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Play-to-earn crypto projects suffered huge losses in 2022 after their meteoric rise in 2021, with the top games in the space hemorrhaging investment and player base.
The likes of Decentraland, Axie Infinity and The Sandbox have been some of the biggest losers in the bear market, despite the obvious potential of GameFi in the future.
While the likes of Fortnite, Minecraft and Roblox attract tens of millions of players every day only two GameFi projects - AlienWorlds and Trickshot Blitz - have attracted more than 500,000 in the last month, according to DappRadar.
But there are signs the asset class is recovering with a DappRadar report also stating that GameFi projects have proven to be more resistant to the crypto winter than other crypto assets due to their greater utility and potential.
One new presale project, Calvaria, is aiming to attract casual and traditional gamers en masse by offering a solution to the two biggest issues in the crypto gaming space.
Calvaria's developers believe two major issues have turned traditional and casual gamers away from GameFi projects despite the obvious potential of the play-to-earn (P2E) model.
The first is prohibitive costs, with most projects requiring players to purchase expensive NFTs gain access to the game, while the second is being intimidated by a lack of blockchain technology.
Calvaria will solve these two issues by not only developing a P2E version of its flagship game Duels of Eternity, but by offering a free-to-play (F2P) version as well.
The latter will be the exact same game - a card-battle strategy game set in the afterlife - but will
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