$108,081.00
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4.17%$2.29
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0.42%$173.75
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0.81%$0.759848
0.70%$0.274622
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0.14%$24.18
2.42%$0.286772
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1.26%$425.30
2.31%$3.37
11.88%$9.04
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1.06%$2,750.79
3.84%$97.63
2.02%$0.99974
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2.00%$2,935.03
3.91%$348.50
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5.67%$1.001
0.16%$0.729448
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17.49%$271.28
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4.36%$5.50
2.13%$209.23
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0.94%$38.80
2.99%$0.947446
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0.69%$5.52
3.55%$1.00
0.00%$19.05
2.37%$1.17
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3.91%$0.02744856
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0.87%$1.053
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3.27%$1.001
0.12%$1.38
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1.81%$107,450.00
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1.48%$0.221332
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0.41%$0.597696
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0.54%$0.810898
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3.87%$0.866022
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0.38%$0.794838
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4.86%$1.002
0.21%$1.067
10.88%$225.12
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10.83%$0.02001725
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7.00%$0.813682
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0.72%$0.139056
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0.51%$0.999833
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13.55%$108,125.00
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Prominent video game hardware and peripherals company Razer is now funding Web3 gaming projects through its new zVentures Web3 Incubator (ZW3I), the company announced Tuesday.
ZW3I aims to help bring Web3-enabled games to mainstream audiences, and will select developers for its incubator program who possess “a strong track record in creating successful games,” according to a statement.
Razer’s Director of Blockchain Lawrence Lin told Decrypt via email that the incubator will focus on providing marketing support, will incubate up to 36 projects, and will not exclude mobile games despite being a PC gaming-focused company.
Razer, which makes everything from laptops to headsets and gaming mice, said that first-generation Web3 games have failed to reach mainstream audiences. The company argues that more work needs to be done to explore and better understand gamers’ motivations and behaviors in order to move forward.
Video game developer Gunzilla Games, which includes noted filmmaker Neill Blomkamp among its leadership, announced today that it will launch a dedicated Avalanche subnet called GUNZ for its upcoming game, Off the Grid (OTG). Blomkamp, the director of films "District 9," "Chappie," and "Elysium," is the studio's Chief Visionary Officer, and envisioned OTG’s world “from the ground up” according to the game’s website. "Altered Carbon" novelist and screenwriter Richard K. Morgan is also developing O...
“Presently, numerous blockchain games prioritize the use of blockchain technology over creating an engaging and entertaining gameplay experience, leading to a dearth of player attraction and retention,” Lin told Decrypt.
“We believe that the foundation of any successful game (be it Web2 or Web3) is immersive and engaging gameplay,” he added.
Such sentiments echo what many other game developers are arguing—that early crypto games put too much focus on financials and not enough on appealing graphics or rich gameplay. Some in the fledgling Web3 gaming industry have rejected terms like “play-to-earn” and “GameFi” that emphasize financial gain alongside fun.
Many builders in the space believe that the next generation of Web3 games will be better able to reach traditional gamers by emphasizing compelling gameplay and satisfying social experiences over token rewards. Razer apparently aims to help with that.
Why does Razer’s Web3 push matter? Razer has significant brand recognition among mainstream gamers, giving it potential to help shape the future of Web3 gaming by exposing titles and developers to Razer’s audience of roughly 200 million gamers.
With roughly 50 video games in its pipeline, Gala Games is all-in on Web3. Gala's President of Blockchain Jason Brink told Decrypt's Kate Irwin at GDC about the studio's ethos and weighs in on the different approaches to Web3 gaming.
“The gaming experience is the most important aspect of any successful game launch. With blockchain technologies and support from companies with strong gaming knowledge, we are certain that Web3 will revolutionize this experience for all,” Lin said in a statement.
When asked about the amount of funds set aside for ZW3I, Lin said Razer is not able to disclose any financial information due to Razer being a private company. But it’s worth noting that zVentures was a $30 million fund when it launched in 2016.
While Razer’s venture capital interests are not new, the firm is doubling down on crypto and Web3. ZVentures has already invested in Web3 gaming firm Animoca Brands—the publisher of The Sandbox and investor in hundreds of Web3 startups—along with crypto platform Finblox and the DeFi firm Coinomo, to name a few.
It's tough to keep tabs on the ever-changing crypto gaming space, thanks to the constant flow of news: everything from big game launches and fun degen experiments to token price swings and occasional project collapses. It's a lot to follow. Luckily, we're plugged in at Decrypt's GG. We cover the biggest happenings throughout the week, and then this weekly roundup provides a quick way to catch up, as well as find a bunch of other little bits of news from throughout the week. Top stories Off the G...
Avalanche shooter Off the Grid has slowly started to shift its player base onto the GUNZ mainnet, where they can trade in-game items for GUN tokens. Even with approximately 0.13% of its player base now able to trade items, the marketplace is heating up, with some items going for thousands of dollars’ worth of crypto. This all comes as the hit battle royale shooter plots its June expansion to PC platform Steam—a marketplace that banned blockchain games from the platform in 2021. That said, Off th...
After four years of watching Web3 games struggle to find their audience, Yield Guild Games decided the industry had to rethink how it matches players with the kind of games they're actually in for: lighthearted chaos, in a "casual degen" vibe. Instead of chasing broad mainstream adoption, the guild protocol launched YGG Play, a new game publishing unit dedicated to games that embrace the degen culture, with LOL Land, a web browser-based game explicitly designed for crypto-native players who live...
