The innovative gaming, NFT, and metaverse ecosystem GamesPad has recently acquired Mompozt, one of the leading video production studios specializing in high-quality animation and cinematic production.

In the past six months, the number of new users and active users of Era7 ranked first among games in the BNB Chain, including nearly 30,000 daily active users, which is quite considerable in the field of GameFi.

Despite the significant crypto market downturn of 2022, development in the blockchain space, from gaming to smart contracts and token economies, continues to push forward.

The lack of a wide choice of high-quality products is what has so far prevented crypto gaming from gaining traction among mainstream users, according to Robby Yung, CEO of Animoca Brands. 

Adam @AdamZiyuan, CEO of Era7 @Era7_official ,Head of Partnerships @Revenantwithin will be joining us on Cointime Web3 Builder Hub Daily (English version) on 20th January at 9pm(UTC+8)

This annual report aims to provide a comprehensive and accurate macro trend of Gamefi Market, allowing Gamefi enthusiasts to have a better grasp of the current Gamefi market.

Japan-based game company Gumi Co. Ltd. has announced a capital and business alliance with Square Enix Holdings Co. Ltd. and financial services company SBI Holdings Co. Ltd. to accelerate the growth of its metaverse business as a secondary revenue stream. Earlier this year, Square Enix sold three of its gaming studios, including Tomb Raider, to raise funds for new ventures utilizing blockchain technology. In October, Konami announced 13 new job positions to integrate its game titles with metaverse technologies. (forkast)

In order to facilitate the continued growth and development of this space, BNB Chain is excited to announce a partnership with GameFi.org, whose mission to become the ultimate destination for Web3 gaming aligns perfectly with our mission to onboard the next 1 billion Web3 users. Additionally, this partnership will manifest in group gameplays, Web3 discussions, and competitions in which both of our communities can participate.

Double Protocol, ThunderCore’s newest partner, is re-imagining the world of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) with its groundbreaking rental platform that lets people put their digital assets to use rather than idle in their wallets. Fully open-sourced and decentralized, the NFT rental protocol and marketplace specializes in assets for GameFi and the metaverse. ThunderCore is a high-performance, ultra-fast public blockchain with sub-second confirmation times and gas costs at a fraction of a cent. Double is a rental protocol for utility NFTs that lets owners of these digital assets put them to use in ways that would otherwise have never been possible.

On Dec. 19, Yuga Labs confirmed it has appointed Daniel Alegre, the current president and chief operating officer of Activision Blizzard as its new CEO, who will take the helm of the company in the first half of 2023, succeeding the current CEO Nicole Muniz. Activision Blizzard, a gaming giant with a market cap of around $60 billion, according to Yahoo Finance, is responsible for popular gaming franchises such as Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Diablo and Overwatch. Alegre has held the role since 2020. (Cointelegraph)