Web3 gaming is on the rise, but it has yet to find a wider audience beyond crypto. Developers attempting to introduce digital assets (like NFTs) have meanwhile faced fierce backlash from gamers who see them as nothing more than another cynical cash grab in an industry that often nickel-and-dime players.

“There’s some bad branding around NFTs in general,” Chris Gonsalves, CEO of Web3 esports platform Community Gaming, told Decrypt at ETH Denver. “Game developers should switch to calling them digital assets, digital collectibles, [or] legendary skins. Gamers are used to buying skins; they’re used to buying items.”

Community Gaming aims to change that perspective, and today announced that it has joined up with Game7—a DAO focused on Web3 gaming—to launch the 3XP Gaming Expo on June 8-9 in Los Angeles. It will take place ahead of the game industry’s traditional E3 convention from June 13-16.

Community Gaming is the official esports partner of the 3XP Expo, which will also feature companies like Ava Labs, Polygon Labs, Coinbase, Magic Eden, Yield Guild Games, MoonPay, and Phantom, as well as the respective makers of the Web3 games STEPN, BR1, and EV.io.

In Gonsalves’ view, the slow adoption of Web3 games can be tied to low-quality experiences with Go to Source to See Full Article
Author: Jason Nelson

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