Play-to-earn mania has cooled, but this new game spots a big opportunity

cointelegraph.com:

The world of play-to-earn games is changing.

In the early days of this still nascent industry, some players were able to clock up substantial earnings.

Some in South East Asia even ended up quitting their jobs to focus on P2E because they were receiving higher incomes than in their day jobs.

But there were questions over whether this was sustainable — and with the bear market setting in, many big names in the P2E space have had to make significant adjustments to ensure their projects are still viable. Some have now announced that they're making a shift to "play-and-earn," meaning there's less emphasis on the financial side of gameplay.

There are titles out there offering a paltry 39 cents a day to even the most active players — a sum that's hardly likely to set the world on fire.

Now, a new P2E game that's being released at the end of July aims to stand out from rivals in the space — with free biweekly tournaments that offer more opportunities to get involved.

AgeOfGods allows players to build up a team of gods and experiment with different strategies — plus, in a novel twist, they'll be able to battle even when you're offline. Gamers can create and join guilds, and climb a global leaderboard to win prizes.

The project told Cointelegraph: "Only games that are either fun enough or provide sufficient earning potential will survive, the time of blind growth is over. We therefore see this bear market as a huge opportunity to be able to rise to the top."

AgeOfGods has also exclusively revealed that it's entered into a partnership with Crypto.com — and it's becoming one of the first play-to-earn platforms in the world to implement the exchange's Crypto.com Pay product. 

Crypto.com Pay has been positioned as a powerful new payment