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🎄 Merry Christmas! 🎄
You’re now reading the last newsletter of 2020. One week from now it’s 2021. We can all agree that this year has been a year to never forget, as our physical world was shackled by government restrictions and a fast spreading virus, our virtual world blossomed. This has been a year with the biggest NFT sales ever, an all-time high for Bitcoin, and new bull market for the crypto industry as a whole, the establishment of DeFi, the boom for crypto art, and between all of that blockchain gaming kept growing. Have a wonderful Christmas, enjoy your time with loved ones, stay healthy and keep building for and believing in a better future. Bless you! — Robert Hoogendoorn
This month F1 Delta Time by Animoca Brands is sponsoring the Play to Earn Newsletter! Thanks to them we can keep doing what we’re doing with even more dedication. F1 Delta Time is an officially licensed Formula 1 game on the Ethereum blockchain. Players have true ownership over digital cars, drivers, car parts and even track segments. The play-to-earn model of this racing game consists of two main components; 1. Collecting scarce digital items to fill your garage 2. Using these items to compete in races. Visit their website to learn more about F1 Delta Time, their races and their digital assets!
Vote for Play to Earn Blockchain Game of the Year Awards
Together with the lovely Play to Earn Community we have created the first Play to Earn Blockchain Game of the Year Awards. Everybody who votes will receive 50 $PLAY and three lucky ones will take home 1000 $PLAY. There are six categories:
Best game
Lovely Dev People
Supportive Community
Best Integrated Economy
Favorite Virtual World
Future Gem
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Enjin And Atari Bring Digital Fashion To Metaverse
Atari and Enjin are collaborating with eBallR Games, The Fabricant and DressX to create and provide usability for digital fashion. The Fabricant made some Atari inspired digital clothes, while Enjin minted them onto the blockchain and allows them in some of their games. In addition eBallR Games and Dress X are also creating apps that support these digital clothes. ▶▶▶ Read more
Microsoft Using Blockchain for Gaming Royalties
Microsoft always has all kinds of deals with many different parties. Think about those who write music, who create cutscenes in games, or who provide tech. Every party needs to receive royalties over game sales, and this is quite complex. Microsoft is now using blockchain technology to make their royalties program more transparent and efficient. ▶▶▶ read more
The Sandbox Launching Pre-Season 0 Event in Q1 2021
The Sandbox will launch a pre-launch event in Q1 2021. During this 15 day event players will be able to set foot on different game experiences, which are being unlocked over a period of time. The pre-season 0 event will be available for landowners and others players might be added at a later date. In addition these testers will be able to win SAND tokens. ▶▶▶ Read more
Axie Infinity Launches Sidechain Test Version
A small step for man, a giant leap for an Axie. Axie Infinity launched their sidechain solution Ronin this week. This solution is currently available for testing. Gamers and developers can join a bug bounty program to help improve the sidechain. Ronin is scheduled for a mainnet launch on January 18th 2021. ▶▶▶ Read more
Play to Earn: Making Money with Gods Unchained
The first article in a new series is all about the play-to-earn mechanics in Gods Unchained. How do you make money or create value simply by playing a game? In this first article we take a look at the trading card game Gods Unchained. ▶▶▶ Read more
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Play to Earn Community Update
This week we’re giving away $PLAY tokens inside ALL our news articles. Users with the Play to Earn Membership (500 $PLAY per month) will get 30 tokens per article, while non-members get 10 tokens. Originally I planned this promotion to last until Christmas, but I am extending it until January 8th.
The Play to Earn Game Festival will take place in March 2021. We’ve signed our first sponsor already for the festival and can’t wait to reveal more of our plans in the near future. You can be sure that you will be able to acquire awesome things during the festival in exchange for $PLAY tokens, including Cryptovoxels wearables, Nonfungible Memories collectibles and crypto art for awesome artists. (Hey, artists, read this!)
I’m looking for people who want to help me out creating voxel assets. Please join our community on Discord, claim your first PLAY tokens and get in touch!