{"id":10417,"date":"2024-02-05T10:22:53","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T08:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/epic-games-store-launches-blockchain-shooter-shrapnel\/"},"modified":"2024-02-05T10:22:53","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T08:22:53","slug":"epic-games-store-launches-blockchain-shooter-shrapnel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/epic-games-store-launches-blockchain-shooter-shrapnel\/","title":{"rendered":"Epic Games Store Launches Blockchain Shooter SHRAPNEL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The blockchain game SHRAPNEL is now available for purchase on the Epic Games Store in an &#8220;early access&#8221; format, which <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@playSHRAPNEL\/shrapnelearlyacccess-14d1bea6318d\">will open<\/a> on February 8, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The developer studio Neon Machine describes SHRAPNEL as a &#8220;highly competitive AAA shooter developed by industry veterans.&#8221; The team includes former employees of well-known companies such as Xbox and Electronic Arts.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;SHRAPNEL offers high-stakes, skill-based gameplay, a creator toolkit, and a community marketplace,&#8221; the description states.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The game allows players to earn real money through prizes and the sale of in-game items on the blockchain. Players can own assets like maps, callsigns, and skins in NFT format.<\/p>\n<p>SHRAPNEL utilizes the Avalanche network. Users can connect external crypto wallets\u2014MetaMask or Ledger\u2014for self-custody of digital items.<\/p>\n<p>The developers consider their early access approach to the game unique, reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblock.co\/post\/275776\/epic-games-is-listing-call-of-duty-style-crypto-video-game-shrapnel\">The Block<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;Unlike traditional AAA game release schedules, where studios keep their communities in the dark about gameplay and design until the project is fully completed, SHRAPNEL [&#8230;] engages users at every stage of development up to the launch of the free version in 2025,&#8221; stated Neon Machine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Gamers need to purchase so-called &#8220;extraction packs,&#8221; which contain a character, weapons, tools, and materials, to participate.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, the team behind the NFT game Illuvium, focused on monster battles, closed a round of virtual land sales amounting to ~$72.2 million.<\/p>\n<p>In July 2023, the blockchain-based collectible card game Gods Unchained appeared on the Epic Games Store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The blockchain game SHRAPNEL is now available for purchase on the Epic Games Store in an &#8220;early access&#8221; format, which will open on February 8, 2024. The developer studio Neon Machine describes SHRAPNEL as a &#8220;highly competitive AAA shooter developed by industry veterans.&#8221; The team includes former employees of well-known companies such as Xbox and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10416,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1357,1155],"class_list":["post-10417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-epic-games","tag-games-and-gamefi"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"28","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}