Boosting Blockchain
Animoca Brands raises a further $65 million at +$2 billion valuation
Investors include Com2uS and Ubisoft
Big Backing
Bitkraft Ventures launches $75 million fund for blockchain gaming
Will invest in cryptocurrency, NFTs and blockchain equity
Ballistic For Blockchain
OP Games raises $8.6 million to combine blockchain, NFTs and DAOs
Plans to support 500 games by end of 2022
Boom Times
Axie Infinity developer Sky Mavis raises $152 million on a $3 billion valuation
Andreessen Horowitz leads the round
Go With The Flow
Game blockchain outfit Dapper Labs raises $250 million on a $7.6 billion valuation
Over 600 projects building on Flow blockchain
Sorare Support Soars
Sorare raises $680 million for NFT fantasy soccer game
Largest funding round in French tech history
Scaling Now
Blockchain gaming platform Immutable raises $60 million
Building out its Immutable X L2 technology
A New Way
Why mobile strategy card game Incarnate is integrating play-to-earn and NFTs
The advantages of the new technology
Ramping Up
Adam Mottram joins Reality Gaming as head of studio
One of four new hires for blockchain game dev
The Horror, The Joy
Why The Walking Dead is launching its first NFTs in The Sandbox
Dan Murray and Sebastian Borget explain their partnership
Firing Up
Play-to-earn gaming community Yield Guild raises $4.6 million
A16z and former MZ CEO Gabe Leydon invest
Rocket Ship
Axie Infinity breaks one million DAUs and approaches $1 billion lifetime trading volume
Blockchain game expanding fast
Animoca Acquires Aussies
Animoca Brands acquires Australian indie developer Blowfish Studios
The companies plan to "change the perception of blockchain gaming"
Sign Up
Applications now open for NFT game accelerator Launchpad Luna
Animoca Brands and Brinc combine to speed innovation
Pgc Digital #7
PGC Digital: 'Play-to-earn gaming will replace free-to-play,' says Yield Guild's Gabby Dizon
The rise of a new way to play
They're Coming
The Walking Dead marches on blockchain UGC platform The Sandbox
Skybound Entertainment will also operate its own game in the metaverse
Apex Axie
Axie Infinity hits 350,000 DAUs and over $170 million monthly trading volume
Mobile-first blockchain game is tearing it up
Extended Play
Animoca Brands raises $50 million from investors such as Scopely and Samsung
Blockchain game funding is booming
Accelerating
Gameloft launching first NFTs within Asphalt 9
Partnered with Epik Prime
Pgc Profile
EverdreamSoft CEO Shaban Shaame on the value of NFTs in games
The blockchain pioneer talks about the tribalism of technologies and his presentation on NFTs at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #7
Slam Dunk
AdVenture Capitalist co-creator Tristan Rattink joins blockchain outfit Dapper Labs
Becomes GM of NBA Top Shot
Gearing Up
Yield Guild raises $4 million to expand its mobile-focused blockchain gaming model
Bitkraft led the Series A
Sweet Numbers
Animoca Brands raises $88,888,888 to fuel blockchain game growth
Values the company at $1 billion
Future Now
Bitkraft partners with Delphi Digital to invest in blockchain games
Strategic deal now in place
Harder Gold
Nexon buys $100 million Bitcoin
Spent 2% of its cash reserves
New Gold
Hasbro sees NFTs as a ‘substantial opportunity’
Brian Goldner is bullish
The Start
Sega will launch its first NFTs in summer 2021
Partners with Double Jump.Tokyo
Hotting Up
Play Ventures to launch a blockchain games investment fund
Taking a stake in LuneX Ventures
Coin Up
Gamevil gets into blockchain with $28 million Coinone investment
South Korea publisher exploring new opportunities
Pgc Digital #6
PGC Digital: 'There will be a million-dollar game NFT sold in 2021'
Panel hosted on the future of NFTs
Super Flow
NBA Top Shot company Dapper Labs secures $305 million in funding
Backed by NBA stars
Own Your Own
Leaf Mobile to experiment with NFTs for player rewards
Giveaway in games like Trailer Park Boys
Regeneration
Doctor Who: Worlds Apart launches its first digital item sale
Reality Gaming's blockchain project materialises
Collecting Hoops
Dapper Labs’ collectible app NBA Top Shot enters open beta
First to launch on new Flow blockchain
Block Builders
Sumo Leamington working on mobile blockchain projects with Dapper Labs
All using the new Flow blockchain
New Plays
LaLiga Top Cards 2020 to use blockchain to support new in-game assets
Developer The Breach partners with Freeverse.io
Regenerated
Blockchain-powered trading card game Doctor Who: Worlds Apart coming to mobile in 2021
Reality Gaming Group becomes the first developer to ever use a BBC IP on the blockchain
Bring Back The Classics
Animoca Brands extends its partnership with Atari
It will create Blockchain versions of a further 15 classic games
Pgbiz Roundtable
Join us on June 30th for a blockchain-focused PocketGamer.biz RoundTable session
An introduction to blockchain, hosted by our very own Jon Jordan
Event
Discover the Top 50 Blockchain Games Companies at Blockchain Gamer LIVE! on Tuesday 21 January
The blockchain businesses making waves in the last 12 months
Block Booking
Caty Tedman from Dapper Labs on kitties, the NBA and the future of blockchain gaming
"I'm learning more about the challenges to the industry and how blockchain can help solve those"
Event
Animoca Brands, Pixowl, Blockchain Cuties and Reality Clash speaking at first Blockchain Gamer LIVE! gaming conference in January
Explore the blockchain games industry at Pocket Gamer Connects London partner event
Cash Up
Blockchain mobile outfit Reality Gaming Group looking to raise £1.5 million
Hopes to make more games
Pgc Helsinki
Learn about the impact blockchain has on the industry at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki
Blockchain Gaming is one of 16 tracks at the event
Blockchain
nWay launches new blockchain application allowing devs to implement monetisation solutions
“We believe this will allow games developed on nWayPlay platform to run game economies in a far more flexible way”
Blockchain Gaming
PGC Hong Kong: 8Hours Foundation Shane Zhu on what’s next for blockchain gaming
Pocket Gamer Connects Hong Kong 2019 will take place on July 17th to 18th
Event
OpenSea, Blockade Games and Diginex join the next wave of speakers for the first Blockchain Gamer Connects Hong Kong
Two-day B2B games industry conference looks poised to make an impressive debut next month
Acquisition
Gumi Cryptos acquires $1.67 million worth of shares in Double Jump.Tokyo
As part of this acquisition deal Gumi Cryptos received 891 non-voting shares
Roundup
Games industry roundup: The big trends at E3 2019, Dr Disrespect banned from Twitch, and blockchain's increased E3 presence
15 articles from PCGamesInsider.biz, InfluencerUpdate.biz and BlockhainGamer.biz
Delf 2019
Hong Kong’s three-day Digital Entertainment Leadership Forum delves into esports, blockchain and mobile gaming
DELF Main Forum and Blockchain and Pocket Gamer Connects take place between July 16th and 18th