For the reason that launch of Nitro Nation: World Tour season 1 lower than per week in the past, it appears to be like like the sport has seen a gradual enhance in downloads by means of the app shops.
Whereas its builders Legendary Video games and Artistic Cell initially delicate launched the collectible automotive racing recreation 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 referred to as “not a bad first week” on X.
Compared, Legendary’s different web3 cellular recreation, NFL Rivals, reached 2 million downloads by means of Apple App Retailer and Google Play mixed two months following its delicate launch. It’s additionally formally exhibiting +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 Social gathering 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 prime embody Citadel Crush with over 50 million (though it initially launched as a normal web2 recreation), adopted by Walken, Summoners Warfare: 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 tip of 2023 stays to be seen, however it actually has the potential to interact web2 and web3 gamers alike. The sport combines racing and accumulating with incomes and digital possession, together with totally licensed automotive NFTs from globally famend automotive producers. Whereas the automobiles are used for races, gamers can even customise and improve their automobiles by means of workshop NFTs, along with loaning out and renting automobiles.
