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How to incorporate web3 gaming into your Web 2.0 strategy

While it's still unclear what the winning models for web3 gaming will be, it seems likely that the next exponential growth in blockchain adoption will be driven by gaming and gamified experiences.

Gaming vets promise to make blockchain games fun and sustainable

The runaway success of Axie Infinity and StepN has convinced a flurry of entrepreneurs that web3 gaming, where the ownership of in-game assets is in the hands of users via blockchain adoption rather t

1047 Games raises $100M on the runaway success of its debut title, Splitgate

When you’re hot, you’re hot. And 1047 Games is making the most of the heat generated by Splitgate, its first game and now a breakout success. After working on a shoestring for years, the t

Free to play games rule the entertainment world with $88 billion in revenue

StarCraft II will be free to play starting November 14

It was only in April that Blizzard made the original StarCraft free to play, and now the company has done the same for its sequel. StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty, which is certainly the most-played rea

Conversations With Whales: The eRepublik 2012 Summit

Last weekend I attended the "eRepublik International Summit 2012" in Bucharest and had the opportunity to meet with many of the game's "whale" players. I saw what they cared about, how the game's deve

The Free-To-Play Storm and the Freecore Gamer

<strong>Editor’s Note:</strong> <em>Tadhg Kelly is a game designer with 20 years experience. He is the creator of the leading game design blog What Games Are, and consults for many companies on gam

RocketFrog Wants To Build The Largest Social Casino On The Web, Myspace Tom Joins As Advisor

Today brings another entrant into the social gambling space with <a href="http://rocket-frog.com/">RocketFrog</a>, which is setting out to bring casino entertainment to Facebook with the launch of a f

Lord Of The Rings Online Is Now Free-To-Play

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/lotroooo.jpg" /><a HREF="http://www.crunchgear.com/tag/lord-of-the-rings-online/"><i>Lord of the Rings Online</i></a> officially goes fre