Prominent Bitcoin figures are working together to ensure the alpha release of Pixelmatic’s Infinite Fleet space adventure game is launched by the end of 2020. Infinite Fleet, under the leadership of Blockstream Chief Strategy Officer and Pixelmatic Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Samson Mow, is being backed by major crypto players like Litecoin (LTC) founder Charlie Lee, WhalePanda, “the father of cryptocurrency” Adam Back, former Bitfinex Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) Phil Potter, Max Keiser, and others. Some of them will even have their likenesses used for characters in the game. In-game currency on exchanges soon Their plan is to bring AAA …

In today’s evolving business world, industry leaders across the globe are turning to blockchain technology to revolutionize their respective industries. Although blockchain is still a relatively new concept, a growing number of companies are now investing in it. Blockchain has quickly gained a reputation for providing greater transparency, enhanced security, improved traceability, increased efficiency and low costs. One niche area that could be poised to benefit greatly from it is lotteries. Problems with traditional lotteries Although many global economies were soaring prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the inefficiencies of mature industries can still be addressed by implementing blockchain technology. The …

Dapper Labs, the team behind the Ethereum-based non-fungible token (NFT)-powered game CryptoKitties, has launched its forthcoming NBA TopShot game in beta. Cointelegraph experienced a sneak preview of the game, which allows players to own, trade and play with tokenized representations of key moments in NBA history. NBA TopShot is built on Dapper’s Flow blockchain. NBA TopShot launches in beta Speaking to Cointelegraph, Dapper Labs’ head of partnerships and marketing, Caty Tedman, stated that “the product is meant to give fans a piece of ownership over the action that happens on court.” Tedman described TopShot as uniquely allowing fans to “truly …

As the world discovers more ways to implement blockchain technology, the billion-dollar gaming industry is leveraging the technology to bring transparency, trust and ownership of digital assets to players. A new vision for blockchain games is emerging — one that aims to bridge the gap between virtual worlds and reality through user commerce. This notion is being demonstrated by blockchain game developer Uplandme. On May 21, Uplandme announced a partnership with Linden Lab’s Tilia division for leveraging Tilia Pay to enable fiat payments for virtual properties traded within the Upland game marketplace. Currently, the virtual San Francisco properties listed on …

Dapper Labs has announced that its popular Ethereum-based collectibles game CryptoKitties will be launched on its Flow blockchain. Flow blockchain was built by Dapper Labs to address many of the challenges the team encountered in launching on and “breaking” Ethereum — with CryptoKitties causing unprecedented network congestion on the Ethereum network when it launched on mainnet. Dapper also devised a new proprietary smart contract-oriented programming language designed for smart contracts for Flow called Cadence — which is currently being explored by Libra as part of a tech sharing deal between the two entities. Dapper Labs’ chief executive Roham Gharegozlou told …

Atari has partnered with blockchain-as-a-service, or BaaS, company Arkane Network, allowing digital asset integration into gaming. A key aspect of the announcement sees developers able to build Atari's Token into aspects of the gaming sphere, said a May 14 statement provided to Cointelegraph. Atari making waves in crypto Atari has headlined multiple articles so far in 2020. The age-old gaming giant announced a token offering in March. In addition to Atari Token, the company's plans also include a multi-faceted decentralized entertainment platform spanning movies, games, and music. The May 14 development harnesses Arkane Network — a blockchain brick and mortar …

Ethereum-based sports tokenization platform Chiliz has partnered with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) to allow fans to use CHZ tokens for experiences. According to a May 7 announcement from Chiliz (CHZ), the platform plans to make their blockchain-based app Socios available to UFC fans. Using Chiliz’s signature CHZ coin, fans can exchange tokens on the platform for tickets to UFC events, experiences, and related rewards. Image courtesy of Chiliz Speaking to Cointelegraph, Chiliz CEO Alex Dreyfus said the partnership wasn’t strictly about buying tickets, but giving fans a voice: “The idea is that (before the pandemic) 99.9% of sports fans, …

Independent game developers face an almost insurmountable hurdle in their quest for success. Without a marketing budget, many have to give away their work for free. Their only hope is to recoup some of the development cost through in-game advertisements or micro-transactions — both of which are off putting to many potential players. Blockchain development team, BlockBastards, are hoping to change this with a new decentralized proof-of-play ecosystem called Qudo. Drag and drop Unity integration Qudo offers a blockchain-based alternative revenue stream which can easily be implemented into any game built using the Unity platform. Following our alpha-test of Blox, …

The second most active blockchain, Telos, has announced partnerships with three gaming companies on April 28, bringing blockchain features to games on the Unity and Steam platforms. Telos’ partnership with Blockbastards will see the network host the company’s upcoming Qudo platform, along with providing marketing and technical support. Qudo is a token-based reward mechanism revolving around proof-of-gameplay that can be integrated into any game built using the Unity platform. Users can be rewarded for achieving certain goals, or simply for racking up hours of play. According to Unity’s own figures, over 3.3 billion devices have run games built on the …

The integration of blockchain technology into games is one of the seismic industry shifts of recent times, with some believing that gaming is the key to mass adoption of cryptocurrency. The soon-to-be-released Qudo platform from Portugal’s Blockbastards, promises to allow developers to integrate crypto rewards into any Unity-based game without any previous blockchain experience. But what is the experience like for the gamer? We signed up to alpha-test Blox, the first game developed for the system, to find out. Get paid to play Qudo bills itself as “a proof-of-gameplay reward mechanism aiming to revolutionize the gaming industry.” From the gamer’s …

Cointelegraph spoke with Josua Kim, CEO of Vinetree Corp. — the company behind GameTalkTalk DApp on the blockchain-based Lutena Protocol. Mr. Kim spoke about blockchain applications in the video gaming space, and Vinetree’s vision of the industry’s future. In search of better ways to match games with potential users Kim believes that game companies are going to find it more and more difficult to effectively target their marketing dollars. Kim explained: “As much as our clients are important to us, our users are at the forefront of our business and we want to give them peace of mind that our …

Blockchain-based fantasy soccer game Sorare has signed a licensing agreement with Real Betis — the Andalusian soccer team that drew the French star player Nabil Fekir to La Liga last summer. Fekir will be just one of the Real Betis-licensed digital collectible player cards issued by Sorare on the Ethereum blockchain. For each player and each soccer season, Sorare issues one “unique” player card, 10 “super rare” player cards, and 100 “rare” player cards. These can then be traded on secondary markets or used in Sorare’s game. One of these unique player cards — for Belgian goalie Hendrik Van Crombrugge …