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New crypto gaming project Calvaria appears set to finally help blockchain gaming go mainstream with experts and analysts expecting the flagship game Duels of Eternity to be a major hit.
The project is currently in the early stages of its presale and has so far raised more than $1 million in a little more than a week as investors flock to get in while prices remain low.
In fact, native token RIA is currently on sale for $0.02 in stage 3 of its presale but will increase to $0.055 by the tenth and final stage - a 175% increase and 450% increase from stage 1.
Blockchain gaming offers vast potential for the future with the GameFi sector set for exponential growth in the coming decade.
However, while top games such as The Sandbox and Decentraland command market caps well over $1 billion each and have had no trouble attracting investment - as well as boasting partnerships with the likes of Adidas, Gucci, Ubisoft, and Warner - they have had trouble attracting players.
According to DappRadar, The Sandbox and Decentraland had just 20,000 combined players in the whole of October, while top game Alien Worlds had 620,000 players.
Still, that pales in comparison with the biggest Web2 games, with Fortnite, Roblox, Minecraft and others attracting tens of millions of players every day.
Calvaria has identified two major issues that are stopping casual and traditional gamers from making the switch to blockchain gaming.
They have developed a free-to-play (F2P) version of Duels of Eternity - a battle-card strategy game - to address them.
The F2P version will have two major features designed to appeal to
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