Game review: Olympic Games Jam Beijing 2022
The International Olympics Committee connects with the Winter Games via blockchain by trading NFT pins and playing a P2E mobile game. Olympic Games Jam: Beijing 2022 is the Winter Olympic's official play-to-earn multiplayer mobile game, created in collaboration between Animoca Brands-owned nWayPlay game studio and the International Olympics Committee. Currently, the app is only available for Android phones on the Google Play store, with no official release date for iOS devices yet. In the Olympian spirit, Cointelegraph played the newly launched game and reviewed the experience.Olympic....
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