Gala Games’ blockchain game Grit will debut on the Epic Games Store
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Web3 gaming company Gala Games said it will publish its blockchain games on the Epic Games Store, starting with the Wild West title Grit.
That’s a big step for the visibility and mainstream potential of games with non-fungible tokens (NFTs), which use the blockchain to authenticate unique digital items and enable players to resell items. The exact launch time hasn’t been set yet but it has a live store page.
While Valve has banned NFT games, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney said Epic would allow them on the store, which has more than 194 million users. So far, there aren’t any NFT games on the store.
Gala Games hopes to bring Web3 games to the masses, exposing millions of gamers to this new genre of entertainment and solidifying its place as a leader in the burgeoning Web3 games industry. While blockchain game companies have raised a lot of money ($1.2 billion of $3.4 billion raised by all game startups in the first quarter), the player base has been small. Reaching the mainstream — even amid an outcry over objections to NFTs from some gamers — has become the goal of all blockchain game companies focusing on high-quality content.
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Grit, a battle royale title set in the Wild West being built by Team Grit, is the first of a series of Gala Games titles that could hit the Epic Games Store. This announcement follows on the heels of a number of firsts
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