Fortnite Maker Epic Games Adds NFT-Based Game in its Marketplace

Blockchain gaming platform Gala Games and Epic Games have announced a partnership to publish Gala’s tiles on the Epic Games Store. Gala Games Partners With Epic Games Gala Games has launched GRIT, its blockchain game on the Epic Games Store. With this, GRIT becomes the first NFT-based game to be released on the Epic Games Store, becoming available to the marketplace’s more than 194 million users. It’s official! GRIT will be the first Gala game on the @EpicGames store 🔥#IntoTheGalaverse #Galaverse pic.twitter.com/yR8YtgemMp — Gala Games (@GoGalaGames) June 6, 2022 The free-to-play online multiplayer game for Windows PC players will feature user-owned NFT assets that can be purchased, resold, and utilized within the game. Gala will release 10,000 player avatars for GRIT via a “Gunslinger’s Box” sale, which begins this week at the publisher’s Galaverse event in Malta. According to the announcement release, GRIT won’t be the company’s only game to launch on the Epic Games Store. Commenting on the partnership with Epic Games, John Osvald, Gala’s president of games, said: “Epic is a pioneer and visionary in the video game industry. Gala Games’ titles being available on the Epic Game Store brings legitimacy to this new genre of gaming. Easy access to Web3 games is a turning point for those players who have not yet seen how digital ownership can enrich the gaming experience.” Epic Games is best known for publishing the smash hit batt...