Blockchain Gaming World

Jon Jordan discusses what happened in the blockchain game sector during 2022 with David Amor ( Playmint ) and Will Luton ( Village Studio )

Jon Jordan talks to Immutable's game director Derek Lau about its mobile squad-RPG Guild of Guardians , which is currently in alpha testing, prior to its 2023 launch.

Jon Jordan talks to Random Games' CTO Wyeth Ridgway about Unioverse , its project to create a "Roblox for triple-A devs" via tools, royalty-free game assets ... and blockchain!

Jon Jordan talks to David Kim about the rebranding of WAX Studios to Tyranno Studios and its games Blockchain Brawlers and the forthcoming Music Mogul .

Jon Jordan talks to ex-Kolibri Games co-founder Oliver Loeffler about his new web3 project Angry Dynomites Lab , which has just minted the second of its four elemental dynos NFTs.

Jon Jordan talks to Muumiopappa - aka Mika Timonnen, the NFT director at Azerion - about what happened when NFTs were introduced into the long-running online community Habbo (originally Habbo Hotel ) and what's happening next.

Jon Jordan talks to Irrevelant Labs ' CEO Rahul Sood about MechaFightClub , the Solana-based game that will pit AI-driven robotic chickens from the future (in the form of dynamic NFTs) against each other -- first in the Cockpit and then in the global Cocktagon tournament, something labelled as "The Metaverse's Craziest Battle Arena".

Apologises for the choppy video, but great content (as ever from) Sky Mavis' co-founder Jeff 'Jiho' Zirlin talking about the future of Axie Infinity ,  both in terms of the new F2P mobile game Axie Infinity: Origins ,  the new token reward system,  the forthcoming Land game alpha,  the esports strategy  and the growing pains of being the co-founder of a fast-growing startu...

Jon Jordan talks to chief strategy officer Ben Cousens about how Zebedee 's use of Bitcoin's Lightning Network is opening up new, more collaborative business models for games (and players), ranging from ad-share micropayments in hypercasual mobile games to MMORGPs and shooters. 

Jon Jordan talks to Mythical Games' chief creative officer Jamie Jackson about how he got into the industry (anyone else remember Colin McRae Rally 2?), his move into blockchain gaming with Blankos Block Party , and what's next with NFL Rivals and Nitro Nations: World Tour .

Jon Jordan talks to Mighty Bear Games CEO Simon Davis about its forthcoming battle royale web3 game Mighty Action Heroes , which is the first title in the MightyNet interoperable gaming universe. 

Jon Jordan talks to Darewise's Vincent Marty about its forthcoming open world MMOG Life Beyond , which is entering its first playable alpha. 

Jon Jordan talks to Splinterlands' CEO Jesse Reich about recent changes to the TCG's reward structure -- to better reward NFT ownership and skilled play -- and new imminent features including the launch of validator nodes, as well as discussing new games including a licensed sports game and a collaboration with Warners Music.  

Jon Jordan talks to US developer Core Loop's co-founders Dan Chou and Vincenzo Alagna about their previous experience in web2 F2P mobile gaming and how that led them to start Core Loop to make MMORPG Eternal World Online , which is currently in development, aiming for a closed Alpha in summer 2022.

Apologies for my audio quality in this episode ... Jon Jordan talks to GAMEE CEO Bozena Rezab about why it decide to take its traditional mobile game platform and add blockchain -- launching it as ARC8 , which is now live with 12 games, its GMEE token on Polygon and G-Bot NFTs . And how GAMEE plans to make ARC8 more decentralized over time with third party developers launching their own games with...

Jon Jordan talks to Neon Machine's head of studio Don Norbury about its moddable, competitive FPS Shrapnel , which is launching on the Avalanche blockchain. 

Jon Jordan talks to Şekip Can Gökalp (CEO, Coda Games) about Infinite Arcade , the first platform to bring the hypercasual mobile sector into blockchain by using NFTs as a paid entry ticket for earning in-game tokens.

Jon Jordan talks to Koh Kim (ex-Google Play, beauty products entrepreneur, Panzerdogs advisor etc) about all things blockchain games, including why she decided to formally rejoin the industry as head of ecosystem at Mysten Labs .

Jon Jordan talks to Faraway Games CEO Alex Paley about Mini Royale: Nations , the first live multiplayer game using the Solana blockchain. The browser-based shooter currently enables the use of NFT avatars, with deeper social features backed by its two tokens planned later in 2022. 

Jon Jordan talks to DMarket CEO Vlad Panchenko about why STALKER 2 's rejection of NFTs (which would have launched on DMarket ) is irrelevant to the overall growth of blockchain gaming. By the end of 2022, Vlad expects to have 100 games live with NFTs on the marketplace. 

Jon Jordan talks to Admix CEO Sam Huber about how it's launched advertising into the metaverse (auctioning NFTs in Somnium Space ) in a way that allows creators to make money, and how this process will eventually invert the whole advertising business, with NFTs turning intrusive advertising into valuable brand engagement (valuable for brands and users). 

Jon Jordan talks to Jean-Paul Faraj about Influence, an ambitious space game, which is being built on Ethereum; indeed various NFTs are already live with tokens and missions to follow soon. Find out more at https://www.influenceth.io/

Jon Jordan has a lovely chat about the future of blockchain games with his old chums Will Luton ( Department of Play ) and David Amor (Playmint), who have also made the jump from gaming to blockchain games. 

Jon Jordan talks to games industry data head and consultant SuperJoost about blockchain gaming; notably about how it fits into the ongoing digital goods revolution of the past 10 years, and the immediate challenges that need to be overcome. Get Joost's insightful email via Substack . 

Jon Jordan talks to CEO John Linden about how Mythical Games is taking blockchain games mainstream, both with internal titles such as Blankos Block Party and its own Mythical platform, which allows traditional PC, console and mobile developers to get up and running on blockchain in an easy, accessible and regulatory-secure manner.