Blockchain Gaming World

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.  

Jon Jordan talks to Skybound's Dan Murray and The Sandbox's Sebastian Borget about the companies' partnership which will see The Walking Dead hosting experiences within The Sandbox blockchain metaverse, as well as allowing players to own and trade The Walking Dead characters and items as NFTs. The first NFT sales starts Thursday 26 August at 1pm UTC. Find out more at The Sandbox's Medium . 

Jon Jordan talks to Guild of Guardians game director Derek Lau about the mobile RPG, which is currently in development at Immutable and going through various NFT pre-sales, as it prepares for a Q2 2022 alpha launch. Check out more detail at https://www.guildofguardians.com/

Jon Jordan talks to Horizon Blockchain Games co-founder and chief storyteller Michael Sanders about Skyweaver , its F2P TCG, which will mint aesthetic collectibles NFTs as a reward for in-game success, with trading happening on a token-style DEX, and Sequence , its suite of blockchain game tools. NB Horizon is hiring

Jon Jordan talks to Chief about how he got into blockchain gaming with Axie Infinity , how he's promoting Axie as an esports with his team Axiegg , and the launch of physical/digital merc outfit E1337 . 

Jon Jordan talks to Michael Wagner about Star Atlas , the space exploration and combat game currently in development on the Solana blockchain. 

Jon Jordan talks to Animoca Brands' chairman Yat Siu about its $88,888,888 "meme VC raise" and its plans to aggressive deploy this new capital to take blockchain gaming truly mass market for the first time in 2021. 

Jon Jordan talks to Immutable co-founder Robbie Ferguson about how he got into crypto, why Immutable decided to built Immutable X, its own L2 scaling solution for Ethereum, and why he thinks Immutable X will take Gods Unchained to 500,000 players in 2021.  Find out more at https://market.x.immutable.com/

Jon Jordan talks to CEO Michael Weiksner about Pocketful of Quarter's vision to create a universal currency that will work in all games. More at https://pocketfulofquarters.com/

Jon Jordan talks to Kieran and Aaron Warwick about ILLUVIUM , their new blockchain game, which mixes elements of Pokemon and Teamfight Tactics with DeFi and DAOs. Find out more details at https://www.illuvium.io/

Jon Jordan talks to Gabby Dizon about Yield Guild , a guild of gamers who play blockchain games to earn real-world and crypto value, which is evolving into a key element of the sector as it allows crypto-rich individuals to pool their NFTs, hence allowing gamers to borrow those NFTs to earn yield, as well as enabling these gamers to eventually become owners - owning a stake in the organisation thr...

Jon Jordan talks to Salad CEO Bob Miles about his vision to his vision to building a community of gamers who convert their idle PC resources into rewards. Check it out at https://www.salad.io/

This podcast is sponsored by DeFi-NFT mash-up Aavegotchi --- Jon Jordan talks to Craig Russo from Polyient Games about the rise of game NFTs as an investment asset, building out a platform to kickstart this movement, and why Polyient acquired the banking infrastructure of forthcoming game Mirandus for $800,000; the highest price yet paid for an NFT .

Jon Jordan talks to Animoca Brands' CEO Robby Young about the rise of F1 Delta Time in 2020 - which generated +$2 million in NFT sales, including the most expensive NFT to-date - and well as the failure of the wider games industry to embrace blockchain.

Jon Jordan talks to Andrew Steinwold , the creator of the Zima Red podcast , about how our views of NFTs  - games, art, etc - have changed during 2020.

Jon Jordan talks with Axie Infinity Growth Lead Jeff 'Jiho' Zirlin about the incredible growth the game experienced in 2020 and its plans for 2021.