Featured October 27, 2022 How Sims’ Will Wright integrates Web3 into his recent game, VoxVerse The Sims and Spore creator Will Wright is back in the game business with the new metaverse project VoxVerse promising “a unique and immersive” cross-game experience. Let us see what his team is preparing for gamers and whether it will astound the well-nourished Web3 game industry.
Featured September 28, 2022 Safety laws for metaverse: Meta unites with South Korea to elaborate on user safety in virtual world Meta’s VP of product policy and strategy met with South Korea’s official media regulator to work on safety and privacy regulations for the metaverse space, fueled by users’ concerns.
Featured September 26, 2022 Metaverse megapolis: what’s special about upcoming Dubaiverse project UAE government pursues to secure a place in the metaverse space with its ambitious upcoming project Dubaiverse developed on the Sandbox platform.
GameFi News September 1, 2022 Swiss crypto bank Sygnum to open metaverse hub in Decentraland to showcase its ‘Web3 innovations’ Sygnum is the first Swiss bank to have its own metaverse residency. The crypto company and virtual asset manager has announced the opening of a digital hub in Decentraland. It will feature an NFT gallery and space for virtual conferences.
GameFi News August 10, 2022 Metaverse company Hadean raises $18 million from Tencent and CIA-backed fund Chinese tech giant Tencent has participated in a £15 million ($18.3 million) funding round for Hadean, a British startup building virtual worlds and its own metaverse platform. Other investors include a CIA-backed fund and the British government.
GameFi News August 1, 2022 Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin on why Meta and other corporations won’t be able to build metaverse Many believe that the metaverse is the future, and Vitalik Buterin is no exception. However, the Ethereum creator is skeptical that big tech companies will be able to build the one.
GameFi News July 19, 2022 Dubai plans to create 40k virtual jobs in metaverse and add $4 billion to city’s GDP in five years Dubai-based blockchain companies already contribute $500 million to the national economy. Now the Emirates plans to invest more in the metaverse and create 40,000 virtual jobs under a new strategy.
GameFi News July 11, 2022 Shanghai to establish $1.5 billion fund to help launch 100 metaverse products by 2025 Shanghai’s government has announced it plans to establish a $1.5 billion fund dedicated to metaverse development. The initiative is supposed to accelerate China’s economic recovery through supporting companies working in this area.
GameFi News June 30, 2022 Metaverse platform Mona raises $14.6 million to let creators build and sell virtual worlds as NFTs Mona has raised $14.6 million for its metaverse platform for digital creators. It is designed to help people build virtual worlds and sell them as NFTs, while also offering its own infrastructure and editor.
GameFi News June 14, 2022 ‘Snow Crash’ author Neal Stephenson steps into Web3 by announcing ‘truly open metaverse’ LAMINA1 Neal Stephenson is known for defining the term “Metaverse” in his cyberpunk novel “Snow Crash” back in the early 90s. The writer has now decided to bring his own vision of this concept to life by announcing a new project titled LAMINA1 aimed at helping creators realize their ideas.
GameFi News June 10, 2022 Citigroup expects metaverse industry to reach up to $13 trillion by 2030 despite skepticism Metaverse has become the buzzword for tech companies and startups across the globe over the last year. Despite the skepticism around this sector remaining high, some analysts think that it might turn into a $13 trillion industry by the end of this decade.
GameFi News February 8, 2022 PUBG creator KRAFTON invests $6.6 million in making NFT avatars as part of its metaverse development Krafton has joined a list of game companies stepping into the NFT space. The PUBG developer will create NFT avatars that players will supposedly find “fun and engaging.”
GameFi News December 15, 2021 S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 to feature NFTs and Metaverse GSC Game World announced that its upcoming shooter S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl is going to feature NFTs.