NFT Revolution

Jun 2

'Overwatch' From Overhead: 'Machines Arena' Is a Shooter That Doesn't Miss

Hero shooters like Overwatch, Valorant, and Apex Legends have dominated the broader shooter genre for years. The format—with an array of distinctive, differently-abled characters to choose from and specialize in—is so tried and tested that any game entering the sub-genre risks being labeled as a copycat… or worse, stale. But The Machines Arena, currently running in a closed beta period, puts a fresh twist on the hero shooter formula. It takes a top-down perspective while keeping features that av

Jun 1

A screenshot from EA Sports' Madden NFL 23. Image: EA Sports

FIFA, Madden Maker EA Sports to Add Nike NFTs to Games

Sportswear giant and Web3 powerhouse Nike announced a collaboration with video game maker EA Sports on Thursday, with what appear to be planned digital collectibles of Nike-branded gear via the .Swoosh platform that will be integrated into future EA games. While there’s been no mention of the word “NFTs” thus far, .Swoosh is Nike’s Web3 platform that was announced last year and is currently in closed beta. It’s built on Polygon, an Ethereum scaling network, and currently only offers up NFT colle

Solana Shooter Ev.io Is Giving Out Billions of BONK Tokens In-Game

If you’re playing the first-person shooter game Ev.io, then you might notice something new among the enemy-packed corridors: collectibles featuring the logo of Solana’s BONK meme token. And it’s not just decor: Picking it up will earn you millions of BONK tokens—but only if you have a certain NFT-based player skin equipped. Ev.io, a competitive web-based shooter that recalls past hits like Halo and Quake, launched the in-game BONK event late Wednesday. As a teaser video shows, a player spots the

May 31

Reddit Co-Founder Still Believes Play-to-Earn Will Be the Standard for Gaming

After the decline of play-to-earn smash Axie Infinity, many crypto game industry executives and developers have espoused a fun-first, gameplay-focused approach over pushing token rewards. However, longtime NFT game backer and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian remains convinced that “play-to-earn” gaming is still the future. “Within the next five years, the majority of gamers won't play games unless they are being properly valued for that time,” claimed Ohanian, who is founder and current General

'Another World' Will Let You Bring Your NFT Avatars Into a 3D Metaverse

Ever wanted to meet your NFT "frens" in a Bored Ape Yacht Club-inspired swamp? Another World is a metaverse game in which players can flex their Bored Apes (BAYC), Clone X, OnChainMonkey, and Azuki NFTs in a 3D environment that pays homage to both the Apes’ swampy homelands and Azuki’s red arches and Japanese anime-inspired aesthetic. The game is not officially tied to any of those projects, however. “People are always imagining what it would be like to live inside those Web3 worlds,” Another Wo

Original H.R. Giger 'Alien' Statue to Be Sold as NFTs

Particle, a digital art platform that offers fractionalized ownership of culturally significant artworks via the blockchain, will soon give collectors the opportunity to own a piece of an iconic sculpture by H.R. Giger—the Academy Award-winning artist who designed the titular creature featured in the 1979 sci-fi horror classic Alien. The sculpture, “Necronom/Alien III, 2005,” depicts the famous xenomorph from the film franchise. The piece is edition #1 of a collection of six statutes, Particle

May 30

Bitcoin Ordinals Has a New Leader—And He's Ready to Be Its Creator's 'Shield'

The buzzy Bitcoin protocol Ordinals achieved a sizable new milestone on Monday, just days after its creator signaled that he would take a step back. But Casey Rodarmor will not disappear entirely, the project’s new caretaker told Decrypt. Launched by Rodarmor in January, Ordinals allows for the creation of NFT-like assets on Bitcoin called inscriptions, where unique bits of data can be assigned to satoshis—the smallest unit of currency that Bitcoin can be divided into. Less than 660,000 inscript

Ethereum NFTs Can Be Migrated to Bitcoin, But There's a Catch

While Ethereum remains the dominant NFT platform in terms of trading volume and overall value, Bitcoin has undoubtedly swallowed up much of the buzz in the NFT space via the recent rise of the Ordinals protocol. And for Ethereum NFT holders who’d rather be on Bitcoin, there’s now a migration solution—but it’s a one-way trip. Bitcoin Miladys, an NFT project that offers derivatives of the Ethereum-based Milady Maker profile picture (PFP) project, launched a bridge in partnership with marketplace O

KilroyPunk by Eric Elms. Image: Eric Elms

KilroyPunk NFT Drop Mashes Up Iconic Meme With a CryptoPunk

Multichain NFT protocol Holograph dropped its latest collaboration on Tuesday, combining a recognizable, “blue chip” NFT with one of history’s most iconic memes. Titled “KilroyPunk,” the collectible is a riff on CryptoPunk #8527, owned by pseudonymous Delegate Cash creator and Crypto Twitter personality foobar, who has long used the NFT as his profile picture. It combines foobar’s famed NFT with the work of Eric Elms, showcasing the California-based artist’s take on Kilroy. The collaboration co

May 29

From Square Enix to Ubisoft: The Biggest Publishers Building NFT Games

Many traditional or “Web2” video game studios around the world are developing new games that leverage blockchain networks, cryptocurrency, and NFTs. Some of the game industry’s largest studios globally are exploring Web3, with appetites spanning across genres and platforms—from PC shooters to mobile games and multiplayer metaverse worlds. And a majority of the game publishers on this list are headquartered in Asia, with just one based in the United States and one in Europe—a dominance that echoe

May 25

Ubisoft's Rabbids Invade Reddit as Free NFTs

Ready your plungers—the Rabbids are now on Reddit. Ubisoft’s Rabbids are quirky white alien rabbit creatures that have spawned numerous games since the mid-2000s and even a couple Mario crossover games with Nintendo. Now, Redditors can claim free Rabbids-themed NFT avatars for their profiles on the social forum site. Each Polygon NFT or “digital collectible” features a Rabbid in various outfits and poses, from a grumpy knight with a plunger to a smiling unicorn rabbit with a golden plunger (the

Mojo Melee Puts a Casual Spin on Teamfight Tactics-Style Auto Battlers

The “auto battler” genre—a mash-up of chess and turn-based strategy games—saw a boom in 2019 with the release of the Dota Auto Chess mod, Valve's official Dota Underlords game, and Riot Games’ Teamfight Tactics. Since then, however, the genre hasn't seen many major releases that challenge the heavyweights. While Teamfight Tactics dominates the genre, Mojo Melee has stepped forward as a new competitor. The new auto-battler has entered an open beta phase utilizing NFTs that act as skins, in-game c

Passing Fad? Bitcoin Ordinals Inscriptions Just Hit a New Milestone

Bitcoin-based NFTs and meme tokens aren’t losing steam. Far from it—Ordinals inscriptions topped 9 million on Thursday, tripling the total of digital artifacts on the blockchain since May 1, when the number was just over 3 million, per public blockchain data curated by Dune. Ordinals is a protocol for “inscribing” things like artwork, profile pictures, and even applications and playable games on the Bitcoin blockchain. It launched in January and quickly became a phenomenon as users etched media

Reddit the Only Big Tech Firm That 'Cracked the NFT Code': Polygon Co-founder

Polygon’s co-founder said the social media giant “cracked the code” for NFT adoption, during a recent AMA session on Reddit. Besides sharing pro-crypto and Polygon views like how Web3 will complement Web2 in areas like finance, gaming, and social media, the founder also explained how Reddit managed to win over its community with the launch of its digital collectibles. The social media platform introduced NFTs as “Collectible Avatars” on Polygon in July 2022 via free airdrops and early sales of d

Decentraland Metaverse Pride Event Aims to Spur 'Real Change, One Avatar at a Time'

Decentraland is bringing Pride back to the metaverse, today unveiling plans for its 2023 event and parade that are designed to be even bigger than before. Created alongside community studios Polygonal Mind and Vegas City, Decentraland’s Metaverse Pride 2023 will run from June 27 to June 29. The three-day event is designed to “celebrate the diversity of the global LGBTQIA+ community, engender inclusivity, and add to the storied history of Pride month,” per an official description. Building on the

Magic Eden Will Pay You to Buy and Sell Solana NFTs

Multi-chain NFT marketplace Magic Eden is putting more focus on its original home on Solana, and today the firm announced a “Chapter II” initiative that will see Magic Eden further open its platform in various ways—and even give traders free SOL for buying and selling NFTs. Magic Eden has started aggregating listings from competing marketplaces, giving traders a single destination to manage listings across platforms and see prices and listings across the entire Solana NFT market. The startup—whi

May 24

Illuvium Overworld Blends Open World Adventure With Pokémon-Style Battling—And It's Beautiful

Illuvium is an upcoming sci-fi fantasy video game franchise that will span multiple game experiences, and the developers recently released a second private beta for the Illuvium Overworld open-world adventure mode. Illuvium Overworld combines elements of third-person 3D world exploration and card-based “auto battler” arena gameplay within a single-player, role-playing approach, as you navigate through the vibrant, colorful world with a robot drone called M0z4rt that can extract materials. Your

Shaq Hit With Lawsuits Over Solana NFT Project, FTX During NBA Game

Basketball icon Shaquille O’Neal was delivered legal papers for two separate lawsuits in the broader crypto and NFT realm on Tuesday—and was served while broadcasting an NBA game at what once was Miami’s FTX Arena. One of the lawsuits centers on celebrities that promoted the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, including other high-profile defendants like former NFL quarterback Tom Brady and “Curb Your Enthusiasm” TV star Larry David. Yet, the other complaint focuses specifically on O’Neal an

Streetwear Brand The Hundreds Opens Metaverse Shop With Exclusive Drops

As it marks two decades of existence, popular streetwear brand The Hundreds has unveiled its next flagship store—and it’s in the metaverse. Today, The Hundreds announced the opening of an immersive 3D store within some.place, a metaverse platform that has pivoted to embrace ecommerce and provide experiential ways to take part in product drops. As the some.place private beta test comes online this week, The Hundreds will be the first showcase for how the platform handles brands and communities. B

May 23

'Mini Royale: Nations' Is a Fun First-Person Shooter—That Sometimes Misses the Mark

Looking for a browser-based shooter to play on your lunch break at work or while at school? Mini Royale: Nations might be the game for you. The free-to-play first-person shooter, built by Web3 game studio Faraway, adopts a Fortnite-esque cartoonish art style with fast-paced, run-and-gun, Call of Duty-like gameplay. And on top of that, the game lets users connect their Solana or Ethereum wallet to buy and use NFTs of weapon and character skins. It’s a simplistic shooter, as the web-based approac

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