What happens when Bomberman meets web3? | Star News - August 1, 2024

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Welcome back to Star News! This week sees a web3 title inspired by a classic game, and we explore how creative indifferences led to three games being made instead of one!

?? ICYMI we launched Starbase, a brand new social gaming platform that offers rewards for completing missions in 20+ web3 titles! From an industry perspective, Starbase is designed to boost discoverability and retention among players. Click here to try out Starbase yourself, or read the write-up below.

?? @Jenny Jordan | BlockchainGamer.biz

Read Now: https://www.blockchaingamer.biz/news/33372/stardust-launches-web3-games-platform-starbase/

“Bomberman multiplayer meets web3”. That’s how @Dean Takahashi describes the latest title in the Mocaverse. Launched this week, the PvP title plans to introduce new IPs to the game so we’ll await new characters and themes. Players of the beta? will need a Moca ID, a decentralized identifier belonging to each gamer. As shared in the VentureBeat article, players can access special tournaments by earning in-game Realm Points (RP), which in turn unlocks more ways to earn addition Realm Points – a good way of incentivizing users to keep on playing.?

?? @Dean Takahashi | VentureBeat.com

Read Now:

https://venturebeat.com/security/cosmic-bomber-is-like-bomberman-multiplayer-meets-web3/

Looking outside the gaming sphere, California’s Department of Motor Vehicles has put 42 million vehicle titles on the blockchain in an effort to digitize and speed up the process of title transfer. The technology was developed by Oxhead Alpha and sees Avalanche as the chain of choice. As @Krisztián Sándor comments in his reporting of the story, the news shows how blockchain can improve bureaucracy.?

?? @Krisztián Sándor | Cointelegraph.com

Read Now: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/07/30/california-dmv-puts-42m-car-titles-on-the-avalanche-network-in-digitization-push/

?? On the 25th July, Illivium released three web3 games concurrently! The trio of titles feature a connected universe and interoperable assets. CEO @Kieran Warwick explains the reason for the multi-release is due to creative differences from the founders, who just so happen to be brothers! Read the full VentureBeat article for details about each game:

?? @Dean Takahashi | VentureBeat.com

Read Now:? https://venturebeat.com/games/illuvium-will-launch-3-web3-games-on-july-25/

?? Originally teased on X, Notcoin has revealed details for its upcoming story-driven web3 game. Away from the tap-to-earn phenomenon which Notcoin gained prominence for, this release sets to put “good narratives” over “quick dopamine hits”, according to Cointelegraph. The project will collaborate with non-fungible token (NFT) collection Lost Dogs. What are your thoughts on this news??

?? @Ezra Reguerra | Cointelegraph.com

Read Now: https://cointelegraph.com/news/notcoin-lost-dogs-web3-game-launch

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