The chance to make money in online gaming was once reserved for the obsessive, who spent every waking hour refining their skills. However, thanks to blockchain-based games, professional status is no longer a prerequisite. More and more casual gamers are turning their casual gaming habit into passive income.
Various projects under the banner of Play and Earn Games (P2E), GameFi and Metaverse are flourishing on the high-speed blockchain. While providing immersive games, it also allows developers, talented players, and content creators Get rich with DeFi veterans. In some cases, people don't even need to be particularly good at the game itself: if they have an interest in the value that makes up the metaverse, they can lead hunters and make a fortune on the secondary market.
With so much going on in this space — more than $100 million in daily transactions from over 1.3 million users — keeping track of the projects that are actually valuable can be tricky. Here are 10 items to watch out for.
1. AAG Ventures
AAG Ventures was developed to democratize the growing gaming space, starting with building a guild of over 2,000 players on Axie Infinity. Now, it has expanded to seven countries (Philippines, Indonesia, Brazil, India, Russia, Nigeria, and Argentina) to help those who have recently suffered financial hardship to earn profits from the crypto space. It aims to achieve this by forming more guilds, providing performance monitoring and coaching, and enabling players to convert in-game tokens to $AAG, which can later be cashed out to fiat.
Because AAG Ventures believes that NFTs should not be off-limits, it also offers fractional ownership — meaning shares in high-value NFTs can be bought for as little as $1. At $12.5 million, the second-largest funding round of any guild, AAG Ventures' upcoming public sale on Dec. 12 is one to watch.
2. Cross the Ages
This is a metaverse project based on NFT trading cards, set in the fictional realm of Artellium, it is free to play, but it also contains multiple earning opportunities. Featuring hundreds of cards of varying rarities, the game aims to create a unique experience that combines the nostalgia of buying physical trading card packs (who remembers Panini?) with the more immersive experience of modern digital play. experience combined. To this end, NFT cards can be "activated" in the real world, and those who collect a certain number of cards can get physical versions. Meanwhile, an integrated marketplace is where players mint NFTs or sell gems from their collections. Cross the Ages is our hit show for 2022 - prepare to be amazed.
3. Raini: Lords of Light
Another high-profile competitive trading card game is Lords of Light, where players wage war by collecting crypto-legendary and mythical beasts. Unveiled by the Raini liquidity mining platform in August, this super strategy game is mainly about beating other players to increase your own reserves. In other words, advanced cards can also be pledged in the liquidity mining pool, so that the winning party has more opportunities to generate profits. Lords of Light is built around a native currency, $PHOTON, which can be earned by winning battles, completing quests, and renting premium cards.
4. Rikkei Finance
Rikkei Finance is a cross-chain Metaverse lending and insurance protocol, based on Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain (BSC), with five areas: sports and entertainment center, mining area, NFT market, RiWork and governance, DAO and lending . No matter where you choose to spend your time, you have the opportunity to direct your energies towards rewards that are paid out in the platform’s native $RIFI token. We especially love the sports and entertainment hub, which features coveted NFTs of footballers like Frank Palmrad and Steve Regard. Rikkei was recently listed on both Huobi and PancakeSwap.
5. Himo World
Another game that offers multiple modes is Himo World, a metaverse game featuring a host of warlike troll characters with swords and shields. Powered by Binance Smart Chain, the game features tournaments, trading (selling hero and skill cards to other players) and betting (betting on the outcome of battles) mechanisms. Ostensibly, the purpose of Himo World is to explore, use strategy and button presses every now and then to defeat other characters
6. Ancient Kingdom
Ancient Kingdom is an immersive martial arts world with PvP battles and PvE missions, which offers a series of monetization mechanisms including staking, trading, mining and P2E. Much of the game is about the map: reading the map to help players find rare items like NFT weapons and amulets. Participants can also form guilds to give them a better chance of defeating the powerful monsters that roam the land. Next year, the project will launch games on Android and iOS, while implementing a buyback and burn plan.
7. RaceFi
Unlike other entries on this list, RaceFi's thematic focus is somewhat narrow: it's about the need for speed. The first ever AI/ML racing game launched on Solana's Lightning blockchain, this version supports multiple game modes (PvP, PvE, combat competition), while allowing users to earn rewards for owning property in the metaverse : NFT represents real estate such as garages, showrooms, racing tracks, and billboards. Meanwhile, vehicles can be equipped with guns, shields, and powerful nitrogen fuel. In other words, it's not all about being first across the finish line. RaceFi is currently running a series of IDOs and will be listed shortly.
8. Galaxy Fight Club
"Galaxy Fight Club" is known as the "Superstar Smash Bros" in the NFT world. It is the first cross-IP, cross-platform (mobile + PC) PVP fighting game on the market. GFC gives players the opportunity to use any of their NFTs in battle to win and earn rewards, including the company’s native token $GCOIN. Finally, people with Crypto Punk can link their wallets to compete with people with Bored Ape without any friction or hassle. Game modes include PVP, 3V3 Tournament and Battle Royale. GFC is eyeing a Q1 launch on iOS, Android, and PC.
9. Drunk Robots
Not only does Drunk Robots have the coolest project title on this list, it also offers really fun gameplay. This particular metaverse consists of a city (Los Machines) split into areas, land is sold and players are incentivized to acquire METAL ($MTL) - a native drink that keeps robots alive and active. Speaking of robots, there are over 10,100 of them in the game, each of which can be enhanced by winning battles, robbing banks, and drinking the aforementioned tonics. According to the developers, good players can earn anywhere from $400 to $5,000 a month, depending on how much time they spend in the Metaverse.
10. Rise of Defenders
Featuring colorful heroes and villains armed with weapons, Rise of Defenders is a money-making venture that offers both player-versus-environment (PvE) and player-versus-player (PvP) modes. Inspired by successful works such as Final Fantasy and Fire Emblem, this BSC-based game is known for its rich equipment system, players can collect NFT and earn cryptocurrency by winning battles and competitions, while preventing Their base was destroyed by evil monster army.
The Metaverse space is evolving at a breakneck pace, and it's only natural that more developers and creatives will join the fray in the coming months and years. After all, Earn by Play has proven to be not only a favorite of gamers, but also a boon for platforms that facilitate gaming, as each platform earns a share of the transaction fees generated by users. In turn, these revenues can be reinvested to ensure the best developer talent money can attract. No matter how you look at it, 2022 is going to be a good year for blockchain gaming.
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