Viving All Day
HTC Vive unveils VR metaverse – including Web3 and NFT content – plus online safety program at MWC
Viverse and Guardian launched for virtual reality in Barcelona this week
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
Prime Eternals
Jam City to launch Champions: Ascension NFTs on February 24
Private sale to be followed by public sale 24 hours later
Presale Plans
Netmarble to sell Golden Bros NFT presale at 33% discount
Early access period coming in March
Pushed Back
CGC X postponed to March 3 and 4 due to unexpectedly high attendance
Extra time needed to address bandwidth issue
Pocket Metaverse
Chillchat raises $1.85 million for create-to-earn "pocket metaverse"
Led by blockchain platform Solana's VC arm, Solana Ventures
Revving Up
Animoca Brands acquires Torque Burnout dev Grease Monkey Games
Indie dev will align focus with P2E, NFT, and blockchain operations
Building Blockchain
Animoca Brands opens new subsidiary in Tokyo, Japan
Expanding business
Innovation
PG Connects London: The new frontier of entertainment
Terra Virtua chariman Gary Bracey discusses what NFTs and the metaverse means for the mobile games industry
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
Integrating Ecosystems
Pixelynx and Hiber partner to integrate HiberWorld with Pixelynx ecosystem
NFT cross-utility anticipated
Equity Investments
Krafton invests $6.6 million to create and sell NFT avatars
Partnering with South Korea auction platform Seoul Auction Blue
Grand Launch
Horizon Blockchain Games launches NFT trading card game Skyweaver
Available on iOS, Android and PC
Appointment At Axie
Sky Mavis appoints former Pokémon Go product manager as Axie Infinity game product lead
Phillip La brings over 10 years of product management experience
Most Read
Hot Five: Team17’s U-turn on NFT MetaWorms, Netmarble plans NFT projects, and Hiro Metaverse Acquisitions to float on London Stock Exchange
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Mobile-centric
Sensor Tower: Mobile games account for almost 20% of all Metaverse-related apps
Early metaverse projects are centred around crypotcurrencies and NFTs
Metaworms
Update: Team17 U-turns on NFT MetaWorms collections
Follows backlash from fans and partnered development studios
Milk And Honey
Newzoo: NFT companies will transform into luxury and lifestyle brands
Fashion brands will be "early winners" in the metaverse
Marbleverse
Netmarble unveils upcoming Metaverse and NFT projects
70% of upcoming games with utilise blockchain tech
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Hot Five: Netflix surpasses 8 million game downloads, Social First secures $2.5 million pre-seed investment, and Riot Games accuses Imba of copyright infringement
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Building Blockchain
Together Labs launches blockchain subsidiary MetaJuice
Starting out in the IMVU metaverse
Esports Expectations
Newzoo: Mobile esports will continue to grow in 2022
Top publishers are battling out for the top position in the mobile esports sector
Mobile Metaverse
Now.gg launches Now.gg Fungible Games to create a mobile games metaverse
Allows different people to own different parts of games
Racing Rivalry
Supremacy Games to bring real car NFTs to upcoming P2E mobile racing game
Number of car NFTs will equal real world production figure
Selfie Services
Pixelynx and Ready Player Me to bring selfie-generated 3D avatars to music metaverse
Will feature in upcoming music metaverse AR mobile game
Look To The Future
Newzoo: Blockchain resistance, play-to-earn, and transmedia in the State of Gaming briefing
Blockchain applications in gaming "not yet realised"
On The Bandwagon
Gismart launches NFT collection BillionPeeps
Currently developing an upcoming blockchain project
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Hot Five: Microsoft acquiring Activision Blizzard for $70 million, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang NFTs, and former Supercell and King artist joins Bandai Namco Mobile
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Predictions
Mobile Mavens: expert predictions for the future of the mobile games industry
Web3, more acquisitions, and new working models
Growing Guilds
Infinity Force raises $5.5 million to grow blockchain and P2E games
Backed by key metaverse investor Animoca Brands
Aspiring Aspirants
Moonton launches Mobile Legends: Bang Bang NFTs on Binance
Featuring popular MLBB characters Layla and Fanny
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Hot Five: Take-Two’s $12.7 billion Zynga acquisition, NFTs in Habbo, and three new casual games in the Netflix lineup
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Crypto Jam
Homa Games brings Sorare’s NFT Legend Cards to mobile gaming in new jam edition
Homa Games is building on Sorare's blockchain infrastructure to give life to legends like Cruyff and Platini in mobile games. Registration is now open.
Now With Nfts
Sulake enables use of NFT avatars in Habbo
Distributing in-game perks through Immutable X
Mega City Metaverse
The Sandbox partners with Hong Kong companies to create Mega City metaverse
Including Adrian Cheng, PwC Hong Kong, and Times Capital
2021 In Review
Henry Wang on the excitement around NFTs and Moloco’s adaptations to algorithm changes
Moloco’s director of product marketing on 2021’s challengers and opportunity
Gaze Into The Crystal Ball
PocketGamer.biz’s predictions for 2022 mobile gaming
NFTs, the metaverse, and hybrid monetisation
The Next Step
Jam City jumps into blockchain and NFTs
Will launch first blockchain game Champions: Ascension
2021 In Review
Mattel163's Amy Huang on Phase 10, the technology revolution, and return to live events in 2022
Mattel163's CEO on 2021's challengers and opportunity
Blockchainville
Zynga partners with Forte to develop blockchain games
Will leverage existing Zynga IP
Crypto Learning
Learn all about NFTs and Blockchain at PG Connects London 2022
Get ready to be in the know about NFTs and Blockchain with leadig experts at our upcoming conference, February 14-15
2021 In Review
Elena Grigoryan on IDFA deprecation, NFTs, and MY.GAMES' most successful mobile launch
MY.GAMES' CMO on 2021's challenges and opportunities
C2x Commences
Com2uS Holdings launches portal for C2X blockchain platform
Titles available will increase "exponentially" in coming months
Deadmau5 Metaver5e
Globant partners with Pixelynx to create music metaverse mobile game
Striving to create leading ecosystem for music, fashion, and entertainment
Cyball Scores
Cyball raises $1.8 million for football-themed P2E NFT mobile game
Focused on reaching new audiences for blockchain gaming
Double Bogey
Neowiz to bring Golf Impact and Brave Nine to the blockchain
Golf Impact set to receive a big makeover
Gaze Into The Crystal Ball
Four trends to watch in 2022
Gamification and branding, the metaverse, and blockchain among others
Blockchain Bridge
Affyn raises $7 million for F2P P2E AR metaverse mobile game
All in-game characters will be represented as NFTs
Sio2
Ubisoft launches Quartz NFT platform
Available from 9 December strictly for Ghost Recon Breakpoint on PC