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We have seen so many sports evolving over time. While some have sustained the force of time, some have gone off the history books. Some of them, such as athletics, became a sport after being immensely used for battle training in ancient empires. However, some others developed from simpler village sports played by children and achieved unimaginable growth. One such sport is cricket, which developed somewhere in the Western European countryside during medieval times. Now, the sport has achieved massive success both as a sport and a business option. Although a soccer-level reach is yet to be achieved, the progress is promising as more nations have started participating in the sport.
Cricket as a business option has opened many avenues, especially after video gaming has become established. Video games have been around since the 1970s, and the first-ever video game on cricket was launched in the mid-1990s. As years went by, more cricket-based video games have been releasing every year, and newer games increased with the advent of smartphones.
Now, with the internet moving towards adapting to blockchain technology and applications based on it, there have been games based on the technology that provide more advantages to players. Most blockchain games are based on the play-to-earn (P2E) model, which gives a lot more to gamers than what was on offer before. As blockchain games developed in many genres – battles, racing, and sports, there had been rumors that a blockchain game based on cricket would be developed soon. And, guess what? The talks might well come true shortly as an announcement from a leading NFT application development firm based in Singapore has come up. In this blog, we will see more about the upcoming NFT-based cricket game and what it has on offer for prospective users.
What Do We Know About The Upcoming Game?
The world’s first-ever NFT-based cricket game Meta Cricket League, developed by GuardianLink, is expected to hit the chains later this year. As this blog was being written, there has been an NFT marketplace called Jump.trade launched by the developer, and an NFT drop called Super Loot is scheduled to release during mid-April. There has been a lot going around regarding speculations from pundits and the public alike on various social media platforms. Popular and reasonable belief is that the upcoming Super Loot NFT drop would be essential for how the game progresses further. Also, rumors are spreading that the drop might contain different kinds of NFT items, with each type having its own use.
The previous statement could be reinforced to a particularly important point in the official announcement which said that the game could attract patronage from gaming, NFT, and cricket enthusiasts. The Jump.trade marketplace platform could be the hub for earlyusers that would later spread out its wings into the ever-expanding NFT space. Usually, for any project, leave alone the NFT/crypto world. Users who get in early amass huge benefits as they have been involved in the project’s development from the first version, and their feedback might have made huge changes. Likewise, it is also expected that the Jump.trade NFT marketplace for the upcoming cricket game could carry similar benefits for early adopters, which has become another reason for the expectations of NFT enthusiasts.
What about the First Step towards a Sporting Metaverse?
The Jump.trade marketplace platform is the first step towards creating a metaverse for cricket, according to the company’s official statement on the project. A metaverse is a virtual universe where people can socialize and interact with each other through digital avatars. The word was popularized through the 1990s novel “Snow Crash.” It came blasting again into the social media world after Facebook rebranded its home company to Meta and its chairman’s statement on moving forward with the concept. Current metaverses are from games such as Decentraland, and the Sandbox, although they are in a whole different genre.
In the current case, a metaverse exclusive to cricket could be the first one in the niche of sporting games when developed. It is expected to support cricket fans, professional gamers, and NFT enthusiasts across the globe, in addition to the cricket-savvy Asian subcontinent region. Earlier video game developers have not achieved much success reaching their gaming products due to multiple reasons. This game and the subsequent metaverse could change history, given the benefits it gives back to a player compared to their investment, both in terms of fun and money.
How is the Announcement Faring In Kindling Hype?
In the meantime, the first-ever announcement of the launch of the Jump.trade NFT marketplace and the Super Loot collection drop have already created ripples in the vast ocean of today’s internet. One could see hilarious and insightful posts across various social media platforms with the hashtag #jumptrade. The developers also have dedicated social media handles for the marketplace platform on all the leading social media platforms. The followers’ count has been rapidly growing in a matter of days. The craze is only expected to go wilder as the day of the ultimate NFT drop gets nearer. Additionally, there has been a huge expectation among the fans as the user interface and user experience features of the Jump.trade marketplace’s website have been impressive and intriguing visually. Thus, one can easily say that the hype levels for the upcoming Super Loot NFT drop have been immense, and the possibilities are that new records in the NFT world might be created after the drop.
Concluding Up
Therefore, all the hype and the promises associated with the world’s first NFT cricket game and its preceding NFT collection drop might well come true as the reputation around the development firm is positive. The firm also has touched waters that had been untouched before with respect to NFTs, which makes it a contender to be successful in the long run, and a few claims suggest that the waitlist for the drop has seen a drastic increase in members every day. So, it would not be wrong to say that the upcoming Super Loot drop could be breaking the barriers between cricket enthusiasts and the NFT world.
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