Trip Hawkins, founder of Electronic Arts, enters the NFT gaming industry
Despite the ups and downs of the crypto market, the Web3 and NFT gaming industry continues to attract the attention of business leaders who are banking on technological innovation to push the entire ecosystem forward.
On February 24, Electronic Arts (EA) co-founder Trip Hawkins announced that he was joining Web3 gaming startup Games for a Living (GFAL) as co-founder and chief strategist.
GFAL develops a set of tools that allow the development of Web3 games. The main goal is to support the creation of video games in the AAA category that can be easily integrated into the blockchain.
The potential of Web3 to transform the NFT gaming industry
During a press conference, Hawkins stated that “Web3 is the bridge to the metaverse,” which is why he wants to build a more secure metaverse that is less prone to hacking.
In addition, the new GFAL boss said that he will focus on building an economy in the metaverse that is as close to the real world as possible.
“If we’re going to create a metaverse, the economy of the metaverse needs to be more like the real world.”
Hawkins is known in the technology industry for being one of the first employees of Apple. He then left Apple to found Electronic Arts, a company with more than 13,000 employees and a value of $30.85 billion, according to data from Macrotrends.
Electronic Arts is one of the most successful companies in the video game industry thanks to the release of titles such as The Sims, Battlefield, Need for Speed, Mass Effect and the sports video games FIFA and Madden NFL.
GFAL’s Token Presale launches in March
Hawkins’ appointment comes two weeks before the launch of Games for a Living’s native token, $GFAL, which is scheduled for March 9, with a starting price of €0.0038.
Those who want to buy the company’s token can buy it on Seedify, Bit2Me and EnjinStarter, and then wait for it to be released on other exchanges or in “Elemental Raiders”, the first game that the company will release on March 13, which will offer rewards in the form of NFTs and other tokens.
Hawkins’ extensive experience in the video game industry and recent involvement in the Web3 and NFT space could have a significant impact on the state of the emerging crypto gaming scene. As GFAL continues to push the boundaries of blockchain gaming and introduce new concepts, the release of their $GFAL token and “Elemental Raiders” game could potentially attract more players and investors to the NFT gaming world.
