Horror gaming project integrates metaverse, NFTs and P2E to cause extreme fear

cointelegraph.com:

After decentralized finance (DeFi) and nonfungible tokens (NFTs) made headlines last year, the play-to-earn concept has also been gaining momentum across the crypto community. 

Play-to-earn games allow players worldwide to benefit from the security and decentralization features of blockchain by getting rewarded with digital currencies or NFTs. 

There are many gaming companies adopting the play-to-earn approach, but one blockchain gaming company brings this model to the horror genre. 

FEAR, a horror ecosystem founded by Jonathan and Patrick Carey, is providing horror fans with a scary ecosystem of games, NFTs, and a dark metaverse. Horror is one of the most-watched gaming niches on YouTube, and FEAR plans to leverage the increasing demand for this genre, unlocking its potential with NFT ownership and rewarding horror gamers with Fear tokens for achieving certain goals in their games.

Co-founders Jonathan and Patrick Carey launched FEAR in 2021, while each brings with them over two decades of experience within the gaming sector. The previous five games they co-created have been played and viewed on YouTube over 600 million times. The Carey brothers share their excitement about bringing scary and shocking entertainment to the blockchain: 

“The dark side of blockchain gaming has arrived, and we aren’t here to deliver fluffy games with rainbows and sunshine, but instead something heavily engrossing through original, shocking gameplay, jump scares, captivating stories and those never seen before evil antagonists,” CEO Jonathan Carey explains.

The company’s philosophy is entertainment first, crypto second. The project is fueled by a proprietary token called Fear, which provides users with access to the ecosystem of games, many of