Recently Ubisoft announced its own Quartz NFT platform. It will sell unique cosmetic items for the company’s AAA titles. Despite Ubisoft’s ambitious plans, the announcement video received over 96% dislikes. Players, among others, do not understand why they should use blockchain to sell “cosmetics”, because there are much more reliable and time-tested technologies for this.

Ethan Levy, executive producer of N3TWORK, is confident in the bright future of blockchain games. In a large column for the Deconstructor of Fun blog, he explained how the concept of digital ownership can change the relationship between developers and users, as well as solve key problems of the gaming economy. The main points from the material are in our retelling.

The value of Hong Kong-based Animoca Brands continues to grow rapidly. Back in the summer, the company was valued at $1 billion. Now, after raising $65 million from 18 investors led by Ubisoft, its total valuation has reached an astronomical $2.2 billion.

It seems that Valve is set against blockchain games. According to the updated Steam rules, titles with NFT will not be allowed in the store. This also applies to projects already placed on the site.Age of Rust

Tim Sweeney explained why there will be no NFT in Fortnite and other Epic Games. One of the reasons is the problem of fraud in this area. He also questioned the non-interchangeability of NFT, which as a result gave rise to a discussion in social networks.Fortnite

This year, amid the growing popularity of NFT, there was a boom in decentralized games. The main hit in this market was the Vietnamese Axie Infinity, which allows you to breed and sell cute creatures. We are talking about the phenomenon of a project that has a trade turnover of over $1 billion and actually creates virtual jobs for young people.

NFT and video games are increasingly attracting the attention of luxury brands. Companies like Louis Vuitton and Burberry produce small mobile titles, create virtual characters and sell digital clothing. The Business Insider edition told about the latest developments in this market.Burberry

Polygon has gained fame as an Ethereum scaling platform. Now the company has decided to support blockchain games. To do this, she opened a gaming division and established a special fund for developers in the amount of $ 100 million.The opening of Polygon Studios became known on July 19.

The International Association of Game Developers (IGDA) has issued a statement on the use of blockchain by gaming companies. Experts called for reducing the use of NFT and doing other ways that require less energy and do not have as much impact on the environment.IGDA published a statement last week, but the network has only noticed it now.

The authorities of many countries are looking for ways to regulate the NFT market. This is exactly what happened to the authors of the game of the South Korean mobile game Five Stars for Klaytn. Local regulators have banned the operation of the project due to the presence of NFT in it. However, the developers eventually managed to win the court and return the game to the store.

South Korean publisher Nexon became the first gaming company to invest in bitcoin. He bought 1,717 bitcoins at the rate of $58.2 thousand apiece, spending $ 100 million on them. The costs amounted to almost 2% of the publisher’s total funds.

Hasbro, which owns Wizards of the Coast, has announced the use of NFT technology to develop its brands. The company did not specify the details, but we are talking about Magic: The Gathering, Dungeons & Dragons and other franchises.Magic: The Gathering Arena

Dapper Labs, a company known for the CryptoKitties game, is developing a new blockchain project. It’s called NBA Top Shot, its audience is approaching the one million mark and investors believe in it. In the latest funding round, Dapper Labs raised $305 million. We tell you how it happened.

In recent weeks, the network has been actively discussing non-interchangeable tokens (NFT). They are tied to paintings, 3D models and even memes, earning millions of dollars. Journalist Jason Schreier tried to understand the phenomenon and told what representatives of the gaming industry think about NFT. We have chosen the main thing from the material.

In a recent study, Vorhaus Advisors analysts asked the question: how would users react to the fact that in—game purchases from one game could be moved to another or even sold to other gamers? As it turned out, 64% of American players were interested in such mechanics at once.

There is also a place for card games on the blockchain market. This is evidenced by the successful completion of the Immutable series “A”. The studio invested $15 million in the new project.

A new round of funding for CryptoKitties authors has ended. As part of Series A, Dapper Labs received $11 million. And immediately announced a blockchain for games and entertainment applications.

The geolocation game Let’s Hunt Monsters has been released in China, combining the mechanics of Pokémon GO and Cryptokitties. It has already become the most downloaded freeplay game in the Chinese iOS store, overtaking PUBG and Honor of Kings.

With the support of the Russian publisher Destiny.Games, an MMO platform is currently being developed on The Abyss blockchain. The project is already making progress. In May, he raised $15 million for development as part of a DAICO campaign (an ICO analogue). We talked with Zhanna Goranskaya, Director of platform Development, about what The Abyss will be like.