Read Jon's daily GamesTX email at Substack. In episode 166, Jon Jordan talks to Steve Wade, the CEO of Midnight about Evergreen, something he describes a gaming multiverse, which will start releasing its first games in Q4 2024 and hopes to build out an interoperable platform for items and trading.

Check out Jon's daily email via Substack. In episode 165, Jon Jordan talks to Sebastien Borget and Nicola Sebastiani from The Sandbox to discuss what's going on with the UGC metaverse platform, which is due to transition from alpha to beta in 2024.

Check out Jon's daily email at GamesTX. In episode 164, Jon Jordan talks to Shrapnel's head of studio Don Norbury about feedback from the extraction shooter's early access, the future introduction of item crafting and UGC, whether web2 gamers are playing Shrapnel, game dev sentiment around blockchain, how Shrapnel can become a console game, and why…

Check out Jon's daily email via Substack. In episode 163, Jon Jordan talks to Sequence's head of strategy and partnerships Sam Barberie about the shift from thirdparty NFT marketplace such as OpenSea to in-game marketplaces, and why this is vital for developers to make the most of the opportunities provided by player-owned economies.…

Check out Jon's GamesTX Substack here. In episode 162, Jon Jordan talks to ArkDev about the history of what was originally called NFTWorlds and is now called Hytopia and its Hychain blockchain.

Check out Jon's daily Substack: GamesTX. In Episode 161, Jon Jordan talks to Jacobc.eth about HyperPlay, a game distribution store for web3 games, as well as an aggregator of other game stores, about competing with Steam, Apple and Google and how the disruptive power of web3 in this sector has been underestimated.…

Check out Jon's daily Substack here. In episode 160, Jon Jordan talks to Studio 369's CTO Dan Nikolaides about the development process for F2P PC-based combined arms shooter MetalCore, which is currently in closed beta.

Check out Jon's daily Substack - GamesTX In episode 159, Jon Jordan talks to Animoca Brands' chairman Yat Siu in a wide-ranging talk covering everything from: John Locke and meme coins, to how Mocaverse helped the growth of Pixels, what is the Moca Foundation, why web3 is fundamentally better for gamers than web2, why Animoca Brands has invested in…

Check out Jon's daily Substack - GamesTX In episode 158, Jon Jordan talk to Moonbeam's head of ecosystem Sicco Naets about the opportunities arising from the Polkadot-based L1 and its cross-chain EVM-compatible design.

Check out Jon's daily Substack.In episode 157, Jon talks to Voya Games' Oli Loffler about his project Angry Dynomites Lab, which is currently playable on testnet as Craft World; something he describes as “the world’s first meta economy game”.

Check out Jon's daily Substack at https://gamestx.substack.com/In episode 156, Jon Jordan talks to JC Kim, the CEO of South Korean web3 developer Planetarium about the story behind its idle RPG Nine Chronicles M, which is now out for PC and mobile, with around 100,000 MAUs.

Check out Jon's daily Substack at https://gamestx.substack.com/ In episode 155, Jon Jordan talks to Mythical Games' CEO John Linden about its decision to build on Polkadot, the formation of the Mythos Foundation and why its games are all going to be distributed through Apple and Google's app stores.

Check out Jon's daily Substack at https://gamestx.substack.com/ In Episode 154, Jon Jordan talks to Pixels CEO Luke Barwikoswki on the remarkable rise of the social RPG, which was triggered by its relaunch on Ronin in November 2023

Check out Jon's daily Substack at https://gamestx.substack.com/ In episode 153, Jon Jordan talks to Playmint CEO David Amor about the rise of fully onchain blockchain games, including Downstream, its currently in-development title.

Check out Jon's daily Substack at https://gamestx.substack.com/ Read the transcription at BlockchainGamer.biz In BCGW #152, Jon Jordan talks to the founder of Kratos Studios Manish Agarwal about how it's building out a global community of gamers. Starting in India, with the acquisition of IndiGG, but now in Indonesia, Brazil, Nigeria, Turkey etc, K…

Check out Jon's daily Substack at https://gamestx.substack.com/ We kick off 2024 with a discussion between Jon and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny on our predictions for blockchain gaming in 2024. Subjects covered include: 2023 was a bad year for blockchain games Is the biggest threat external forces or get-rich-quick mentality? Remembering the Ax…

Check out Jon's daily Substack at https://gamestx.substack.com/ In BCGW #150, Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan discuss the key news stories of 2023.

Check out Jon's daily Substack at https://gamestx.substack.com/ In BCGW #149, Jon Jordan talks to Horizon Blockchain Games CEO Peter Kieltyka about his love of open source coding, why Horizon developed TCG Skyweaver in order to build all-in-one web3 stack Sequence, and the difference between non-custodial and self-custodial wallets.…

Check out Jon's daily Substack at https://gamestx.substack.com/Check out Game7's State of Web3 Gaming report at https://research.game7.io/state-of-web3-gaming-2023 In BCGW #148, Jon Jordan talks to Game7's head of research George Isichos about the State of Web3 Gaming report the DAO has released.

Check out Jon's daily Substack at https://gamestx.substack.com/In BCGW #147, Jon Jordan talks to Find Satoshi Lab's COO Shiti Manghani about what it was like to experience the rapid success of move-to-earn game STEPN in early 2022, why the company has built out an ecosystem including a DEX and NFT marketplace, and what's next including new social m…

Check out Jon's daily Substack at https://gamestx.substack.com/ In BCGW #146, Jon Jordan talks to MetaKing Studios' CEO David Johansson about strategy PC MMOG Blocklords, which is now playable in open beta via Epic Games Store in its early iteration. David talks about the vision for the game, which is a MMO with strategy elements and epic battles, …

Check out Jon's daily Substack at https://gamestx.substack.com/In BCGW #145, Jon Jordan talks to Superlayer's Kevin Chou about his career in gaming (Kabam, Gen.G, Rally, Forte) and new launch Trophy, a games ID and discovery platform in which players can earn 98% of their ad revenue by sharing data with advertisers.…

Check out Jon's daily Substack at https://gamestx.substack.com/ In BCGW episode #144, Jon Jordan talks to Proof of Play CEO Amitt Mahajan about his career - as a co-creator of FarmVille etc - and why he's so excited about building fully onchain games - such as debut Pirate Nation - which are fully composable and unlock new experiences both for deve…

Check out Jon's daily Substack at https://gamestx.substack.com/ In BCGW #143, Jon Jordan talks to SKALE Networks' Jack O'Holleran about the Ethereum-based scaling solution's recent rise as a blockchain for high performance games.

Check out Jon's daily Substack at https://gamestx.substack.com/ In BCGW #142, Jon Jordan talks to NOD Games director of BD Dan Lee about the web3 veteran dev's expansion for its 4X game League of Kingdoms, and how it's moving also into publishing and advising other South Korean companies about web3 including NHN.…

Check out Jon's daily Substack at https://gamestx.substack.com/ In episode #141, Jon Jordan talks to ATMATA CEO Michael Wagner about Star Atlas; how he's dealt with the past 12 months of difficulties while maintaining his grand vision for the space combat and trading MMO, which is currently releasing multiple different experiences.…

Read Jon's daily email at https://gamestx.substack.com/ Jon Jordan talks to nWay CEO Taehoon Kim about the company's background in real-time multiplayer fighting games, its first web3 experiment, and how it hooked up with Yuga Labs to launch season one of its mobile mech NFT builder-and-battler Wreck League, which goes live on 14th September.…

Check out Jon's daily Substack at https://gamestx.substack.com/ BCGW #139 | Jon Jordan talks to Com2uS' US president Kyu Lee about the South Korean game company's early experiments in blockchain games and why it's currently taking a very controlled approach to introducing these mechanics into games such as Summoners War: Chronicles.…

Check out Jon's daily Substack at https://gamestx.substack.com/ In BCGW #138, Jon Jordan talks to Delabs' head of web3 strategy Quinn Kwon about the South Korean developer's approach making high quality blockchain games.

Check out Jon's daily Substack at https://gamestx.substack.com/ In BCGW #137, Jon Jordan talks to Mark Laursen, the CEO of Bright Star Studios about its forthcoming MMORPG Ember Sword.

Check out Jon's daily Substack at https://gamestx.substack.com/ In BCGW #136, Jon Jordan talks to Moonstream CEO Neeraj Kashyap about how the company helps blockchain game companies control and expand their economies, including reference to how Moonstream has worked with Crypto Unicorns.

Get Jon's daily blockchain gaming email at Substack In BCGW #135, Jon Jordan talks to Pixion Games' CEO Kam Punia about Fableborne, its forthcoming mobile RPG in which players build and raid each others' bases for rewards and leaderboard placement.

Check out Jon's daily Substack - GamesTX. In BCGW #134, Jon Jordan talk to Infinigods' co-founder Owen O'Donaghue about how it's building out its interoperable ecosystem of games, which offer different gaming experiences but share NFTs, while also allowing players to earn tradeable assets through gameplay in a sustainable manner. 1:33 Owen talks th…

Read Jon's daily Gamestx Substack here and the full interview here. In BCGW #133, Jon Jordan talks to Ultra co-CEO Nicolas Gilot about the long gestation and potential synergetic potential of the blockchain-based PC game distribution ecosystem, which also includes a streaming channel, NFT marketplace and esports tournament platform.…

Read Jon's daily Substack Gamestx here. In episode #132 Jon Jordan talks to Laguna Games' CEO Aron Beierschmitt about the first year of running its resource farming game Crypto Unicorns, including the launch of new more accessible mobile-first experiences such as Unicorn Party and the Fall Guys-esque Rainbow Rumble. Full article here 0:46 The first…

In BCGW #131, Jon Jordan talks to Azra Games' CEO Mark Otero about Legions & Legends, his forthcoming 9th hero collection RPG; notably covering why Otero thinks blockchain and true ownership are important, and why he describes the game as being a "web3-sensitive" title, which will also have a "token of fun". 1:30 Legions & Legends will be your 9th …

Jon Jordan talks to Lior.eth from Mutant Cartel and Alex Paley from Faraway Games on their collaboration Serum City, a forthcoming citybuilding game that uses both Bored and Mutant Apes and Mutant Cartel's own NFTs to create new narratives and experiences. We particularly discuss the concept and actualities of NFT interoperability.…

Jon Jordan talks to Sky Mavis co-founder Jeff Zirlin about the blossoming of the Ronin blockchain, both in terms of its decentralization, as well as the announcement of the first non-Sky Mavis games that will launch on it.

Jon Jordan talks to Immutable president and co-founder Robbie Ferguson about what its new partnership with Polygon means and how he sees the blockchain game sector developing in 2023.

Jon Jordan talks to Mystic Moose CEO Mike Levine about the forthcoming launch of auto chess battler game Mojo Melee, as well as its wider Planet Mojo ecosystem.

Jon Jordan talks to Daiki Moriyama and Ryo Matsubara from Oasys about how the gaming blockchain is leveraging the growing interesting in web3 from Japanese game companies ranging from Sega and Square Enix to Gumi and Bandai Namco.

Jon Jordan talks to Magic Eden's chief gaming officer Chris Akhavan about his journey into blockchain gaming and how he hopes Magic Eden will accelerate market adoption.

We start the year in style as Jon Jordan talks to Animoca Brands' chairman Yat Siu about the aftermath of 2022's crypto crash and where the blockchain game sector goes next as we head into 2023.

Jon Jordan discusses what happened in the blockchain game sector during 2022 with David Amor (Playmint) and Will Luton (Village Studio)

Jon Jordan talks to Immutable's game director Derek Lau about its mobile squad-RPG Guild of Guardians, which is currently in alpha testing, prior to its 2023 launch.

Jon Jordan talks to Random Games' CTO Wyeth Ridgway about Unioverse, its project to create a "Roblox for triple-A devs" via tools, royalty-free game assets ... and blockchain!

Jon Jordan talks to NFT OG Alex 'Sillytuna' Amsel about what's going on with creator royalties, as well as his two ongoing projects -- game Clodhoppers and NFT remix project Soulcast.

Jon Jordan talks to David Kim about the rebranding of WAX Studios to Tyranno Studios and its games Blockchain Brawlers and the forthcoming Music Mogul.

Jon Jordan talks to ex-Kolibri Games co-founder Oliver Loeffler about his new web3 project Angry Dynomites Lab, which has just minted the second of its four elemental dynos NFTs.

Jon Jordan talks to Muumiopappa - aka Mika Timonnen, the NFT director at Azerion - about what happened when NFTs were introduced into the long-running online community Habbo (originally Habbo Hotel) and what's happening next.