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Sq. Enix has reaffirmed its dedication to blockchain video games.
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The corporate believes blockchain video games will transition to a brand new stage of progress in 2023.
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Sq. Enix is the developer behind the Last Fantasy and Dragon Quest franchises.
Sq. Enix has religion in blockchain video games
Sq. Enix President Yosuke Matsuda, revealed within the firm’s annual new year’s letter for 2023, that the corporate has religion in blockchain video games. He added that Sq. Enix is most targeted on blockchain-powered gaming amid its new enterprise growth efforts.
Matsuda revealed that the corporate is at the moment creating varied blockchain video games based mostly on unique IP as an alternative of its present franchises. He added that Sq. Enix intends to announce additional video games in 2023.
Sq. Enix can be contemplating funding alternatives within the blockchain house. Matsuda added that;
“[We] will proceed to take stakes in promising companies whether or not we discover them in Japan or overseas.”
The president highlighted the issues the crypto and blockchain trade confronted final 12 months, together with the collapse of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange. He added that;
“Blockchain has been an object of exhilaration and a supply of turmoil. However with that within the rearview mirror, we hope that blockchain video games will transition to a brand new stage of progress in 2023.”
Sq. Enix is changing into well-liked within the blockchain house
Matsuda’s feedback don’t come as a shock, as the corporate has been rising its presence within the blockchain house.
This latest cryptocurrency news comes roughly two months after Sq. Enix introduced its first unique sport constructed round Ethereum NFTs, referred to as Symbiogenesis.
The sport is about to launch within the Spring and is a digital collectible artwork expertise mixed with a storytelling expertise for the gamers.
The corporate just lately introduced that it could function a strategic advisor to Cross the Ages, a digital buying and selling card sport constructed on Polygon. Sq. Enix additionally invested in Bitcoin gaming startup ZEBEDEE and the metaverse challenge The Sandbox in 2020.
In 2022, Sq. Enix introduced plans to launch Last Fantasy NFTs on the Efinity platform (Enjin’s Polkadot-based NFT platform).