Blockchain is about to go back to the 80’s, courtesy of Microsoft, game developer Eidos and gamebook company Fabled Lands.
The companies have teamed up to resurrect a best-selling 1980’s gamebook “The Way of the Tiger”, written by Jamie Thomson and Mark Smith, in the form of a blockchain card game.
Reborn as “Arena of Death”, the game will see players battle it out in a fantasy-themed card game that incorporates elements of the original 1980’s gamebook series.
Jamie Thomson, who is now chief executive officer of Fabled Lands, explained why it was decided to create a blockchain game rather than a more traditional video game, saying:
“We were going to relaunch the series into a computer game format but this new technology (blockchain), just made more sense. Imagine playing Magic the Gathering but knowing if you owned a card, it really does belong to you. Or if we say there are only 100 editions of an item or skill, you know there really are only 100 editions.”
The game will be based on the VeChain Thor blockchain – an enterprise class blockchain often used for supply-chain management – and use non-fungible tokens (NFTs), ensuring players actually own their in-game assets.
AYO.NEWS says:
Using blockchain technology and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) enables real ownership of digital assets and collectibles, and looks set to become a significant part of the gaming landscape as we move forward.
Though blockchain games like Crypto Kitties, F1 Delta Time (read more), Gods Unchained, Neon District, Glitch Goons, and Light Trail Rush (read more) are already powering the sector forward, the possibilities are truly mind-boggling.
There is clearly a potential to totally revolutionise not just gaming, but the entire global economy – effectively allowing a parallel economy to develop entirely in the digital world, where people can start amassing and trading assets, and real wealth, from a very early age.
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