Key Takeaways Royalties Are Reshaping Web3 Game Economics Traditional game studios make most of their revenue upfront—from game sales, battle passes, or microtransactions. Web3 studios, however, operate in an open-market ecosystem where players freely trade tokenized items. To remain profitable in this environment, many teams rely on secondary market royalties, a system where the studio…
Key Takeaways A New Era of Verified Player Identity Competitive gaming has always struggled with identity issues—smurf accounts, cheating, false ranking, and players who disappear after toxic behavior. In Web2 ecosystems, reputation systems are fragmented and easy to reset with a new account. Reputation NFTs (rNFTs) introduce a different approach. Stored on-chain, these NFTs represent…
Key Takeaways Mobile is becoming the real battleground for Web3 games PC-focused blockchain games dominated the early Web3 cycle, attracting hardcore players willing to learn crypto workflows and navigate complex wallets. Today, the momentum has flipped. Web3 mobile games—lighter, more accessible, and built for everyday players—are seeing faster adoption and broader retention. This trend mirrors…
Key Takeaways Where AI Worldbuilding Meets Player Ownership AI-generated game worlds are moving far beyond random terrain or NPC dialogue. Today’s Web3 games use generative AI to build entire environments, ecosystems, and quests in real time. Players explore landscapes that shift based on their actions, communities, or even collective governance. But without ownership, AI’s creativity…
Key Takeaways The Evolution of Core Gameplay Systems Energy, lives, and stamina mechanics have long shaped how players progress through games. In Web2 titles, these systems control session length, enforce cooldowns, and often drive monetization through microtransactions. Web3 gaming transforms these mechanics by tokenizing them, giving players real ownership and marketplace flexibility over how they…
Key Takeaways A new kind of gaming asset On-chain game characters move player avatars from server-held profiles into blockchain-based assets. Rather than being accounts or database records controlled by a developer, these characters are tokenized—often as NFTs—with ownership, provenance, and sometimes behavior encoded on-chain. That shift matters because it changes who controls value, how characters…
Key Takeaways The Matchmaking Problem Web3 Wants to Solve Matchmaking is the backbone of competitive gaming, yet players rarely trust it. From suspicious pairings to hidden ranking algorithms, traditional systems operate like black boxes. Players have no way to confirm whether the match was fair, whether opponents had similar skill levels, or if the system…
Key Takeaways A New Chapter in Gaming Is Emerging The early wave of Web3 games promised ownership, open economies, and player-driven worlds—but many newcomers hit roadblocks. Wallet setup was confusing, gas fees were unpredictable, and many games lacked the polish of traditional titles. Today, studios are solving that problem through hybrid Web2/Web3 games, a model…
Key Takeaways Web3 Gaming’s Growing Need for Privacy Web3 games offer transparency, ownership, and open economies — but they also expose data on public blockchains. Every transaction, item purchase, and wallet interaction can be viewed by anyone. For players who want competitive secrecy or protection from tracking, this creates real privacy concerns. Zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs)…
Key Takeaways The Rise of Player-Owned Creativity in Web3 In traditional games, user-generated content (UGC) has always been central to community culture—think modding in Minecraft, skins in CS:GO, or custom maps in StarCraft. But Web2 titles never allowed creators to truly own or monetize their work. Studios maintained full control, limiting resale rights and long-term…