Get identity right to get interoperability right in Web3 gaming

January 14, 2025 Coin Telegraph

Unified digital identity can enable true interoperability in Web3 gaming.

Opinion by: Yukai Tu, chief technology officer of CARV

Delivering interoperability across blockchain gaming remains a white whale. It’s great on paper but frustratingly out of reach in practice. Ironically, despite promising to break down the walls built by traditional gaming, Web3 is recreating similar silos by locking assets, achievements, and indeed identities within standalone platforms.

As we move into and through the new year — which is full of reasons to be bullish about blockchain gaming, from improving gameplay to invisible onboarding — we need to deliver on this long-promised yet unfulfilled vision. How? Through connecting identity with interoperability once and for all.

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Ethereum (ETH)-Based Gaming Blockchain Ronin (RON) Inks Partnership To Simplify NFT and Crypto Purchases

January 9, 2025 The Daily Hodl

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A gaming blockchain built over Ethereum (ETH) is joining forces with a crypto conversion service to streamline how traders purchase non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and digital assets. According to a new press release, play-to-earn gaming platform Ronin (RON) is inking a partnership with Transak, a platform that lets investors purchase NFTs and the ecosystem’s tokens using […]

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Illuvium partners with Virtuals, bringing autonomous AI NPCs to its games

January 8, 2025 Coin Telegraph

Illuvium says the partnership with AI agent protocol Virtuals will allow its in-game NPCs to adapt quests, dialogue and challenges based on the player’s actions.

Blockchain-based gaming franchise Illuvium is set to upgrade its in-game non-playable characters (NPCs) through a new partnership with Virtuals — the protocol behind viral social AI agents on X, including AIXBT.

The collaboration will see Virtual’s G.A.M.E AI model framework power NPCs within Illuvium’s trio of games (still in beta), giving them the ability to dynamically change up dialogue, quests or challenges depending on a player’s actions.

“Imagine this: You walk into a bar. The bartender agent dreams of being the most devoted husband. In a traditional game, your options might be to buy a drink or play a song. In an agent-driven world, you could insult his wife, sparking his anger, leading him to attack you,” the team behind the Virtuals Protocol wrote in a Jan. 7 X post.

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Executives flood blockchain gaming firms ahead of 2025’s AAA launches

December 17, 2024 Coin Telegraph

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Blockchain Gaming Association’s fourth annual survey showed growth in the C-suite, but other demographics appear to be slipping.

The blockchain-based gaming sector is becoming increasingly top-heavy as it moves further into the mainstream, according to data from the Blockchain Gaming Association’s fourth annual survey.

Marking the association’s largest effort to date, the 2024 survey aggregated and analyzed data provided by 623 survey respondents from the Web3 gaming industry. Those surveyed included industry professionals ranging from C-suite executives to professional e-sports players.

While much has remained the same since the annual survey began in 2021, including the notion that both trust and user experience issues are the primary factors holding adoption back, the 2024 survey indicates pivotal growth in the C-suite and an influx of talent with gaming industry experience prior.

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Ubisoft, Arbitrum to launch ‘Captain Laserhawk’ Web3 shooter Dec. 18

December 11, 2024 Coin Telegraph

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The French gaming company developed the title in partnership with the Arbitrum Foundation.

The Arbitrum Foundation and French gaming giant Ubisoft have announced Dec. 18 as the official launch date for “Captain Laserhawk: The G.A.M.E.” a web3-enabled top-down shooter.

The game is set in the Ubisoft gaming universe and features a cast of characters from titles including Far Cry: Blood Dragon, Rayman, Assassin’s Creed, Beyond Good and Evil, The Crew, Rainbow Six, Splinter Cell and Watch Dogs.

Captain Laserhawk’s gameplay combines classic top-down shooter mechanics with competitive leaderboards and Web3 features. Story-wise, it’s a media spinoff of the 2023 Netflix-based television show “Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix.” The title is among the slate of Ubisoft games exploring Web3, blockchain, and non-fungible tokens (NFTs).

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Beam Foundation to debut $150M gaming fund in Abu Dhabi

December 11, 2024 Coin Telegraph

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Beam Ventures will launch in 2025, providing funding and acceleration for blockchain gaming startups in the United Arab Emirates.

The Beam Foundation has disclosed plans for an upcoming venture fund in Abu Dhabi targeting blockchain gaming projects.

According to a Dec. 11 announcement, the fund will launch in the first half of 2025 and manage $150 million in capital backed by local investors.

The fund’s investment thesis is primarily focused on blockchain-based games and gaming infrastructure, but capital will also be deployed for startups working on solutions tied to artificial intelligence, augmented reality and user-generated content.

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Notcoin and Helika Gaming launch Telegram Gaming Accelerator

November 20, 2024 The Crypto Briefing

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The initiative could significantly boost the gaming ecosystem on messaging platforms, driving innovation and new revenue streams in the industry.

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Hamster Kombat loses 259 million players in less than 3 months

November 5, 2024 The Crypto Briefing

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The rapid decline in Hamster Kombat's user base highlights the volatile nature of the gaming market and the impact of emerging competitors.

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Solana welcomes PARAVOX as shooter secures $4.5M for blockchain expansion

October 30, 2024 The Crypto Briefing

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PARAVOX secures $4.5M for Solana blockchain launch, fueling development and marketing for enhanced gameplay and trading features.

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Independence Day director creating TV series based on Web3 game

October 24, 2024 Coin Telegraph

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The show, which is based on the "Space Nation" game, plans to use non-traditional distribution channels such as second-window broadcasts for streamers.

A live-action TV series based on the “Space Nation” Web3 game is in development with Hollywood director Roland Emmerich and producer Marco Weber leading the project.

According to an exclusive report from Variety, the duo intend to explore the game’s history, lore, and setting through a live-action series, but they’re not developing it for a network or streaming site.

Instead, the report indicates Emmerich and Weber are pursuing non-traditional distribution methods such as licensing series content for “second window streaming” — a picture-in-picture format where gamers would ostensibly stream the TV show while also streaming their live gameplay and/or commentary.

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