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GameStop Has New Launcher

GameStop Has New Launcher

Manuel Olumorin
June 02, 2023

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GameStop launching a game launcher
The new minting meta?
The Sneakies
Funded Gems

GameStop Coming With New Launcher

GameStop is getting into the launcher business with Playr.

And it would be focused on web3 games.

To get this going, they have tapped the guys at Telos Foundation as partners.

Telos has collaborated with @GameStopNFT to introduce GameStop Playr, a new Web3 game launcher bringing mainstream gaming to Web3! 🎮
Power to the Web3 Players.
Official Announcement 👇
🔗 hellotelos.medium.com/collaboration-…
— The Telos Foundation (@HelloTelos)
2:14 PM • Jun 1, 2023

This means they will be using the L1, Telos, which would have its games distributed on this new launcher.

With this combination, they think they can bridge the gap between web2 and web3.

Can this end up competing with Steam? Guess we’ll see.

Play To Mint The New Meta?

It’s clear free to mint has been the meta for gaming NFTs since DigiDaigaku made it a big deal with a Super Bowl ad to a Twitter page.

But things may be slowly changing again…

To what?

Play to mint.

What’s play to mint

It’s a way to distribute an NFT mint through gameplay performance. That means depending on your position on a leaderboard and the number of mint points you earn from your gameplay, you’ll get on the whitelist for the mint.

This mint style has been around, but more games are starting to use it.

So who’s on this trend?

Defimons

They are using an invite-only approach with players playing the game for mint points.

Hunting Season Begins! 🗺️✨
An invite-based alpha release. Explore the world of Defimons, packed with amazing weekly quests, daily missions, mini games, and an engaging lore!
👉 beta.defimons.com
— Defimons (@TheDefimons)
5:02 PM • May 25, 2023

Arcadians

Combining play to mint using tournaments with free mints for owners in the community.

TOURNAMENT 31
5 Games
100USDC Prize Pool
4 Arcadians: Reloaded AL spots up for grabs!
PLAY NOW: arcadia.fun
Full deets on Discord: discord.gg/arcadia-fun
— Arcadia 👾 FREE MINT 🔜 🗓️ (@arcadia_fun)
12:42 PM • May 30, 2023

Jungle

Little details for now, but they’ve got it in their plans.

2️⃣ First Game Title
Now In The Final Stages Of Development & Testing
🔫 Casual Team Tactical Shooter
🔫 Mass Market Appeal
🔫 Play-To-Mint Experience
[We’ll Be Selectively Inviting Community Members to Playtest Soon]
Teaser Trailer Dropping Next Week At @3XP@3XPgghttp
— Jungle (@jungle_xyz)
4:58 PM • Jun 1, 2023

The Sneakies

The fishy guys keep up pushing a bad name for crypto as Multichain CEO disappears after company server access is lost, but Multichain claims funds are “Safu.”
There’s still belief in P2E as Reddit co-founder claims every game would be play-to-earn in some form in 5 years.
Are NFTs coming to EA Sports as the partner with Nike’s NFT platform .SWOOSH?
$150 million funded Play Fenix picks Immutuble as the chain of choice with a partnership.

Funded Gems

Fusionist raises a 6.6 million seed round, with Binance Labs and FunPlus leading the round.
Framework doubles down on Illuvium with a $10 million follow on round.

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