WAR FIELD Cryptomonetises Online First-Person Shooter
New game lets players compete to win real cryptocurrency
July 2, 2018. Getting paid to play video games is a dream of many-a-gamer. A multi-billion-dollar industry means lots of value being created – but mostly for corporations. For gamers themselves, cashing in hasn’t been easy…until now.
A new online game called WAR FIELD takes the “first-person shooter” genre that includes hits like Counter-Strike, Battlefield & Call of Duty, and ups the ante with cryptocurrency you can win from other players.
Players use GOLDER (GLDR) – ERC20-compliant, Ethereum-based cryptographic tokens – to stake on their character’s “life.” GOLDER are available exclusively at warfield.com during the company’s Token Sale (currently in progress).
Players then compete in deathmatch games. Simply put: the winners get GOLDER from the losers. Once the Token Sale has ended, GOLDER will be fully tradeable on cryptocurrency exchanges, according to WAR FIELD CEO and Creator Andrius Mironovskis. That means players can withdraw and sell what they earn playing WAR FIELD. And there will only be a finite amount of GOLDER that will be fixed forever. The token’s scarcity and utility should ensure an increase in its value.
Unlike big tournaments, you don’t need to be an expert player to enjoy WAR FIELD and win cryptocurrency. You just need to be slightly better than your opponents. And because the game is skills-based, it does not come under most countries’ gambling regulations.
“WAR FIELD is not about having the best graphics or giving players something entirely new. It’s an exciting, fast-paced online game from the world’s most popular genre that gives everyone a chance to win something real they can later withdraw and sell,” says Mironovskis.
During the WAR FIELD Token Sale, the company is offering substantial discounts on GOLDER tokens (up to 60% OFF). The discounts will decrease as the sale progresses, with the goal of making 100 GOLDER worth no less than 1 US Dollar by the end of the sale. Once the sale ends, GOLDER will be unlocked and fully tradeable. They can then be withdrawn from the game into any ERC20 ether wallet with no maximum limits and traded freely on cryptocurrency exchanges.
According to Mironovskis, the WAR FIELD first-person shooter is just the beginning for the new company.
“Our aim is no less than to create a global blockchain-driven gaming economy that lets video game players fully monetise their skills,” says Mironovskis. “And what could be better than getting paid to play video games? It’s been a gamer’s dream for so long. Here at WAR FIELD, we are making it a reality for everyone, whether expert or casual player, thanks to blockchain technology and a great online game. And we plan to add more games to the Golder Platform in the future.”
In addition to a team of experienced developers, WAR FIELD boasts a roster of distinguished advisors that includes such industry veterans as Adalberto Bruno (Electronic Arts), Tom Frisina (Bally Technologies, Electronic Arts, Imagination Park Entertainment, thatgamecompany), Dylan Sharkey (LinkedIn), Scott Shirley (professional gamer: HALO and Call of Duty), and Benjamin Turshana (Electronic Arts, IGN, GameSpy).
“I believe that the adoption of this kind of platform for in-game purchases, winnings, etc. on top of the possibility to earn, exchange, withdraw, save, or sell GOLDER tokens via the Ethereum network can be potentially a game-changer,” says Adalberto Bruno, a mobile platforms and digital ecosystems expert, gaming industry veteran, and VR/AR pioneer whose portfolio includes 8 years as technical director with Electronic Arts.
WAR FIELD is currently available to try for free. During the trial period, each new player gets free GOLDER to get started. To get more tokens for bigger stakes, players can participate in the WAR FIELD Token Sale (currently in progress).
ABOUT WAR FIELD
WAR FIELD is a fully-functional, action-packed multiplayer first-person shooter game with a blockchain-driven gaming economy that uses tradeable Ethereum-based cryptographic GOLDER tokens you can buy, sell, trade, and win for skilful play. You can use GOLDER for in-game purchases and win them by defeating your opponents. During the WAR FIELD Token Sale (through mid-November), you can obtain GOLDER at substantially discounted rates from warfield.com. After the Sale has ended, you can withdraw them and save them in your ether wallet, transfer them to friends, or sell them on crypto exchanges. The company behind WAR FIELD, The Blockchain International FZE, is based in the UAE.
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With a roster featuring over forty different dinosaurs, many of which have been shown off in movies so far, and a large number of original dinosaurs that have never appeared in films. This of course ranges from the iconic tyrannosaurus and velociraptor as well as triceratops and ceratosaurus. Players will need to construct an expedition base where dig teams will be sent out to various locations across the globe to dig up various fossils and minerals that can all be sold for some quick cash or harvested for dino DNA. It takes about 50% DNA viability to begin incubating any dinosaurs that you have unlocked though the lower the percentage you have not only do you have a chance of failing to incubate the creature, wasting time and a lot of money, but the dinosaurs will also have a shorter lifespan.
Other than gathering enough DNA to incubate dinosaurs and then making sure that they are happy with their enclosures, most of your time in Jurassic World Evolution will be spent balancing your relationship with the three divisions that assist you in running the park. These divisions are Science, Entertainment, and Security with all three of them assigning players random themed mission as you play through the game. The mission are generally themed around the division handing them out, with Entertainment asking for special photos being taken of dinosaurs in their enclosures, Science requesting specific dinosaurs or genome data be acquired, and Security usually testing the limits of the park or, more dangerously, requesting carnivores be brought into the park.
Those who are looking for a game with plenty of park management will find themselves left out in the dark when it comes to Jurassic World Evolution. The only thing that players generally need to worry about is keeping visitors happy by having healthy dinosaurs and the occasional shop where they can buy food and little gifts. There is no way to micromanage the guests that appear in the park nor any reason to be concerned about the cleanliness or entertainment values of the park. In fact, there aren’t even major repercussions to having dinosaurs running rampant through the park other than a small dip in attendance for a short time. In fact, guests seen running from a hungry carnivore will immediately calm down and return to their pattern once the threat is tranquilized.
The only major disasters that can occur tend to be in the form of sabotage from an unhappy division or power outages caused by powerful storms that can tear through some islands. Even then, as mentioned earlier, the worst outcome you can have here is a temporary loss of income and potentially the death of a dino that ended up on the wrong side of a carnivore.
The voice work is interesting to say the least as you can tell that the developers gathered as many voice actors as they could from the original works but you will notice that a few of the bigger names, outside of Jeff Goldblum, are performed by people with similar sounding voices.
As the game even states, players shouldn’t worry too much about how their character looks unless they really find themselves fond of customizing hair styles and coloration options, as you will likely end up dead before you even get past the second dungeon. You see, with the way that Monster Slayers is set up, you will earn various bits of fame with the overarching Guild with this fame being able to unlock powerful boosts to various character classes, companions, and other new abilities that will make your time in the dungeons easier.
Outside of these carried over elements actually progressing a character is very straightforward. Various classes have special abilities and cards that are exclusive to them and while they all play a bit different, progression is still handled the same way. As you travel through a dungeon’s square by square setup, you will gain experience and level up when defeating monsters. Leveling up will reward players with more health and an option to gain a new card for your deck, upgrade a card in your deck, increase your total Action Points or Mana, and more with every five levels adding the ability to pull an extra card to your hand every turn.
Once you actually enter combat the card based combat is simple to learn but can be incredibly tricky depending on the foes you are facing and the cards that your current class has available. Almost every card will require the use of either Action Points or Mana with most classes having the ability to regenerate points per turn or gain mana with the use of cards. It is possible to delete cards from your inventory occasionally as well as level up cards as mentioned earlier and this allows players to create a far more focused deck that is more likely to pull stronger cards than pull a garbage hand. Unfortunately this does mean that there is a lot of trial and error as well as luck when it comes to facing off against enemies in combat.
The game features very little in the form of dialogue other than being able to give your player character a number of different male and female voice options that will play canned phrases while traveling through a dungeon. The one real standout happens to be the voice of the narrator that plays through combat.
