A gaming platform built on crypto is teaming up with the creator of "Fortnite."
As revealed exclusively to CoinDesk, game developers using Epic Games' Unreal Engine will receive better business terms if they deploy their titles on The Abyss.
The Abyss, a Steam competitor funded by an initial coin offering in 2018, rewards game devs for purchases made on the platform.
The Abyss founder Konstantin Boyko-Romanovsky told CoinDesk in an email that conditions between Epic Games and developers will be "Better than standard ones and will not be confined to the premium support."
The Unreal Engine is a game development platform that first launched in 1998.
As part of the new partnership, developers on The Abyss will get access to the Unreal Developers Network.
The Abyss ran an ICO in early 2018 using a model devised by Vitalik Buterin in which token holders could vote on whether the development team should get more funds as the project progressed.
The Abyss launched in March 2019, serving players of massively multiplayer online games.
Developers using The Abyss earn income from referrals they make to the platform, even if the people who follow those referrals don't end up purchasing the developer's game.
Six games are currently live on The Abyss, compared to 30,000 on Steam.
'Fortnite' Maker Teams Up With Crypto's Steam Competitor to Boost Game Development
Published on May 22, 2019
by Coindesk | Published on Coinage
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