Where are all the new Web3 games this year? — Illuvium founder
Kieran Warwick, the co-founder of Illuvium, had an eye-opening moment this month when he had a sudden realization about how few Web3 games have launched in 2024.
“There should be more games out by now,” Warwick tells Web3 Gamer, although he adds that building good games takes a long time. Warwick knows first-hand how long from his own experience building open-world fantasy battle and role-playing game Iluvium over the past four years. The highly anticipated game launched its beta version on July 25.
“We delayed our launch quite a few times, and we’re still only in open beta, meaning we plan to add many new features to our games over the next 12 months,” he says.
It’s not the only big game to drop a taste of the action this year — the eagerly awaited blockchain-based extraction shooter game Shrapnel released early access gameplay back in February. The full game won’t be out until 2025.
As for full game releases, Warwick’s favorite release so far in 2024 is Heroes of Mavia, a blockchain-based strategy game built on the Ethereum blockchain.
One of the main objectives of Heroes of Mavia is to attack other’s army bases while defending your own. (Heroes of Mavia)
“It is the first polished mobile game I have played. Its focus is on gameplay first and economy second, which is the right approach,” Warwick explains.
“It was entertaining, and I played for quite a few hours,” he says, adding that he then had to get back to work running a gaming company with a $354 million token market cap.
“I’m never a long-term player in those types of games, so I stopped playing after a while.”
The sci-fi competitive card game Parallel is another 2024 release that Warwick says is a solid game, though he admits it’s not really his “type of genre.” The aim of Parallel is to reclaim control of Earth by battling opponents…
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