After the launch of GRIT Royal Bat, the first NFT game on the Epic Game Store, the hit gaming platform is doing it again by announcing its second game including non-fungible tokens. Blankos Block Party, a web3 Roblox-like NFT game, is now available on the Epic Games Store.
Blankos Block Party, the new NFT game on the Epic Games store
Epic games has announced the launch of their second NFT game on the platform: Blankos Block Party
The game is an open world MMO similar to Roblox or Little Big Planet. In this dynamic 3D game you can build your own levels, and discover other players’ mini-games to compete with your friends. The level editor is meant to be intuitive so that creators can create their mini-games easily, without coding.
The big difference with a Roblox, besides the aesthetics, is that the game integrates the blockchain to collect avatar skins or NFT cosmetics of varying rarity.
Thanks to this technology, you are the sole owner of the consumables unlike Fortnite and other games where the platform is the sole owner. Therefore, if the game or the platform closes, you can say goodbye to your skins… In short, on Blankos, the “EOSIO” blockchain allows you to store and exchange your consumables outside the game or to resell them to other players on a multitude of NFT marketplaces.
However, if you don’t want to spend your money on a skin, you should know that the game integrates a P2E system (play-to-earn). The objective of this game mechanic is to reward players with NFT cosmetics.
So, the promise is that if you are pretty good at the game, you can simply earn crypto, and therefore money by reselling your skins.
For the moment, the game is available in early access on PC and MAC via the game’s website.
Indeed, Blankos Block Party did not wait to be available on the Epic Games Stores to meet a great success since Mythical games, the publisher of the game, claims to have registered more than one million players in total before this partnership.
Mythical Games: the emergence of the new web3 game studio
The burgeoning market for this type of blockchain-based games is bringing new game studios to light.
Mythical games is among its new industry pioneers. The studio is working with well-known brands and developers to create games around blockchain. The publisher has raised 142 million euros from prestigious investors such as Michael Jordan and the NFL’s investment subsidiary. Besides Blankos Block Party, Mythical Games is currently working on NFL Rivals, an NFT game exclusive to the NFL.
Although a pioneer in the blockchain video game market, as a result of its long-term partnership with Epic Games, Mythical Games is not the only platform to offer its innovative games…
Epic Games, the “NFT friendly” platform
Tim Sweeney’s platform is no stranger to NFT, as a few weeks ago, the Epic Games Store welcomed its first game with NFT: the battle royale GRIT from publisher GALA Games.
This is a golden opportunity for these new studios, which are offering themselves a visibility of about 194 million users through the Epic Games Store.
This first step in web3 games is surprising since the boss of Epic Games was suspicious of NFTs a few months ago.
John Linden, founder of Mythical Games explains that the platform is still cautious. To support his point, he says he has been working and negotiating with Epic Games for several months now.
“Epic Games has kind of gone back and forth with some skepticism and all that, and rightfully so,” says John Linden, founder of mythical Games.
Reassuring news for gamers, leaving us to imagine that Epic Games studies each request piecemeal and integrates this type of game when the gameplay is promising.
