Blockchain games have proven to be an effective method to mass blockchain adoption. Axie Infinity did it for ETH, Alienworlds for Wax and Splinterlands for Hive. Games are engaging and entertaining entry point into blockchain. The games introduce NFTs, wallets and smart contracts to masses with gaming and blockchain based rewards like tokens and player owned assets like cards and virtual lands.
People already spend time, attention and money in web2 games while earning rewards that had no real world value beyond the game itself. Blockchain games like Splinterlands and Arcade Colony changes this with true digital ownership of in game assets. The Splinterlands motto is "You own your cards, not us!"
Players no longer "own" items within a game’s closed system. In blockchain games, they can own, trade, sell and rent their assets on the marketplace. This changes gamers into stakeholders in a digital economy. Gamers are not just players, they own part of the game's assets.
In Hive, Splinterlands is the pioneer in blockchain gaming and inviting players to the Hive ecosystem. Invennium is a subsidiary of Splinterlands that has the Arcade Colony games in its stable. Recently, it was announced that mobile versions of Arcade Colony games are in development. With millions of gamers playing games on Android and IOS, getting a slice of that pie will be a big boost not only to Arcade Colony but Hive as well. Imagine thousands if not millions of new Hive users getting onboarded through mobile games.
There are three games in the Arcade Colony ecosystem. Moon Karts, Hyper Rail Blaster and Stakehouse Den. Each game has a different niche of players from racing to casino and the games are easy to play on mobile. I think these games will play an important role in bringing in new users to Hive. They are fun to play and will serve as an entry of web2 players to adopting blockchain technology.
Links:
https://arcadecolony.com/
https://splinterlands.com/register?ref=iamchessguy
