What Can the Bitcoin Lightning Network Do for Web3 Gaming?

What Can the Bitcoin Lightning Network Do for Web3 Gaming?

Just about every game that integrates blockchain technology in some way is either on Ethereum, most likely via a Layer 2 solution such as Polygon or Immutable X, or is building on a more scalable but less decentralized Layer 1 chain such as Solana or Binance Smart Chain. Bitcoin, the granddaddy of blockchains, has not…

How Mythical Games is Balancing Web2 & Web3

How Mythical Games is Balancing Web2 & Web3

Mythical Games is one of the busiest operators in the web3 ecosystem, with a finger in many pies. The company is the creator of the licensed mobile football game NFL Rivals, which crossed 1 million downloads just a couple of months after its launch earlier this year, and Blankos Block Party, a ​​multiplayer universe available…

Google Play vs. App Store Blockchain Policies / New Game Development Models

Google Play vs. App Store Blockchain Policies / New Game Development Models

In this week’s Roundtable, the squad discusses the latest news on how mobile platforms are enacting blockchain policies. In particular, we hit on Google Play’s new blockchain policy, how it differs from Apple’s App Store policy, how these rules affect mobile game design, and the overall current blockchain game development sentiment. Then we discuss how…

June 2023: Web3 Gaming Monthly Market Update

June 2023: Web3 Gaming Monthly Market Update

June marked yet another month of slow downward trends in many areas of web3 gaming, with a degree of resilience persisting within the sector.  As a whole, Unique Active Wallets (UAWs) largely remained stable in June compared to May. More specifically, casual games continued to drive more significant increases, while more transaction-driven (and bot-heavy) games…

Building a Sustainable Web3 Game With Sorare

Building a Sustainable Web3 Game With Sorare

Most web3 game economies, even the most successful ones from the earliest days of the movement, have struggled in recent quarters, in part due to fundamentally unsustainable economics / tokenomics. But in this episode, we’re discussing one of the more notable exceptions: the France-based fantasy sports platform Sorare. Launched on Ethereum in 2019, the game…