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Hyperspace is a new MMORPG sandbox that sounds neat except for the blockchain play-to-earn parts

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There's a new MMO on the horizon quite literally: It's called Hyperspace, and it's the first game from Scottish game studio Carbon Based Lifeforms....

Mobile MMO A3 Still Alive is adding a dungeon that awards cryptocurrency next month

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In a move that publisher Netmarble calls "a prolonged and future-oriented area of investment" that will "provide extensive value to players via digital ownership...

EVE Online and Black Desert studio Pearl Abyss believes it can ‘create a stable blockchain ecosystem’

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Pearl Abyss' Q4 2021 financials are a rollercoaster, my friends. The company is fine, so no panic there; in fact, it's operating revenue is...
Ahem.

Legends of Aria’s new owner discusses the revamp, Classic, and blockchain implementation

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Just before Christmas, we learned that Citadel Studios and Legends of Aria, originally Kickstarted as Shards Online, were being bought out, along with the...

Ubisoft’s Singapore studio cleared of wrongdoing, Ubisoft exec claims users ‘don’t get’ its Quartz NFTs

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Least we forget, Ubisoft is a studio that is mired in its own controversies, with a sexual harassment scandal that broke in 2020 that...

SoulWorker’s original developer threatens play-to-earn copycat MMO with legal action

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Not quite a year ago, Gameforge sunsetted the western version of SoulWorker, and the game reverted back to the game's original Korean developer, Lion...
Garbagia.

Vague Patch Notes: Why play-to-earn is a garbage idea

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Good afternoon, readers. Do you remember not so long ago when I talked about the fact that MMOs are perfectly fine as just games...

Reddit’s co-founder thinks crypto gaming and players ‘being properly valued’ for game time will be the norm in five years

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Alexis Ohanian, the co-founder of Reddit, has peered into his crystal ball to look at the future of gaming, and that future sounds like...
The eternal.

Sega will stop chasing the NFT dragon if it is ‘perceived’ as a ‘simple money-making’ scheme

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With so many major studios and game publishers looking to join in on the blockchain and NFT racket, it'd be easy to believe that...

RF Online developer unveils plans for a ‘battle coin server’ that will reward cryptocurrencies

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It has been a significant length of time since we heard any major peeps out of RF Online, though the game itself has been...
Accounted for!

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV and the problem with the Matsuda NFT letter

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What I really wanted to kick the year off right in the Wisdom of Nym column was to have to push my plans back...
Seamless. Very convincing.

The Daily Grind: What was the worst MMO trend of 2021?

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At the end of December, we dished out our award for the best MMO trend of the year. Now, it's time to pinpoint the...
I know I just said we weren't focusing on this, but it's a good screenshot!

Square Enix president lauds blockchain for play-to-earn and ‘self-sustaining game growth’ potential

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If you've been anywhere near gaming social media or news feeds, you've no doubt been exposed to the loud, trumpety fart of a letter...

CCP Games CEO voices support for NFTs and play-to-earn schemes but won’t link EVE Online to a blockchain

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If you're an EVE Online fan, you might have been a bit concerned that the internet spaceship sandbox started dipping its toes into the...

Fallen Earth contemplates using NFTs to fund development

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The winner of Massively OP's Biggest MMO Surprise of 2021 has another potential shocker up its sleeve -- and this time it's none too...

Kickstarted MMO Legends of Aria and its studio just got bought out by an NFT metaverse games company

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Time to add another game to the acquisition heap this week: Blue Monster Games has apparently purchased Citadel Studios and Legends of Aria, along...

Path of Exile boss tells NFTs to ‘f*ck off’ as the Endless Heist event gets underway

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Given the number of games and games companies investigating or outright applying NFTs, crypto, and blockchain schemes seeming to grow by the minute, many...

Peter Molyneux’s multiplayer ‘blockchain business sim’ Legacy sells $53M in land NFTs before release

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If you feel strongly about another game making money off of concepts of internet spaceships, then you might have some feelings about what Peter...

Nexon America will now accept cryptocurrencies as payment for in-game cash shop items

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You read that headline correctly; cryptocurrencies will now be as acceptable a form of payment as cash if you're buying in-game things from Nexon...

Kickstarter goes crypto with new decentralized blockchain protocol

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Just in case you didn't already distrust Kickstarter enough, the company has announced plans to pivot to crypto in an attempt to recapture relevance,...

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