Major Japanese Internet Company to Permit Crypto Asset Payments for Game

Major Japanese Internet Company to Permit Crypto Asset Payments for Game

GMO Internet, Inc., a major
Internet-related company that includes a cryptocurrency exchange operator among
its group companies, announced that it plans to plans to enable CryoptoChips by
GMO crypto assets to be distributed as compensation in the game app for
“Captain Tsubasa ZERO,” a real-time football simulation role-playing game.

This will be the second game,
following “Whimsical War,” to support crypto assets.

By adding CryptoChips to the game
app it enables distribution of crypto assets as payments to players when they
reach the upper ranks within the game, complete missions or acquire items.
Crypto assets used as payments are distributed to a wallet that players register
in advance.

“Whimsical War,” the first game to
use CryptoChips, did so in a regular event that enabled ₿itcoin to be paid to a
player depending on their ranking within the game. In the three times the event
was held, ₿itcoin worth 323,100 was distributed among 1,494 plyers. ₿itcoin
equivalent to 3 million was also reported to have been used on official event
held in September 2018.

The “Captain Tsubasa ZERO”
smartphone game recreates the latest “Captain Tsubasa” TV anime world and
players can vicariously play games with Tsubasa and companions.

The plan is to use CryptoChips in
the game from March 2019. An event is being planned where ₿itcoin can also be
distributed through “Captain Tsubasa ZERO.”

“Distributing crypto assets will
make the game more fun, and we want to plan more for users to enjoy games even
more,” GMO Internet said when announcing the crypto asset payments.

*This article was written by Fisco

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Published at Wed, 06 Feb 2019 03:10:24 +0000