Oh no, Konami's looking for experts to build its 'WEB3 and Metaverse' projects

pcgamer.com:

Fresh from resurrecting Suikoden 1 and 2(opens in new tab) (and earning some amount of public goodwill in the process), Konami has seen fit to remind us that, yes, it's still the company that made over $150,000 off its Castlevania NFT sale(opens in new tab) back in January. A news release(opens in new tab) on the company's website states that Konami is on the hunt for people who can help it build the systems and services it needs to «provide new experiences such as WEB3 and Metaverse».

Konami has been hard at work «conducting research and development to incorporate the latest technology into games and contents,» says the release, and plans to launch a service where «players can trade their in-game NFTs (digital items) through a unique distribution platform using blockchain».

In other words, Konami wants to build its own NFT trading platform. The company says that the NFTs players will be trading (or that it hopes they will be) «can be used in-game as items,» to «interact with other services and communities,» and to «participate in fan communities and events». 

The first pledge is clear enough: players will be able to trade in-game gear on Konami's platform, but the next two are a little fuzzy. I'm guessing the second is  another way of saying you'll be trading with other Konami fans, not just fans of whichever game you're into, and the third could refer to an NFT-based event ticketing system? We'll have to wait, breath bated, to find out.

It's not exactly an auspicious time to get on board the NFT train: last month it was reported that NFT transactions on OpenSea—the most popular online marketplace for non-fungible gewgaws—had fallen by 90%(opens in new tab) since the start of the year. This is in addition to a wider