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…
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…
In this issue, we’re taking stock of major game publishers’ stances on web3 and blockchain gaming, as well as discussing how these positions have evolved over the past two years and what to expect going forward.
In today’s issue, we’re analyzing the state of fighting games and discussing what’s on the horizon for the genre as it continues to grow, evolve, and make room for new players.
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…
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…
In this issue, we’re discussing the blockchain game Sorare and how the fantasy football title is demonstrating what a sustainable web3 title should look like.
“Move-to-earn” pioneer Stepn exploded in popularity in the first half of 2022, peaking at 3 million MAU and 800,000 DAU while generating $123 million in Q2 2022 profit alone. The mobile app, which rewards users who “wear” the company’s NFT sneakers, was a major driver in onboarding users into web3, but growth has stalled during the current crypto winter. In this episode, host Niko Vuori talks to Stepn COO Shiti Manghani about what’s next for the company, their ambitions to build an entire ecosystem around $GMT, the native Stepn cryptocurrency, and why Stepn views itself as a game rather than a fitness or lifestyle app.
This Naavik Exclusive features a comprehensive breakdown of the web3 gaming market for the month of May, including a detailed analysis of notable web3 game releases, unique active wallet stats, transaction trends, and funding announcements.
In this issue, we dive into the early success of Blizzard’s Diablo IV and how the ARPG series is approaching monetization.
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