“We hear and understand the concerns raised by our community over NFTs,” Behaviour said in a statement to ForTheWin. “Absolutely zero blockchain tech exists in Dead by Daylight. Nor will it ever. Behaviour Interactive does not sell NFTs.”
Not that’s not to say the Masters of Horror NFT Collection doesn’t involve NFTs (it’s right in the name, after all), just that blockchain tech will not be in Dead By Daylight. This NFT collection does allow people that buy into it a chance to earn the Hellraiser Chapter expansion for the game, though.
Behaviour worked with Boss Protocol over several months to adapt in-game models for use as NFTs and approved them prior to the release of Pinhead in DbD. The NFTs have a chance to grant access to the #Hellraiser chapter of DbD. pic.twitter.com/3ZZKq3uPYN
Many speculated that Dead By Daylight might get removed from Steam since Valve does not allow games with blockchain technologies on the platform. As Behaviour interactive points out, the Masters of Horror NFT Collection isn’t part of Dead By Daylight when you boot it up. Take that for what you will!
Tim Sweeney, the CEO of Epic Games, stated that games utilizing blockchain tech are welcome on The Epic Games store, The Verge reported Friday.
This news from Fortnite’s developer comes mere hours after Valve banned and delisted any games using NFTs, cryptocurrency, and blockchain technologies from Steam. Likely because The Epic Games Store is Steam’s largest direct competitor for selling PC games and software.
Epic told The Verge that the company is willing to work with developers that support cryptocurrency and blockchain-based assets on The Epic Games Store. Right after the story went live, Sweeny commented on the situation.
“Epic Games Store will welcome games that make use of blockchain tech provided they follow the relevant laws, disclose their terms, and are age-rated by an appropriate group,” Sweeny said on Twitter. “Though Epic’s not using crypto in our games, we welcome innovation in the areas of technology and finance.”
Epic Games Store will welcome games that make use of blockchain tech provided they follow the relevant laws, disclose their terms, and are age-rated by an appropriate group. Though Epic's not using crypto in our games, we welcome innovation in the areas of technology and finance. https://t.co/6W7hb8zJBw
Sweeny continued: “As a technology, the blockchain is just a distributed transactional database with a decentralized business model that incentivizes investment in hardware to expand the database’s capacity. This has utility whether or not a particular use of it succeeds or fails.”
Valve is not the only company Epic Games has gone toe-to-toe with recently. Last month, Apple blacklisted Fornite from its devices in response to the ongoing legal battle between both companies.
Explaining what NFTs are and how the NASCAR world plans to use them in the digital realm.
From diecast model cars and hero cards to apparel dripping in beer or car parts logos, collectibles are a big part of NASCAR. And now that’s expanding into a digital realm.
Speedway Motorsports — the company that owns and operates eight NASCAR tracks — partnered with GigLabs to create RaceDayNFT.com, the first NASCAR-related NFT marketplace, which launches Monday at 1 p.m. ET ahead of next weekend’s Cup Series playoff race at Bristol Motor Speedway.
“Collecting has always been a big part of NASCAR fandom, whether it’s diecasts or people who have collected our event programs — all kinds of things,” said Mike Burch, chief strategy officer for Speedway Motorsports. “So [we were] thinking, ‘How can we bring that over into our side of the world, our business?'”
With the increasing popularity of NFTs — or non-fungible tokens — in professional sports, particularly NBA Top Shot, Burch said he thought that digital collectibles could be another way to engage fans. Plus, it could contribute to NASCAR’s efforts to develop a new generation of fans, especially “young and technically sophisticated people who love motor sports” because “there’s a lot of them,” he said.
(Courtesy of Speedway Motorsports)
NFTs are comparable to baseball cards, but they’re obviously digital and can be just about anything, like highlights or championship rings. And with the use of blockchains, NFT ownership can be tracked. An example in racing is a Formula 1 video game licensed by the racing series offers NFT opportunities.
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“So while images and videos can be spread throughout the internet, there’s a certified, authenticated, verifiable copy that somebody can own,” said Douglas Dimola, the GigLabs CEO and co-founder. “They can then trade that; they can sell that.”
NASCAR fans have responded positively to digital tickets and digital race programs, Burch added, so why not digital collectibles that fans can buy, sell or show off in the marketplace?
“I think that the way that they build a community around [digital collectibles] is what really will give these NFT projects the longevity that they need, and that they’re capable of,” said Landon Cassill, a full-time Xfinity Series driver who’s paid in cryptocurrency from a sponsorship deal with Voyager.
When the RaceDayNFT marketplace launches, 10,000 commemorative ticket NFTs for the Bristol night race will be available for free, and 500 of them will be randomly selected as golden ticket NFTs. The same is true for Speedway Motorsports’ other playoff races this fall at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Charlotte Motor Speedway and Texas Motor Speedway, and all the commemorative ticket NFTs will have sound effects or audio attached, Burch said.
Images of the two commemorative ticket NFTs for Bristol. (Courtesy of Speedway Motorsports)
For each of these four races, there are four components to the NFTs, including the commemorative ticket NFTs. Fans attending the any of these races also can scan a QR code and get a unique at-the-track NFT, and then they can buy 500 additional collectibles for $25 apiece.
But the rarest of these opening collectibles will be two Winner’s Edition NFTs for the four races, and those will be digital coins. One will go to the race winner, and the other will be auctioned off after the race.
“[The coin] has the track on one side and the winner and date on the other side,” Dimola said. “So the person who wins the auction will essentially have an NFT that they share with the the winning driver.”
Profits from the NFT sales will go to Speedway Motorsports for now, Burch noted, but depending on how successful the marketplace is, money could go to charities or be used as a fundraising tool.
“If it’s somebody that’s new to crypto or has never seen the space before,” Cassill said, “if NASCAR entities can create a way that’s understandable and is not intimidating and makes sense and gives those fans ownership over the things that they love — the drivers, the teams, the tracks that they love — I think it could definitely succeed, as long as it strengthens the community and empowers those race fans.”
Also depending on how fans respond to RaceDayNFT, the opportunities to expand what’s offered are “limitless,” Burch said, including NFTs with other NASCAR entities, the IndyCar Series or NHRA.
And as a reward for ownership, NFTs could translate into real-world experiences.
“So if you own this [NFT] at this specific time, then you can have a race-day experience or meet the driver,” Dimola said. “There’s so many options there, and because we can authenticate and verifiably show who owns what, you can actually create those experiences with these digital collectibles. …
“And as people see that activation come to life, that’s where it’ll really help sell the concept and get people more involved.”
In that time, Shannon had probably seen it all when it comes to a baseball broadcast. But this week, the crew managed to throw him a curveball that had Shannon incomprehensibly confused for three-plus minutes.
During the broadcast, Shannon was given a promo card to read about an upcoming bidding opportunity to purchase a Busch Stadium NFT. As we explained when NBA Top Shot first launched, NFTs are non-fungible tokens — essentially digital assets that utilize blockchain technology.
Now, Shannon was seeing these words for the first time live on the air and could not figure out what any of it meant.
Even as Shannon tried to decipher words like Ethereum, Bitcoin and cryptocurrency, the best part of the sequence was when he said, “There’s strikeout number 5,” following a hit by pitch. That NFT promo completely threw off his rhythm.
A producer really should’ve shown Shannon this video ahead of time.
Normally, when a player is declaring for the NBA draft they’d send out a tweet or something. Or maybe a mass e-mail. Sometimes a player will make an Instagram post if they want to get a little spicy.
But never before have we seen anyone use a non-fungible token to declare for the NBA draft.
Until Friday, that is. USC center and potential top 3 pick Evan Mobley announced he was declaring for the NBA draft using an NFT. He posted it to Twitter and it looked like something that came straight out of NBA Topshot.
He created this one-of-one video (asset?) and posted it on Opensea — a marketplace for digital assets. That means people can actually bid on his declaration for the draft. And, apparently, someone already has a bid in for $1,619 as of Friday afternoon.
2021 is so weird, fam.
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