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Decentralized Role-Playing Game Nine Chronicles Launches Arena Season 0

Nine Chronicles, a massive multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) backed by South Korean blockchain company Planetarium and video game juggernaut Ubisoft is off to a flying start after launching Arena Season 0 on September 8th. The inaugural season, called Yggdrasil: The Alpha Season, will run until approximately October 6th, (ending once block number 2,463,999 has been validated) and allows players to win their share of 896,000 NCG tokens in prize pools along with rare and exclusive NFTs that provide players with in-game utility and built-in value. Why This Game Could

Roblox partners with Sony Music to connect artists with money-making activities in the metaverse

Video game platform Roblox announced this morning it has partnered with Sony Music Entertainment on a deal that will allow the two companies to work together to create music experiences for the Roblox community, including opportunities that would give Sony Music artists a way to reach new audiences and generate revenue. The announcement follows last month’s news of a $200 million lawsuit filed by a group of music publishers who alleged Roblox was allowing creators to build virtual boomboxes inside their games that streamed copyrighted music without artists’ permission or

Swedish gaming firm MTG acquires India’s PlaySimple for $360 million

Swedish gaming giant Modern Times Group (MTG) has acquired Indian startup PlaySimple for at least $360 million, the two firms said Friday. MTG said it will pay 77% of the acquisition sum to Indian game developer and publisher in cash and the rest in company shares. There’s also another $150 million reward put aside if certain undisclosed performance metrics are hit, the two firms said. Friday’s deal marks one of the largest exits in the Indian startup ecosystem. PlaySimple had raised $4 million Series A at a valuation of about

The democratization of esports: How any size developer can reap the benefits (VB Live)

Monetizing the esports boom Learn how easy it is for developers to add tournaments, event streaming, and VIP content – and monetize the fan experience. Register Now Presented by Xsolla Right now, esports has a 495 million-strong global audience. In this VB Live event, you’ll learn how to leverage the opportunity for an engaged fanbase, including best practices on creating your own online esports and skill-based gaming platform and more. Register for free right here. Esports and competitive gaming isn’t limited to the large events and big cash prizes of

Roblox is at the Nexus of Digital Currencies & the Creator Economy

Our kids understand it better than we do. And it’s training them for the token economy.Image from Roblox SEC filingThe stock market drama keeps getting more exciting. In a tumultuous drama reeling from the tailwinds of the GameStop frenzy, the stock market gaming landscape will see a new entrant with Roblox. In the ultimate symmetry of sorts GameStop, the nostalgic mall retailer from our childhood, has set the stage for Roblox — the gaming platform for the future, which has already cemented itself as the pandemic memory that our kids will be

Illumix announces updates to its Five Nights at Freddy’s AR game, including new Mixed Reality modes

[embedded content][embedded content]In Augmented Reality and Mixed Reality NewsOctober 30, 2020 – Illumix, creators of the popular augmented reality (AR) gaming title Five Nights At Freddy’s AR (FNAF), has today announced updates to its FNAF AR title, just in time for Halloween.The company has pointed out that due to COVID-19 restrictions this year, Halloween is set to look a little different, with more people looking to games and in-home scares rather than going out and about for trick or treating and halloween activities.Five Nights at Freddy’s AR, an augmented reality-based

Report: Free Fire Sees Over 100M Peak Daily Active Users in Q2

The mobile battle royale game Garena Free Fire saw its highest-ever player numbers during the second quarter of 2020. A report published by Sea Limited, the parent company of Garena, said that app data and analytics platform App Annie recorded Free Fire as the highest-grossing mobile game in both Latin America and Southeast Asia.  The report claims that Free Fire achieved a new record high of over 100M peak daily active users in Q2. During this period, Free Fire also ranked third in the most downloaded mobile games category according