Off The Grid’s success shows ‘invisible’ blockchain is the winning play – Cointelegraph Magazine

Off The Grid, a battle royale shooting game drizzled with a hint of blockchain, had an electric debut, with players spinning up 9.12 million wallets and more than 100 million transactions in its first month.

But Off The Grid’s use of blockchain technology is more of an optional extra than a core element. The graphics and gameplay do not run onchain and its NFT in-game items are opt-in. The game intends to launch a marketplace where items can be traded on Gunz, an Avalanche subnet. A to-be-launched GUN token will be the in-game currency that can be used to purchase items and skins.

Its success shows that emphasizing good gameplay, with blockchain elements as an added feature that enhances the experience for those who want it, can be a winning move. It helped Gunzilla Games, the studio behind Off The Grid, secure backing from VanEck, building on the $517 million in Q3 funding raised by gaming startups.

Some of the industry’s high-profile games, like World of Dyspians or the new Champions Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles by Assassin’s Creed developer Ubisoft, also follow this formula.

Many gamers hate blockchain anyway

Many gamers are deeply suspicious of extractive game developers employing NFTs, meaning gaming firms may be best off distancing themselves from the blockchain label but slowly letting their players dip their toes in.

“Gamers are still pissed about their game [graphic] cards being used to mine Bitcoin and Ethereum back in the day, and they’ve never forgiven the blockchain people,” Viktoriya Hying, co-founder of Base layer-3 gaming chain B3, tells Magazine.

“Every time any big publisher said they’re going to try something in blockchain, all their fans revolted against them, and they were shitposting on Discord to shut down the entire initiative.”

Several blockchain and gaming firms tell Magazine that the key to onboarding a mass wave of gamers onto Web3 is to make blockchain…

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