Games on the blockchain move into a new era

Thanks to better network performance and excellent gameplay!

Robert Hoogendoorn
The Startup

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Gods Unchained, by Immutable — (October 2019)

For two years gaming on the blockchain was nothing more than creating new tokens and trading them. Two years ago Cryptokitties was the most popular decentralized game in crypto. Ever since that time blockchain games have been stuck at breeding and trading collectible items. Two years later blockchain games have finally evolved. Games provide actual gameplay, network can handle serious amounts of player action and these new games just look so much better. Gods Unchained is one of the biggest blockchain games of the moment, and its leading blockchain games into a new era.

It all started with Cryptokitties

When developer Axiom Zen launched Cryptokitties in October 2017, it was just a fun experiment with early blockchain technology. The crypto industry was at the beginning of an enormous bull run and every day the value jumped up a few percent. Cryptokitties users breed and trade unique digital kittens. The game became way too popular for something that was meant as a fun experiment.

The game became a hype, and some kittens were sold for prices into six figures. A genesis kitten was sold for 117 thousand dollars, while many other cats were also sold at car values. This is the…

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Robert Hoogendoorn
The Startup

Metaverse citizen, Web3 enthusiast, NFT collector. Learning about blockchain every day, sharing my knowledge and passion. Head of Content at DappRadar