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Sebastien Borget, President of Blockchain Game Alliance, reveals Square Enix partnership

admin — Fri, 26 May 2023 20:56:13 +0000

Square Enix is the leading Japanese Video Game and Publishing Company responsible for creating some of the most beloved and iconic video game franchises in history, including Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, and Dragon Quest.

The Blockchain Game Alliance is a non-profit organization committed to promoting blockchain within the game industry. Their aim is to spread awareness of blockchain technologies and encourage adoption by highlighting their potential to foster new ways to create, publish, play, and build strong communities around games.

Sebastien Borget President at Blockchain Game Alliance commented:

“Square Enix is an early actor in the Blockchain Gaming industry, both as a seed investor in The Sandbox in 2019 and as a Developer and Publisher of web3 games. We’re delighted that this global gaming giant has officially joined the Blockchain Game Alliance and will further engage in the space alongside BGA activities and its 500+ members, contributing to expanding global adoption of the potential of this technology.”

Hideaki Uehara Director of Business Development at Square Enix commented:

“BGA has made a significant contribution to promoting blockchain gaming and helping members to advance their interests in the space. As a sponsor and a member, Square Enix will support BGA’s activities and promote blockchain gaming.”

Simon Cowell, CEO of Zebedee, Revealed Partnership With Dubzz For Bitcoin-Powered Fortnite Tournaments

admin — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 00:16:29 +0000

Simon Cowell, CEO of Zebedee, reveals partnership with Dubzz for Bitcoin-Powered Fortnite Tournaments.

Zebedee is a leading FinTech and payment processor for the gaming industry – supported by VCs and gaming studios like Initial Capital, Lakestar, and Square Enix. Zebedee has advanced tools that enable game developers to create “genuine economies for players and communities”. Zebedee helps developers power instant global payments of any size for any game, site, or application through the Bitcoin Lightning Network.

Dubbz is a blockchain-based gaming platform that offers a simple way for gamers to compete and win real monetary prizes on skill-based video games.

ZEBEDEE and VIKER Partner To Incorporate Play-To-Earn Mechanics For and Other Exciting Updates

admin — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 20:08:40 +0000

Gaming payment processor Zebedee and mobile game studio Viker recently launched Bitcoin Chess & Bitcoin Scratch. Bitcoin Chess and Bitcoin Scratch are available on iOS and Android. They are among some of the latest additions to Viker’s portfolio of Zebedee-powered games, which already includes classics like Solitaire and Sudoku. Dan Beasley is the co-founder of Viker.

Zebedee is a fintech startup and next-generation payment processor for the gaming industry, backed by global VCs and gaming studios including Initial Capital, Lakestar, Kingsway Capital, The Raine Group, and Square Enix. Viker is a play-and-earn mobile game studio aiming to bring blockchain games to the masses.

ZEBEDEE and Edgegap Partner To Revolutionize Gaming With Global Payments and Rapid Distribution

admin — Sun, 12 Mar 2023 20:48:31 +0000

Edgegap and ZEBEDEE reveal a partnership to make Edgegap’s multiplayer game platform accessible to game developers by using ZEBEDEE’s payment system. The collaboration aims to “create a unified global marketplace for game makers and players”.

ZEBEDEE is a popular payment processor for gaming. They are backed by big investors like Square Enix. ZEBEDEE offers tools to create in-game economies and allows global payments using the Bitcoin Lightning Network. ZEBEDEE makes it possible for game developers to use Bitcoin to pay and get paid in their games. They can even make tiny payments for game actions, and it happens instantly with no extra fees.

Edgegap is a cutting-edge technology company founded by Mathieu Duperré in 2018. Edgegap makes sure that the game runs smoothly by placing it in the best location and using fast servers.

Softbank Partners With Oasys As An Official Validator To Develop Blockchain-Based Services

admin — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 00:24:38 +0000

Softbank partners with Oasys as an official validator to develop blockchain-based services. Oasys is an environmentally-friendly, gaming-optimized Proof-of-Stake blockchain built for gamers by gamers. The company also recently revealed that Square Enix joined its project as the final of 21 initial node validators on its platform. Moreover, at the end of last year, Oasys announced a raise of $20 million and a new partnership with Mythical Games.

Oasys already has strong institutional backing and some of the other initial validators on its blockchain include: Bandai Namco Research, SEGA, Ubisoft, Netmarble, Wemade, Com2uS, and Yield Guild Games.

Square Enix Chosen Polygon To Launch Its Dynamic Web3 Experience Symbiogenisis

admin — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 00:05:29 +0000

Square Enix has chosen Polygon to launch its dynamic Web3 experience called Symbiogenesis. The experience is built around digital collectible art (NFTs) that are tied to a storyline that players will get to use in a virtual (turn-based) adventure. Apparently, the NFTs will evolve with each strategic move a player makes. Symbiogenesis is currently slated to launch in the spring of 2023.

Naoyuki Tamate, Symbiogenesis producer at Square Enix, stated:

“Square Enix opted to tap into Polygon’s high transaction speeds, low gas fees, and overall user-friendliness to deliver this unique experience to Web3 fans.”

Urvit Goel, vice president of global games and platform business development at Polygon Labs, responded:

“Our latest collaboration just goes to show that Web3 is decisively getting more and more traction among the world’s largest developers, proving yet again that this innovative stack of technologies and the benefits they bestow have massive potential when it comes to gaming.”

Square Enix President Yosuke Matsuda Annual Letter and News

admin — Tue, 03 Jan 2023 18:01:32 +0000

Square Enix President Yosuke Matsuda states in his annual letter that Square Enix will be keeping an eye on and exploring new business opportunities in blockchain entertainment and there are also apparently several new projects based on new IP in development. Two of the most anticipated games of 2023: are Fantasy XVI (coming on June 22nd, 2023) and Forspoken launching on January 24th, 2023.

Last year, Square Enix overhauled its development and publishing organization to advance growth and support it in the future. It streamlined the game business under the One Square Enix model more closely aligning working relationships between Japan and the West. It also sold off its Western game studios Eidos Montreal, Crystal Dynamics, and Square Enix Montreal to Embracer Group for $300 million.

As part of the One Square Enix model, they’ve appointed two chief product officers who will work together to grow its publishing capabilities across the globe. It promoted industry exec John Heinecke (who oversaw Hearthstone and Overwatch at Blizzard) from CMO to CPO.

The inaugural GAM3 Awards Is Being Described as “The Grammys of Web3 Gaming”

admin — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 01:16:21 +0000

The inaugural GAM3 Awards wants to “celebrate the best of web3 gaming” and is being described by some as the “The Grammys of Web3 gaming”. Polkastarter Gaming is hosting the event which takes place on December 15th. Some awards include “Best Action Game”, “Game of the Year”, and “People’s Choice Awards”. Polkastarter Gaming’s Twitch, YouTube, and Twitter channels will all show the event.

Over 200 web3 games can win up to sixteen awards on offer. The judges have a great deal of gaming experience and include former Square Enix CTO who directed games such as Sonic: Unleashed and Final Fantasy XIV Online (Yoshihisa Hashimoto) and former Senior Director of Partnerships at Electronic Arts (Edward Chang). Additionally, industry leaders from companies such as Electronic Arts, Riot Games, Zynga, Xbox Game Studios, Amazon Gaming, and Unity Technologies will also be involved in the judging process – including RealThirdWeb CEO Jonah Blake!

Winners of the first-ever GAM3 Awards will have a chance at $300,000 worth of prizes. The rewards are coming from the event sponsors, including Immutable X and many more.

Community voting opens in mid-November on the Polkastarter Gaming website.

Square Enix Names LGG As Official Marketing Partner For Symbiogenesis as Its First Digital Collectible Art Project

admin — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 23:04:04 +0000

Square Enix recently unveiled Symbiogenesis, its first original digital collectible art project created for web3. The plot of Symbiogenesis will take place in a parallel universe where the player must solve puzzles involving the distribution and monopolization of resources to solve a mystery.

Square Enix stated in a news release that “more of the story develops with each strategic move players make.” The game is an entirely new project for Square Enix and is tentatively planned to launch on Ethereum in the Spring of 2023. They will be expanding the project globally with LGG, one of the largest NFT gaming guilds in Japan, as an official marketing partner.

After successfully launching Final Fantasy and Tomb Raider, Square Enix says it’s shifting some of its focus to web3.

An official press release further details what to expect:

“Symbiogenesis is brand-new entertainment content set in a self-contained world where a wide cast of characters symbiosis, all of which can be collected as digital art; an interactive story and a dedicated community. The art can be used for social media profile pictures (PFP) and as a character in a story that takes place in an alternate world where the player can ’untangle’ a mystery by completing missions that revolve around questions of the monopolization and distribution of resources. With each strategic move players make, more of the story unfolds.”

Zebedee Announced Launch of Their NBD (No Big Deal) Organization and $35M Raise

admin — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 16:34:23 +0000

Zebedee is a New Jersey-based company hoping to transform the web3 gaming ecosystem by adding new revenue streams powered by cryptocurrency, blockchain, and other technologies.

Zebedee enables programmable payments and small transactions to power economies for virtual worlds with near-zero fees. It aims to take the big transaction fees out of blockchain based cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and enables much smaller transaction sizes.

Zebedee recently raised $35 million in a funding round led by Kingsway Capital with participation from The Raine Group and Square Enix. Existing investors including Lakestar and Initial Capital also participated in the round. The capital will be used to further develop its Bitcoin-based payment systems for web3 games.

The company has now just announced the launch of its “No Big Deal” (NBD) nonprofit organization. The NBD initiative will apparently allow other Bitcoin developers to build their own software instead of relying on third-party, for-profit services, such as Zebedee itself. NBD’s first four projects deal with hosted channels. Over time, the organization’s open-source development efforts will branch out to include other aspects of Bitcoin.

The four projects are:

– Open Bitcoin Wallet (OBW)

– Poncho

– Cliche

– Immortan