Is Holosim a genius move or miscalculation? Star Atlas’s decision to release a free-to-play, Web2 version of its SAGE Labs game ahead of its community onboarding has me reflecting. It pretty clearly gives off that “gateway drug” impression. Is that really the best way to mass adoption, especially in places...
Is Star Atlas’s new Holosim a stroke of genius? Or might it be a harbinger of deeper problems beneath the current surface for the long-term prospects of Web3 gaming? The release of this initial, free-to-play, Web2-only version of SAGE Labs has definitely turned some heads and raised some serious questions....
Star Atlas has officially released Holosim into the wild! This super cool new gaming adventure is a free-to-play, browser-based version inspired by their popular Web3 SAGE Labs title. Holosim had its test phase public debut on June 4. It acts as an onboarding experience for newer players and a proving...
DappRadar, perhaps the most respected and cited blockchain analytics platform around, just published its April 2023 industry report. It indicates that the sharp rise in popularity of Artificial Intelligence (AI) based decentralized applications (DApps) is massive. The report indicates that AI DApps are rapidly gaining traction and could soon rival...
Web3 ecosystem is ever-changing, with new sectors popping up and competing against existing leaders. To date, gaming and decentralized finance (DeFi) have been the perennial darlings of the decentralized web. A new contender has entered the arena: AI-powered decentralized applications (DApps). These are DApps that have AI built into them...
I’ll never forget walking into a tiny indie art collective in Yogyakarta a few years ago. There are so many talented artists there. Last year they had a hard time just keeping the doors open, dependent on pitiful tourist-season sales and sporadic grants. Their stories, filled with passion and frustration,...
Square Enix has onboarded its onchain game, Symbiogenesis, which is deployed on Sony’s Soneium blockchain. This is a big step towards raising interoperability and engagement for players to an entirely new level. With Soneium, we’re building the infrastructure that will allow gaming experiences to become interoperable, onchain, and meaningful. This...
Is this Square Enix betting the house, or just moving the plants around? Their move of Symbiogenesis to Sony's Soneium blockchain raises eyebrows, especially given the game's lukewarm reception. Let’s face it, a couple hundred NFT collectors is a bit of a whew, blockbuster. This begs the question: is this...
History indicates that Square Enix, a name long associated with gaming innovation, is serious about their Web3 intentions. Their narrative-led blockchain game, Symbiogenesis, is currently working with Sony’s Soneium blockchain to bring an exciting cross-game campaign. This announcement further proves that leading publishers are starting to embrace blockchain gaming. It...
NFTCulture, known for its action and insights into all things decentralized, is taking a huge step into the Trading Card Game (TCG) world. To start this amazing journey, they’re releasing Cardcore.xyz. It’s an exciting move that showcases a further investment in the innovation behind blockchain-based TCGs and their promise to...
