Three Ways the NBA Top Shot Economy Could Collapse by Ethan Levy on 04/12/21 02:45:00 pm The following blog post, unless otherwise noted, was written by a member of Gamasutras community. The thoughts and opinions expressed are those of the writer and not Gamasutra or its parent company.
While scouting the market for new games for the N3TWORK Scale Platform, we re always tracking the latest developments and innovations in the games space. And like just about everyone at the moment, we are captivated by the rise of NFTs and their potential to take mobile, free-to-play games to the next level. It s not just Beeple s record breaking auction at Christies or the multi-billion market capitalization of The Sandbox Game s $SAND token. The incredible, mainstream success of Dapper Lab s NBA Top Shot is, perhaps, the best proof of the powers of NFTs to drive a digital economy.
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Game publisher VRKiwi announced that the upcoming VR game Crystal Raiders will go into open beta from Friday 23th of April to Sunday 2nd of May (Pacific Time). Crystal Raiders is a co-op action-adventure game by Nieko developers, where the players explore an ancient castle, filled with crystal guardians, traps and puzzles, to find the mystery of the forgotten Wizard Lord. To join the free open beta, go to Crystal Raiders official Discord community and check the #beta-submission channel for detailed information. All open beta participants will be rewarded with the Oni mask, a legendary player headgear.
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Hi-Rez Studios announced an industry-leading remote work policy today, allowing creative game industry professionals to work wherever they feel most productive.
The new
Creativity Unchained program allows and encourages over 80 percent of Hi-Rez Studios employees to work remotely in a collaborative, creative environment. Employees can work from most locations in the USA or UK, with work being done to expand the program across Europe.
The Creativity Unchained program formalizes proprietary work processes developed at Hi-Rez Studios during the pandemic, which led to a surge in both employee satisfaction and company revenues.
Analysis: Apple vs. Epic - the key monopoly takeaways by Simon Carless on 04/12/21 03:00:00 pm The following blog post, unless otherwise noted, was written by a member of Gamasutras community. The thoughts and opinions expressed are those of the writer and not Gamasutra or its parent company.
[The GameDiscoverCo game discovery newsletter is written by ‘how people find your game’ expert & GameDiscoverCo founder Simon Carless, and is a regular look at how people discover and buy video games in the 2020s.]
Good morning/afternoon, fellow campers, and welcome to another fine week in ‘transmitting bytes across the Internet for video game leisure fun times’. And this entire newsletter is devoted to a lawsuit smackdown that we just can’t turn our heads away from, hurrah.