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GAME ON: In Skyweaver, players battle for the chance to win digital cards that can be traded on Ethereum. (Credit: Horizon Games)
Consensus Magazine
Opinion
Skyweaver Is a Great Blockchain Game, and an OK Regular Game
The recently released trading card game on Polygon may struggle to attract a broad audience.
GAME ON: In Skyweaver, players battle for the chance to win digital cards that can be traded on Ethereum. (Credit: Horizon Games)
By Matthew Alberswerth
Feb 18, 2022 at 5:09 p.m. UTC
Feb 18, 2022
OpinionOpinionGameFiGamesCollectibles
GAME ON: In Skyweaver, players battle for the chance to win digital cards that can be traded on Ethereum. (Horizon Games)
Technology
Games
NFT Trading Card Game Skyweaver Wraps Yearslong Tech Build With Public Launch
The Polygon-based Skyweaver is emerging from private beta with a strong user base.
GAME ON: In Skyweaver, players battle for the chance to win digital cards that can be traded on Ethereum. (Horizon Games)
By Andrew Thurman
Feb 8, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. UTC
Feb 8, 2022
GamesNFTs
Image pulled from Thetan Arena's website. (Thetan Arena, modified by CoinDesk)
Markets
Games
Thetan Arena Battles Axie Infinity in ‘Play-to-Earn’
The games are completely different, but Thetan Arena is joining Axie Infinity in the hunt for crypto-friendly players when there are still scant offerings in the “play-to-earn...
Image pulled from Thetan Arena's website. (Thetan Arena, modified by CoinDesk)
By Lyllah Ledesma
Dec 29, 2021 at 3:51 p.m. UTC
Dec 29, 2021
GamesGameFiMetaverseMarketsTradingInvestingNFTs
Axies from the play-to-earn game Axie Infinity.
Finance
Nfts
Axie Infinity Nears 2M Daily Active Users as Creator Raises $152M Series B
The popular play-to-earn game has generated close to $2.3 billion in total sales volume since it was launched in 2018.
Axies from the play-to-earn game Axie Infinity.
By Tracy Wang
Oct 5, 2021 at 3:37 p.m. UTC
Oct 5, 2021
NFTsFundraisingGamesFunding RoundsAndreessen Horowitz
Axie Infinity land. (Axie Infinity)
Finance
Games
Play-to-Earn Giant Axie Infinity’s Revenue Tanked 40% in September
The company’s monthly revenue was second only to Ethereum’s $830 million among blockchain-based apps, Token Terminal data show.
Axie Infinity land. (Axie Infinity)
By Omkar Godbole
Oct 1, 2021 at 8:39 a.m. UTC
Oct 1, 2021
GamesBlockchain
horse, race
Markets
Fundraising
Zed Run Developer VHS Raises $20M in Funding Round Led by TCG
The Australian company, founded in 2018, has developed a blockchain-based, virtual horse-racing game called Zed Run.
horse, race
By Sheldon Reback
Jul 21, 2021 at 12:32 p.m. UTC
Jul 21, 2021
FundraisingSeries AGamesNFTsVirtually Human Studio
Gamer.
Finance
Opinion
Blockchain Games That Gamers Want to Win
Gamers want a great game more than anything else, and crypto hasn't delivered a great game yet.
Gamer.
By Brady Dale
Jun 7, 2021 at 5:11 p.m. UTC
Jun 7, 2021
OpinionGamesAxie Infinity
Axie's upcoming land system
Finance
Ethereum
NFT Game Axie Infinity Raises $860K in Governance Token Sale
A new game mode will also be launching on the platform in early 2021, where players can own pieces of land and farm governance tokens.
Axie's upcoming land system
By Doreen Wang
Nov 19, 2020 at 3:41 p.m. UTC
Nov 19, 2020
EthereumToken SaleGamesNFTsAxieAxie Infinity
(Jeff Wilser)
Markets
Gambling
The People of Decentraland Will Greet You Now
Decentraland is a little like Second Life, but built on a blockchain. Meet the folks making a strange virtual world a reality.
(Jeff Wilser)
By Jeff Wilser
Jun 25, 2020 at 4:01 p.m. UTC
Jun 25, 2020
GamblingDecentralandGamesGamersLong Read
After signs of success on its first iteration, the team behind CryptoWars is changing things up. (Credit: Experimental)
Tech
Gaming
CryptoWars Leaves Loom Sidechain in Pivot to 'Play-to-Earn,' Aka Betting
CryptoWars founder Matias Nisenson is changing things up: "No decent game can run nowadays fully on-chain, even though that was our gaming utopia."
After signs of success on its first iteration, the team behind CryptoWars is changing things up. (Credit: Experimental)
By Brady Dale
Apr 27, 2020 at 7:25 p.m. UTC
Apr 27, 2020
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