Konami Digital Leisure—the Japanese gaming large behind franchises like Steel Gear Stable, Silent Hill, and Castlevania—introduced Thursday that it’ll launch an NFT platform referred to as Resella on the Avalanche blockchain.
The infrastructure platform goals to make it simpler for corporations to combine blockchain expertise and subject NFTs, each for video games and different forms of purposes. In response to Konami, Resella eliminates the necessity for customers to open an exterior crypto pockets or deal with cryptocurrency in any respect.
The corporate touted Resella’s “user-friendly market expertise” in a press launch, and mentioned it can enable transactions in Japanese yen for home customers, with plans to accommodate international customers as effectively. Powered by Avalanche’s expertise, Resella won’t cost customers gasoline charges to transact with its tech.
“By democratizing entry to Web3-related applied sciences, Konami Digital Leisure goals to foster an inclusive setting whereby companies throughout numerous sectors can harness the potential of blockchain innovation,” the discharge acknowledged.
Konami envisions Resella enabling numerous digital experiences, reminiscent of utilizing in-game NFTs as occasion tickets or unlocking unique content material throughout completely different platforms. Resella might be constructed on an Avalanche subnet, or a devoted occasion of the community, offering Konami with extra customization options and different potential advantages in comparison with the mainnet.
A number of different main sport publishers have additionally been constructing within the blockchain house. Murderer’s Creed maker Ubisoft, for instance, is about to publish its first unique sport Champions Ways: Grimoria Chronicles this 12 months on the Oasys blockchain, and has launched different initiatives and collaborated with numerous chains over the previous few years.
In the meantime, Ultimate Fantasy creator Sq. Enix has an Ethereum-based narrative sport referred to as Symbiogenesis that launched in late 2023 and has pursued different efforts within the trade, plus Sega has introduced a few of its properties into Web3 by means of collaborations.
Editor’s word: This text was written with the help of AI. Edited and fact-checked by Andrew Hayward.
