PUBG studio inks deal to develop ‘blockchain- and NFT-based games and services’

A screenshot from PUBG: Battlegrounds. | Image: Krafton Krafton, the studio behind PUBG, has announced a partnership with blockchain company Solana Labs. It says the deal will see the two companies cooperate on the development, operation, design, and marketing of “blockchain- and NFT-based games and services.” Solana Labs develops the Solana blockchain, an Ethereum-competitor designed to offer fast transaction speeds at low cost. The partnership comes a little over a month after Krafton announced its intention to get into the world of blockchain gaming and said it would be working with Naver Z to build “a new Web 3.0 and non-fungible token (NFT) project aimed at building an NFT metaverse platform.” “Krafton will continuously see ways to work closely with blockchain companies” The important... Continue reading…