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The Sandbox and Animoca Brands are launching a four-week AI competition aimed at developing new tools for the creator economy, with US$10,000 in prizes and potential access to further investment support. Creative Minds Jam #1, which opens on Tuesday 28th July, will bring together students, developers, designers, entrepreneurs and content creators to build working products […...

Held from 8th to 29th June, Nexpace has announced the winners for its Vibe Camp initiative, which allowed creators to use MapleStory IP and make games using the Verse8 AI game-creation platform. Rather than requiring conventional programming expertise, the platform allowed creators to describe the game they wanted and develop it with AI, while drawing […]

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Blockchain gaming has long promised worlds that are more open, persistent and player-owned than conventional online games. But that promise has centered on assets: who owns an item, whether it can be traded and whether it can exist beyond a publisher’s database. However, games such as EVE Frontier, MapleStory Universe and Pixels are now starting […]

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The Sandbox says more than 12,000 people have applied for access to The Sandbox Studio, although only 30 experienced creators have as yet been admitted to its deliberately restricted alpha program. Announced in June, The Sandbox Studio is the company’s new AI-powered game development environment, intended to provide creators with more accessible tools for building […]

Pixels is preparing to release the source code for its browser-based game client, opening the farming MMO to outside contributors while retaining final control over what enters the official game. “The @pixels_online frontend will soon be open-sourced (this week?),” founder Luke Barwikowski wrote, adding that the server would follow at a later stage. The @pixels_online […]