NFTs in Gaming with Colin Foran and Naomi Lackaff of Shrapnel

The DIVI Crypto Podcast

In today's episode of The DIVI Crypto Podcast, we are talking with Colin Foran, head of Game, and Naomi Lackaff, head of Partnerships for Shrapnel. Shrapnel is genuinely investing some of the most exhilarating pillars of utility that blockchain has to offer gaming – its center for game design innovates on contending game modes, and its digital economy will directly honor and enable the community. Shrapnel is a specialized team of designers, producers, artists, and programmers operating at the center of games, television, movies, and graphic novels. Collectively, the team behind Shrapnel has produced some of the largest franchises in entertainment, including HALO, Call of Duty, Westworld, and many more. The team behind Shrapnel has raised $10.5 million to build the blockchain-based first-person shooter game that will be a triple-A production. The round was led by Griffin Gaming Partners, along with Polychain Capital and Forte. In addition to funding, Forte is providing Shrapnel technical support to the project. Shrapnel will bring the highest production values to making a game with blockchain and technology. In market research, Shrapnel saw that players really want to own their own digital items. By tapping into partners’ technical expertise, Shrapnel will bring to life a game and mod platform that has been under development for years. Shrapnel is a project of the Neon team, which has its own roots in HBO Interactive, having years of business experience in transmedia, virtual production, and gaming-as-a service. Neon’s mission is to make the most riveting gaming experience in the crypto space to date. Crypto assets and bonus structures will virtually change how gamers play, with Shrapnel pushing the envelope with what’s possible in the crypto gaming industry, incorporating the industry into a profound triple-A-style FPS experience. Why are NFTs in gaming are so important? Previously, the players never really owned what they bought. It’s all secured inside the game. Surveys have indicated that players would be excited to own what they’re buying outside of the game environment. Some of what is being worked on is offloading the difficult tasks so that players don’t need to be concerned with issues like regulatory compliance or figuring out how to create crypto wallets. In addition, the idea is to create an extraction game that players can alter to their fullest desires. This platform will allow these users to build mods in order to create different versions of the game, with a range of blockchain and deep tech experts to support the architectural and design needs of Shrapnel. Company Information: https://www.shrapnel.com https://twitter.com/playSHRAPNEL https://discord.gg/shrapnel https://bit.ly/3H9dEKY -- DIVI is creating the world's first closed-loop, vertically-integrated cryptocurrency ecosystem. Much like Apple's ecosystem is anchored by iCloud, the DIVI Project blockchain serves as the core of the DIVI network of technologies. Thanks to a keen understanding of the divide that separates the mainstream from the crypto world, the DIVI team is able to create solutions to the industry's biggest problem: adoption by non-technical users. DIVI's user-friendly, one-click solutions aim to bring blockchain-based payments into modernity with great UX. In this podcast, we will cover all aspects of cryptocurrency, hot topics, and technology as worldwide adoption grows.