Social Gaming

Angelik Laboy is a Developer Advocate at Dolby Laboratories. She is leading a workshop at WITS Midwest on Unleashing Social Gaming with Spatial Chat & Pixel Streaming. Why is speaking at WITS important to you? Simple. Showing up and being yourself in a field like this is already challenging as…

Welcome to the inaugural post of the GameStarz Chronicles! Today, we’re excited to share the inspiration, development journey, and the challenges we faced while creating GameStarz, a unique mobile Esports Metaverse tailored for the mobile gamer. Introducing GameStarz GameStarz is an Esports Metaverse where players can create their avatars and immerse themselves…

Focus on ownership as a central aspect — Since most Web3 games utilize blockchain technology, the ownership of your assets is guaranteed to remain with you even after they are sold because they are linked to the player rather than the game. This specific aspect of the Web3 gaming industry safeguards investments and promotes fair play in gaming environments. By using blockchain-based systems, developers cannot easily take advantage of or exploit users’ card information, as all transactions are transparent. The Web3 gaming landscape allows for the ownership of in-game items, digital scarcity, and a digital marketplace where each asset has a specific supply. Ownership of these assets is transferred to players after sale transactions are completed.

Hello reignite community, We’re excited to announce some product updates that you may have noticed on reignite over the last weeks! 🌟 Asset Store Page We’ve added a shop page to list and preview all our gem-exclusive assets. How do you access it? …

From battling ‘zoom fatigue’ to mental health, conversations with a teenager reveal why gaming in the pandemic era is a lot more than just ‘fun & games’ “I literally just game and when I get tired, I lie down in my bed and watch shows for the rest of the…

The internet is a bit of a Wild West sometimes. Anyone can talk to anyone, and anyone can say anything. A potential problem if you’re playing with gamers you’ve just met! At Jam.gg, we take this issue seriously… Our mission is to bring people together through games, (that’s why we’re…

You might have noticed that Piepacker officially became Jam.gg, with a complete revamp of the platform and new social features! We gave the mic to our Product and Design teams to explain the decisions they made throughout this project 🎙️ ❓What are the inspirations behind the new design? How was the community part of the process? How did you incorporate their feedback into the new design? We did look at a number of other platforms to…

The tech test of the much anticipated gamification of Wasder is here. For a limited time of one week our users have the chance to experience the pass for the first time, earn preseason exclusive rewards and share their feedback. We can’t wait to take it to the next level together with our community. — Get rdy to stick out The preseason of the Wasder pass is here. During one week our users will be able to experience the gamification of Wasder for the very first time by leveling up through the pass, unlocking and claiming preseason exclusive stickers and most importantly, share their valuable feedback with us. Once the…

I played World of Warcraft for quite some time now. My journey to it started in the Wrath of the Lich King days. The reason that I played was because my roommate and my best friend all played. IT was fun social place where we could be the heroes. Eventually…