Epic Games Store Will Shut Down Blockchain Games with 'Bad Behavior'

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Epic Games Store will not think twice about banning blockchain games whose developers or publishers exhibit any sort of «bad behavior,» a senior official has revealed. The Fortnite maker's evolving stance on the segment could determine the future of the entire niche given how its storefront became the largest PC gaming marketplace that allows such titles after Steam enacted a near-blanket ban of blockchain games in late 2021.

Apart from Valve, Xbox also expressed skepticism about blockchain gaming in the past, though its views of NFTs and related technologies don't seem to be in sync with the fact that Microsoft itself recently invested in South Korean crypto game developer Wemade. That notwithstanding, one of its largest franchises already made a de facto denouncement of blockchain gaming after Mojang revealed that Minecraft will support nothing of the sort in summer 2022. With Sony and Nintendo still appearing to be on the fence about this emerging technology's gaming applications, that leaves Epic as arguably its largest public supporter among major game distributors.

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Be that as it may, the North Carolina-based company appears to be fully aware of the bad reputation and controversies that seem to follow so many crypto ventures and will be swift in shutting down «any bad behavior,» Axios reports, quoting Epic Games Store GM Steve Allison. The senior official also implied that the company remains uncertain whether its limited support of blockchain gaming will ever generate significant revenues, predicting that the next 12 months will paint a clearer picture of its prospects. That's primarily because there are currently only five such