FarmVille developer Zynga set to release first NFT game this year
Mobile gaming giant Zynga has outlined new plans for NFT-based games and Web3 acquisitions coming in 2022 San Francisco-based game developer Zynga, best known for the FarmVille and CSR Racing series, has announced plans to release its first blockchain and NFT-based games this year.The billion-dollar game studio first made waves in the crypto world last year after appointing 30-year gaming industry veteran Matt Wolf as Vice President of Blockchain Gaming to lead the company’s charge into the burgeoning industry.Zynga has also announced plans to increase the current blockchain gaming team....
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American social game developer Zynga has plans to launch non-fungible token (NFT) games in the near future. Zynga’s vice president of blockchain, Matt Wolf, told the press that the company is looking at the cycle right now and “figuring out where we want to jump in.” Farmville and Words With Friends Game Developer Zynga Details Plans to Join the NFT Industry On February 9, 2022, the vice president of blockchain at the gaming company Zynga, Matt Wolf, told the publication Axios that it has plans to launch non-fungible token (NFT) games.....
Buying in-game items with Bitcoin in Zynga's Farmville 2. Social / casual games developer, Zynga, is testing out Bitcoin in Farmville 2, Zynga Poker, Chefville and three of its other games. Zynga had 265 million monthly active players across its social media and mobile platforms in January 2013, with $1.14 billion in turnover in 2011. Although no longer a stock market darling, Zynga remains a leader in the monetisation of electronic gaming. As Bitcoin enables frictionless microtransactions perfectly suited to such business models, and especially if Zynga's testing proves favourable, we can....
Social game developer Zynga announced this weekend plans to test in-game purchases using bitcoin, according to an announcement post on Reddit.com. The company, famous for their 'FarmVille' game, says they're partnering with bitcoin payment processor BitPay to make it all work. The test is said to only be available to users playing the following Zynga games: FarmVille 2, CastleVille, ChefVille, CoasterVille, Hidden Chronicles, Hidden Shadows and CityVille. A user on Reddit has uploaded a sample video showing the purchase-with-bitcoin process, which is embedded below. What do you think?....
Blockchain and the play-to-earn gaming movement could become even more addictive in 2022 as popular game developer Zynga fleshes out its team. Hot off the news that the FarmVille and Words With Friends developer Zynga will release the first nonfungible token game this year, Zynga’s blockchain gaming aspirations are taking shape. Matt Wolf, marketing veteran with experience at Electronic Arts and Sega, is the new vice president of blockchain gaming for Zynga. He’s setting up a new team, bringing a wealth of “traditional gaming” experience to play-to-earn (P2E). In an interview with....
Zynga hasn’t had much to celebrate lately — the social gaming company suffered a huge drop in users last year and it hasn’t had a hit title in some time. But now it’s taking a new tack, turning to the Bitcoin community. In a post on Reddit’s Bitcoin subreddit last night, the Zynga team said it is currently “testing expanded payment options for players to make in-game purchases using Bitcoin,” specifically through the payment provider Bitpay. Currently, only seven Zynga games support Bitcoin payments, most of them titles in Zynga’s derivative “ville” series: CastleVille, ChefVille,....