NFTs Are Currently Trading On XBOX & PS5?!

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Croak Nasty
August 16, 2024

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TLDR:

  • NFT trading on PS5 & XBOX is officially LIVE

  • Rising Interest in Telegram Gaming

  • Intro To P2A (Play-To-Airdrop)

Gunzilla Games Proves Building Web3 Games In Private Might Actually Work

Gunzilla Games’ O.T.G. Pioneer’s Playtest on PS5 & XBOX has shifted traditional gamers’ views on NFTs. Despite mixed reactions, Off The Grid stands out as the first game to enable NFT trading on consoles.

  • The 24 Hour O.T.G. Closed Playtest Boasted 400K transactions and 30K players

    • Claiming skins, trading items, or opening loot boxes are blockchain transactions happening via the in-game marketplace (powered by Avax)

    • Gunzilla nodes decode all the loot boxes that contain NFTs for all games on the Gunz chain (including titles on iOS & Android)

Telegram Gaming: Passing Trend or New Meta?

The $TON ecosystem is flourishing thanks to its ease of access, indie game developers, investors, and from its ever-expanding community of worldwide gamers and button mashers alike.

  • TON announces $40M fund (TON Ventures) for early stage projects.

    • Focused on TG social features and mini-apps

    • Co-Led by (former) gaming lead at TON Foundation

  • Folius Ventures sees significant monetization potential for TG/TON Gaming with less competition than WeChat. They also believe the Chinese developer base will elevate the Telegram Mini App Ecosystem.

    • Former WeChat leaders transitioning to the TON/TG ecosystem are considered invaluable.

Beginner’s Guide To Play-To-Airdrop, Points, and Questing Platforms

Quests, points, and the airdrops that come with them have become the main topic of conversation throughout the web3/crypto gaming landscape.

Play-to-airdrop (P2A) is a marketing strategy which is a fresh take on the play-to-earn (P2E) model made popular by crypto games like Axie Infinity.

Players can earn points toward airdrops and other benefits by participating in challenges and completing tasks through questing platforms like GAM3SGG, G7DAO, SoulboundGG, Starbase, and many more.

The P2A model also allows for individual games, and player economies to host quests within their own external AND in-game experiences (i.e.: rewarding players with points or other assets for killing bosses or earning rare accolades).

Nyan Heroes’ Mission Portal, Wanderers’ Codex, The Machine’s Arena’s P2A Leaderboard and Earth From Another Sun’s Citizen Program, are all great examples of questing platforms linked directly to their game that track and reward players for their in-game progression and achievements.

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