in gaming
Web-based To Web3
Kongregate unveils upcoming blockchain game Blood Vessels
Will feature playable vampire NFTs
Expanding Overseas
WonderPlanet opening Singapore subsidiary to explore blockchain
Following discussions on NFTs and the metaverse
Platform Play
Wemade brings Valofe’s Bless Unleashed to Wemix blockchain platform
Will feature play and earn elements
The Wheels Of Eden
Animoca Brands acquires Eden Games to bring blockchain to racing games
Will bring additional utility to Animoca's NFT Race Passes
Seeing Red
Rovio CEO talks ATT, protecting Angry Birds, and blockchain exploration
A whirlwind chat with Rovio CEO Alex Pelletier-Normand traverses the company’s brand strategy for Angry Birds, privacy changes, and Rovio’s blockchain development
I Want It Now
Mobile and blockchain gaming’s future belongs on the cloud, argues BlueStacks
Bluestack’s Rosen Sharma on now.gg’s commitment to browser-based gaming, and doubts on Apple and Google accepting blockchain gaming
Reaching For The Sky
Sky Mavis raises $150 million, gears up for launch of Axie Infinity: Origin
Funds will be used to reimburse users that suffered from recent Ronin network hack
Brands And Blockchain
Reality Gaming Group and Mana Partners to bring blockchain to APAC brands
Following the demand increase for Web3 in the region
Gamification
Socios.com and Wave partner to bring mobile games to blockchain rewards platform
13 "bite-sized' sports games will come to the service in mid-April
Based In Bavaria
fivefingergames announces turn-based blockchain game Knights of Cathena
Support coming from ComboStrike
Expanding Execs
Kongregate appoints three executive team members to support blockchain operations
Max Murphy, Michelle Shaw, and Patrick Moran step into CTO, CBOO, and CPO respectively
Sky High
Jenova Chen on Sky’s arduous seven-year development and monetising his way
Journey and Sky: Children of the Light creator opens up about being outpaced by the mobile playerbase, altruistic IAPs, and belief in the metaverse
Defi Payments
DeFi Kingdoms and Ramp partner to bring easier cryptocurrency payment options
Offering a "fast and secure" in-game crypto payments
Axie Attacked
Axie Infinity dev Sky Mavis has $625 million cryptocurrency stolen from Ronin network
Working with law enforcement to recover the funds
Environmental Expectations
Netmarble unveils ESG report with sustainable management goals
Three key initiatives outlined
Most Read
Hot Five: Krafton and Solana partner for NFT games, Roblox hosts 24kGoldn concert, and women-first platform Dorian raises $14 million
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Gdc
GDC snapshot: Com2uS’ Kyu Lee on pivoting to blockchain and NFT gaming
Web2/3 hybrid approach represents a gradual adaption of Com2uS’ gaming franchises and dramatic shift for the company
Boost The Blockchain
Wemade and YouAppi partner to market blockchain mobile games
Will begin "aggressive" onboarding campaigns
Blending Blockchain
FTX acquires Good Luck Games to encourage blockchain integration in games
A promise of "ethical" blockchain implementation on mobile and PC
Taking The Plunge
Krafton and Solana partner to develop blockchain and NFT games
Will collaborate on Web3 investment opportunities
Building With Blockchain
Netmarble partners with Klaytn to accelerate blockchain ecosystem maturity
Using a Klaytn mainnet-based blockchain ecosystem
Web3 Fantasy
Trailblazer raises $8.2 million for Web3-native fantasy universe
Former EA, King, and Microsoft alumni at the helm, backing from Makers Fund
Future Funding
Joyride raises $14 million to launch Web3 platform for casual Unity developers
Launching Solitaire Blitz, Tennis Champs and more
Pg Connects Interviews
Video interview: Freeverse.io on living NFT assets and play-to-earn as a short-lived solution
"It's important to separate the intellectual property of the NFT and the NFT itself."
Jockeying Into Position
Former EA and Zynga veterans raise $3.5 million for blockchain mobile games
Beginning with horse-related NFT games Photo Finish Live and The Suites
Integration For Indies
Tilting Point and Stardust partner to help indies integrate NFTs
Providing access to metaverse-building tools
Buying On Binance
Axes Metaverse surpasses $4 million ahead of closed alpha version
14,000 chests sold during initial NFT sales
Going Bananas
Animoca Brands transitions Benji Bananas to play-to-earn, enters Bored Ape Yacht Club ecosystem
Begins with Benji Pass NFT collection, can be swapped for ApeCoin
Score And Earn
Update: Volt Games raises $1.5 million, led by Voodoo
Follows earlier pledge of $200 million to fund blockchain games
Crush It
Wildlife Studios is entering the blockchain, NFT, and Web3 space
Starting with flagship title Castle Crush
Cumulative Campaign
Crypto Golf Impact pre-release to reward almost $150,000 to users
Distribution to 7,000 random Neopin wallet holders ahead of March 25 launch
Bringing Blockchain Brain
Playtika hires Jacob Mendel to leverage blockchain expertise
Having led blockchain initiative at J.P Morgan and Intel
Cricket Collab
Vorto Gaming partners up to bring blockchain to Cricket Star Manager
Vorto Gaming, Gold Town Games, and CS Games collaborate
Here Digital Kitty
Tiny Rebel Games raises $7 million for mobile-based Petaverse Network
Users can bond, train, and evolve digital pet NFTs
Crypto And Nft Collab
Enthusiast Gaming signs multi-year partnership with digital asset miner Hut 8
Will collaborate towards blockchain, cryptocurrency, NFTs experiences
Platform Boost
Wemade and RedFox Games partner to bring Kingdom Hunter to WEMIX blockchain platform
Targeting the play and earn mobile community in South America
Blockchain For Everyone
Şekip Can Gökalp wants to bring blockchain gaming to the masses
"Anyone who can make great games is probably way too into making them to bother scamming you!"
Bye Bye Barriers
Coda launches Infinite Arcade to bring mass blockchain gaming to casual mobile games
Blending NFTs and cryptocurrency to turn F2P to P2E
Pushed Back
CGC X postponed to March 3 and 4 due to unexpectedly high attendance
Extra time needed to address bandwidth issue
Insight On India
The Financial Budget brings the spotlight to India’s gaming industry
Nazara Technologies’ Manish Agarwal shares his optimism for the Indian mobile games industry following the 2022 Union Budget
Building Blockchain
Animoca Brands opens new subsidiary in Tokyo, Japan
Expanding business
Marmite Movement
PG Connects London: NFTs, what are they, and why would you want one?
Freeverse.io CEO Alun Evans answers the questions on everyone's minds
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Hot Five: Philip La moves from Pokémon GO to Axie Infinity, the latest ironSource Supersonic competition, and $4.4 billion spend on money-themed games
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Meet The Experts
Speaker Spotlight: SuperScale's Ivan Trančík on successfully scaling blockchain games
Meet the blockchain experts at Pocket Gamer Connects London, February 14-15