For the reason that launch of Nitro Nation: World Tour season 1 lower than every week in the past, it appears like the sport has seen a gradual improve in downloads by the app shops.
Whereas its builders Legendary Video games and Artistic Cell initially gentle launched the collectible automobile racing sport in early August 2023, its first season, which sees gamers race within the Pacific Northwest, has attracted a brand new wave of gamers. Nitro Nation: World Tour just lately reached over 500,000 downloads on Google Play, one thing Legendary CEO John Linden modestly known as “not a bad first week” on X.
As compared, Legendary’s different web3 cell sport, NFL Rivals, reached 2 million downloads by Apple App Retailer and Google Play mixed two months following its gentle launch. It’s additionally formally displaying +500,000 downloads on Google Play.
Different outstanding mobile-based blockchain video games having launched throughout 2023 embody
- Arc8 gaming platform with over 1 million downloads on Google Play,
- Com2uS’ informal Minigame Occasion coming in at over 500,000 downloads, and
- TCG Cross The Ages and autochess battler Mojo Melee, with over 10,000 downloads every.
When it comes to Android downloads, web3 video games launching earlier than 2023 within the high embody Fort Crush with over 50 million (though it initially launched as a regular web2 sport), adopted by Walken, Summoners Conflict: Chronicles, Stepn and Upland, all at over 1 million downloads every.
In an interview with BlockchainGamer.biz, Linden just lately defined how the app shops are slowly softening their method to web3 as they see extra good video games being made and be taught extra about them. Each Google and Apple modified their guidelines just lately to be extra permitting of blockchain video games.
Whether or not Nitro Nation: World Tour will be a part of the excessive ranks earlier than the top of 2023 stays to be seen, but it surely definitely has the potential to interact web2 and web3 gamers alike. The sport combines racing and accumulating with incomes and digital possession, together with absolutely licensed automobile NFTs from globally famend automobile producers. Whereas the vehicles are used for races, gamers may also customise and improve their vehicles by workshop NFTs, along with loaning out and renting vehicles.