Pixel Has 120K Users And $6.51 Volume, Game Choices For 2024, Titan Hunters – Cointelegraph Magazine
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Normally, you would expect the popularity of a Web3 game to have a direct correlation with its revenue. However, the first days of 2024 show that this is not always the rule.
Massively multiplayer online game (MMO) Pixels has dominated the charts this week, logging 123,100 unique active wallets (UAW) in the last 24 hours.
Pixel is an adventure game where you farm, explore, own land and trade your intangible tokens (NFTs). It's a simple game where you just wander around and stumble upon cool stuff.
However, despite the good UAW numbers, the in-game token, BERRY, is practically pocket change at $0.0002. So the total amount of in-game transactions for the session has reached…*drumroll*.
6.51 dollars
Let's Grow UAW – This is a metric that Dapradar uses to determine how many private crypto wallet addresses are connected to DApp smart contracts.
Basically, any transaction on the blockchain.
This is a solid indicator, but not everyone will catch on when playing the game. Take the individuals who blew this month's budget on New Year's Eve and won't be doing any gaming shopping this week.
The sweat economy has claimed second place at the UAW, so it looks like people are coming in for those fitness decisions.
The Sweat Economy app is simple – it pays you to walk.
Users just need to hit that download button, launch it, and watch those sweat coins pile up with every step.
The same period saw 102,600 UAW and $34,700 in in-game transaction volume.
Card games, however, don't seem to start the new year with the same popularity.
The much-loved blockchain card game Splinterlands saw a 40.24% drop on UAW, with only 41,800 users making transactions.
Axie Infinity had a 21.59% increase over the same period, with 15,900 UAW interacting with the game.
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Ed Chang, head of gaming at Ava Labs – the team behind the Avalanche blockchain – is gearing up for a big 2024 with a number of games lined up to play throughout the year.
In the year He told the magazine that while he is enthusiastic about Web3 games in 2024, some titles may fail to launch.
“The biggest challenges will be the acquisition of users and the regulatory environment. A lot of quality games will come out in the first half of the year, but if they don't have a proper marketing budget and strategy, they will fall on their faces.
Getting users is the biggest challenge in a Web3 game, let alone getting into playing it, due to the difficulty of getting started with a Web3 game.
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Chang highlighted five new releases in 2024. Judging by its choices, it can't box itself into just one game genre. He is that rare breed in the gaming world – a gamer with brains.
Chang talked about the AAA first-person shooter Shrapnel. The game's developers, Neon Machine, recently raised $20 million in funding for its development, positioning it as a blockchain-based Call of Duty contender.
Two other games in the fighting genre that Chang is most excited about are the third-person shooter Gunzilla and the sci-fi survival game Providence.
Meanwhile, NFT racing game Trials Xtreme, indie horse racing game Pegaxy and its own ARPG Fableborne are also among the best.
Looking back at 2023, Chang had a few favorites including the 5v5 character-based FPS Valorant and the top-down shooter Megaweapon.
For those looking to play a new game while traveling, Chang recommends the action-adventure game The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
“It took me a lot of plane rides,” he said.
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Hot Take: Titan Hunters
MMORPG Titan Hunters is a monetization game using BNB Smart Chain (BSC).
The core of the game is that you are a hunter upgrading your weapons and armor so that you can go toe-to-toe with some nasty monsters.
But hey, if grinding isn't your thing and you're more into instant gratification, throw some crypto in, and you can get some pretty cool armor without leveling it up.
In addition to fighting, yes, you guessed it, they're also hunting collectable pets known as titans.
These Titans are NFTs that you can use to fight against other Titans or for epic stunts against other Titans.
When you switch to multiplayer mode, you can face the main boss – Titan – in the arena with three other players.
While it seems to check the boxes of a game that you might enjoy, it really just never caught my interest.
Unlike other blockchain fighting games like Champions Arena and Cyborg, which grab your attention with both stunning graphics and gameplay, this one is a little off.
Mainly, the controls feel a bit cluttered and difficult to navigate.
At first, there's a quick five-second tutorial before you're thrown into the game, and I'm left scratching my head wondering what to do.
Now, if it was Grand Theft Auto, I could happily spend hours exploring the map. But when it was something that looked like a vegetable and there was nothing around, I had to turn to YouTube just to learn the basics.
If the game itself isn't fun, I'd never bother looking for games that get gameplay just to do some crypto. But with this one, the thought crossed my mind a few times.
Considering I'm 27 years old, I figured I'd be the right audience for this game.
Although I thought it was aimed at young people, seeing the white paper confirmed that I am indeed in their target market, which is the 16-35 age group.
Van Eyck predicts this year's big Web3 game
In the year As we bid farewell to 2023, asset management firm VanEck published a report titled “VanEck's 15 Crypto Predictions for 2024.”
In the report, VanEyck said it is set to launch its first blockchain game this year.
“Blockchain gaming sees at least one title with more than 1 million daily active users, demonstrating its long-awaited potential,” the report said.
I don't want to be a buzzkill, but I'm sure we get this prediction every year. But hey, it wouldn't be a web3 industry without overconfident forecasting.
So let's wait and see.
Meanwhile, VanEyck chimed in on Immutable shouting that he has a good shot at hitting the top 25 crypto club in 2024.
It now ranks 42nd.
Investment giant Immobile sings the praises of how it is tackling the biggest problem in web3 games – the lack of joy:
“Invariant builds multiple AAA games on the platform that implement games that can't be easily farmed and are fun to play. Years in the making and $100m+ in funding, these titles are releasing in 2024.”
A game that's being hyped in particular ahead of its release in Q2 2024 is mobile roguelite RPGGuild of Guardians.
In a recent interview on the BlockCrutch podcast, Immutable founder Robbie Ferguson made a bold statement about the ripple effect the successful Web3 game will have on the entire industry.
“Successful Games provides the largest volume of all NFT collections in the world, tripling the Web3 user base overnight,” Ferguson said.
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Ciaran Lyon
Ciaran Lyons is an Australian crypto journalist. He is also a freelance comedian and has been a radio and TV presenter on Triple J, SBS and The Project.
