Zynga, one of the biggest names in the mobile game world, made a very important announcement today. In the days when the evolution of the gaming world with the rise of NFTs and cryptocurrencies was talked about, Zynga announced that it plans to release its first blockchain and NFT-based game this year. Some details about the game were also shared.
The billion-dollar mobile game studio didn’t give the first signal today that it’s actually making its way into the crypto world. The company acquired Matt Wolf, vice president of Blockchain Gaming, last year. According to the plans that Zynga has developed with the team including Wolf, NFT-based games will be independent of the games we have seen before.
Games could be like Mafia Wars:
Speaking to Axios, Matt Wolf stated that the upcoming blockchain-based games could be like Mafia Wars. Mafia Wars, also published by Zynga, was a social media-based game and did not include any graphical content. Players were expanding their own criminal gangs. Also, Wolf stated that it doesn’t make much sense to add NFT to existing games like FarmVille.
Zynga, which is expected to be acquired by Take-Two for $12.7 billion soon, sees blockchain technology as a big step for the future, according to Wolf’s statement. Wolf had previously told the New York Times that he believed in giving people the opportunity to play to win
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