Summit Highlight Series: Gaming Goes Mainstream

Whether you experienced Avalanche Summit LATAM in person or from a far, we’ve started rolling out a multi-part series with an in-depth look at what went down over 7 days in beautiful Buenos Aires, Argentina. Starting the series off with Why We Chose Latin America for Avalanche Summit, we’re moving into the world of gaming!

From the heavy hitters behind narrative-driven battle royale game, Off the Grid, to Maplestory, Faraway and beyond, we learned so much about the future of Web3 gaming and the L1s role from builders, founders, gamers and creators.

Tap into the conversation highlights below.

Creating the $5B MapleStory Universe

Go inside Maplestory’s mind to uncover the $5,000,000,000 journey that started 21 years ago as a free-to-play game and grew into a franchise, supporting a player base of millions. Angela Son, Maplestory’s head of business development and partnerships explores how Web3 technologies are being leveraged to enhance gameplay, bolster community ownership, and create new economic models.

Off The Grid Goes Mainstream

Theodore Agranat of Gunzilla Games describes the delivery of Web3’s mainstream gaming promise with the game studio’s globally supported battle royale title, Off The Grid. The Web3 title is the first of its kind set to release across gaming mainstream consoles PlayStation, XBox and PC computers this year with an immersive player-driven in-game economy with full asset ownership within a narrative-driven 60 hour season.

Faraway on Interoperability

Alex Paley describes Faraway’s integrated interoperable ecosystem of games, tools for developers, creators and commerce. By giving utility to important interoperable components, blockchain technologies have the potential to disrupt the current hyper optimized web2 paradigm.

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How Web3 Gaming Gets Incentives Right

Building community is an essential piece to the competitive gaming puzzle but what comes after that? Explore unique strategies for breaking through the noise by leveraging airdrop and reward systems to create compelling player acquisition from long-time gaming experts and enthusiasts.

About Avalanche Blockchain Network

Avalanche is a high-performance blockchain platform designed for builders who need to scale. Engineered with a revolutionary three-part Layer 1 (L1) architecture, Avalanche is anchored by its Avalanche Consensus Mechanism, ensuring near-instant finality for transactions. The platform also features an open-source Layer 0 (L0) framework, enabling the seamless creation of interoperable Layer 1 blockchains with high throughput on both public and private networks.

Supported by a global community of developers and validators, Avalanche offers a fast, low-cost environment for building the next generation of decentralized applications (dApps). With its unique blend of speed, flexibility, and scalability, Avalanche is the preferred choice for innovators pushing the boundaries of blockchain technology.

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