‘Off the charts’: Zynga blockchain exec praises P2E gaming talent
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....
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Social gaming giant Zynga has announced that it will be accepting bitcoin for in-app payments in selected games, as a "test" with payment processor BitPay. The move opens up $200m per quarter in potential markets for the digital currency. The Zynga team account posted the following on reddit: "The Bitcoin test is only available to Zynga.com players playing FarmVille 2, CastleVille, ChefVille, CoasterVille, Hidden Chronicles, Hidden Shadows and CityVille. The games can be accessed at http://zynga.com. Zynga is always working to improve our customer experience by incorporating player....
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....
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....
Zynga will work on integrating NFTs and blockchain into its existing portfolio in addition to developing new NFT-based games. Nonfungible tokens (NFTs) scored another win with gaming giant Zynga’s announcement of the upcoming integration of NFTs and blockchain into the publisher’s portfolio.San Francisco-based game developer Zynga, best known for its FarmVille and CSR Racing series, appointed marketing veteran Matt Wolf as its vice president to oversee the company’s blockchain gaming efforts. With the addition of Wolf, Zynga will work on integrating NFTs and blockchain into its existing....