Earning opportunities in online gaming was once reserved for the obsessives who spent every waking hour refining their skills. Thanks to the advent of blockchain-based gaming, however, professional status is no longer a prerequisite. Increasingly, a generation of casual players is turning their casual gaming habits into passive income. Projects variously operating under the play-to-earn (P2E), GameFi and metaverse banners are flourishing on a plethora of high-speed blockchains, delivering immersive gameplay while enriching developers, gifted players, content creators and DeFi veterans. In some cases, one doesn’t even need to be especially good at gaming itself: if they have an eye for what constitutes value in the metaverse, they can channel antique-hunters and make a killing on the secondary market. With so much happening in the sector – over 1.3 million users power daily transaction volume exceeding $100 million – it can be tricky to keep track of the truly valuable projects. Here’s a selection of 10 to watch out for. 1. AAG Ventures Developed to democratize the growing play-to-earn field, AAG Ventures started out by building a guild of over 2,000 players on Axie Infinity. Now, it’s expanded into seven countries (Philippines, Indonesia, Brazil, India, Russia, Nigeria, and Argentina) in a bid to help those who’ve suffered recent economic hardship earn a crust from the cryptosphere. It aims to achieve this objective by forming...
