Gaming & Metaverse — Web3 Glossary

91 terms • Part of the Cointegrity Web3 Glossary

• Aavegotchi — Aavegotchi is a DeFi-integrated collectibles game where players stake Aave's interest-bearing...
• Alien Worlds — Alien Worlds is a decentralized autonomous universe and metaverse built on multiple blockchains...
• Animoca Brands — Animoca Brands is a Hong Kong-based company specializing in Web3 gaming, blockchain entertainment,...
• Asset Staking — Asset staking in blockchain gaming is the process of locking gaming NFTs, tokens, or other in-game...
• Augmented Reality (AR) Gaming — Augmented Reality gaming overlays digital elements, characters, and interactive objects onto the...
• Avatar — An avatar represents a player's persistent digital identity and embodied presence within blockchain...
• Axie Infinity — Axie Infinity is a blockchain-based play-to-earn game where players collect, breed, and battle...
• Battle Royale — A battle royale is a competitive multiplayer game mode where dozens to hundreds of players fight in...
• Beam — Beam is a gaming-focused blockchain built on Avalanche's subnet technology, engineered specifically...
• BEP-1155 — BEP-1155 is a multi-token standard for Binance Smart Chain that combines the capabilities of both...
• Big Time — Big Time is a free-to-play multiplayer action RPG that integrates blockchain technology seamlessly...
• Blockchain Game Alliance (BGA) — The Blockchain Game Alliance is an international non-profit industry association founded in 2018 to...
• BLOCKLORDS — BLOCKLORDS is a medieval grand strategy MMO built on Immutable X and Polygon blockchains, offering...
• Breeding Mechanics — Breeding mechanics are game systems enabling players to combine two or more NFT characters,...
• Cloud Gaming — A model for delivering video games in which all game processing occurs on remote servers rather...
• Community Building in Blockchain Gaming — Community building in blockchain gaming refers to the strategic development and nurturing of player...
• Crafting Systems — Crafting systems are game mechanics that enable players to combine resources, materials, or NFTs to...
• Cross-Platform Play — Cross-platform play enables players using different devices (console, PC, mobile), operating...
• CryptoKitties — CryptoKitties, launched in 2017 by Dapper Labs on Ethereum, stands as one of the pioneering...
• Dapper Labs — Dapper Labs is a Canadian blockchain gaming and digital collectibles company founded by Roham...
• Decentraland — Decentraland is a pioneering blockchain-based virtual world built on the Ethereum network where...
• Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) in Gaming — Decentralized Autonomous Organizations, or DAOs, are blockchain-based entities governed by smart...
• DeFi Kingdoms — DeFi Kingdoms is a cross-chain fantasy RPG that uniquely gamifies decentralized finance by blending...
• Digital Collectibles — Digital collectibles are unique virtual items, characters, artifacts, or assets that exist on...
• Digital Identity in Metaverse — Digital identity in the metaverse refers to the persistent, customizable representation of users...
• Dynamic NFTs — Dynamic NFTs are non-fungible tokens whose properties, metadata, appearance, and functionality...
• Ember Sword — Ember Sword is a free-to-play MMORPG built on Ethereum that prioritizes player agency through a...
• ERC-1155 — ERC-1155 is a multi-token standard for Ethereum that enables a single smart contract to manage both...
• Esports Integration — Esports integration refers to the formal incorporation of competitive gaming tournaments,...
• Farmers World — Farmers World is a farming simulation game deployed on the WAX blockchain where players operate...
• Gala Games — Gala Games is a blockchain gaming platform founded on principles of player ownership and...
• GameFi — GameFi represents the convergence of gaming and decentralized finance, integrating financial...
• Gaming NFTs — Gaming NFTs are blockchain-based digital assets that represent verifiable ownership of in-game...
• Gaming Tokens — Gaming tokens are cryptocurrencies designed specifically for blockchain-based gaming ecosystems,...
• Gasless Gaming — Gasless gaming eliminates or significantly reduces blockchain transaction fees (gas costs) for...
• Genie (Google DeepMind) — Genie is Google DeepMind's foundation "world model" that generates fully interactive,...
• Gods Unchained — Gods Unchained is a free-to-play tactical card game on Ethereum where players truly own their cards...
• Governance Gaming — Governance gaming integrates decentralized decision-making directly into gameplay, allowing players...
• Guild of Guardians — Guild of Guardians is a mobile RPG built on Immutable X that combines traditional gaming mechanics...
• Guild System — A guild system in blockchain games represents a formalized organizational structure where players...
• Hamster Kombat — A viral tap-to-earn mobile game built on Telegram and the TON blockchain that became one of the...
• Heroes of Mavia — Heroes of Mavia is a play-to-earn strategy game where players construct defensive bases, recruit...
• Homeland — Homeland is a land-based gameplay experience and expansion within Axie Infinity that allows players...
• Idle Gaming — Idle gaming refers to a game design model where players accumulate resources, experience, and...
• Illuvium — Illuvium is an open-world RPG adventure game built on the Ethereum blockchain where players...
• Immersive Technologies — Immersive technologies encompass hardware and software platforms like virtual reality (VR),...
• Immutable — Immutable is an Australian blockchain company that developed Immutable X, a Layer-2 scaling...
• In-game Assets — In-game assets are digital items within blockchain games that players genuinely own as NFTs or...
• Interoperability — Interoperability is the technical and economic ability for gaming assets, characters, or currencies...
• Interoperability in Gaming — Interoperability in gaming refers to the seamless ability to transfer and utilize digital assets,...
• Land Development — Land development is the process of building structures, experiences, or utilities on owned virtual...
• Loot Boxes — Loot boxes are randomized reward containers that players can acquire through gameplay completion or...
• Lumiere (Google) — Lumiere is Google DeepMind's video-to-video AI model specialising in space-time diffusion and...
• Lyria (Google) — Lyria is Google DeepMind's core multimodal foundation model for professional high-fidelity music...
• Metachain — A metachain is a blockchain infrastructure designed to bridge digital and physical worlds by...
• Metaverse — The metaverse represents a persistent, interconnected virtual universe where users interact with...
• Mini-apps — Lightweight, embedded applications that run within a larger platform interface, allowing users to...
• MOBOX — MOBOX is a GameFi platform that integrates yield farming with NFT-based gaming mechanics within a...
• MusicFX DJ (Google) — MusicFX DJ is an interactive real-time music generation tool from Google DeepMind and Google Labs,...
• My Pet Hooligan — My Pet Hooligan is a social metaverse game where players collect, nurture, and interact with...
• Mythical Games — Mythical Games is a game development company focused on creating player-owned economies where users...
• Notcoin — A viral Telegram-based tap-to-earn game that launched in early 2024 on the TON blockchain and...
• P2E — Play-to-Earn (P2E) is a blockchain gaming model where players earn cryptocurrency, NFTs, or other...
• Permadeath — Permadeath is a hardcore game mechanic where character death, asset loss, or account status changes...
• Pixels — Pixels is a farming and exploration game built on the Ronin Network that combines traditional...
• Planet IX — Planet IX is a strategy game built on Polygon where players purchase and own land NFTs representing...
• Play-to-Earn (P2E) — Play-to-Earn is a blockchain gaming model that rewards players with cryptocurrency or NFTs of real...
• Quest Systems — Quest systems in blockchain games are structured gameplay loops that guide players through...
• Ronin Network Hack — The March 2022 security breach of the Ronin Network, a sidechain built for the NFT game Axie...
• Scholarship Programs — Scholarship programs in blockchain gaming function as lending mechanisms where established players,...
• Season Pass — A season pass is a time-limited progression system offering exclusive rewards, challenges, and...
• SIDUS HEROES — SIDUS HEROES is a WebGL-based space exploration metaverse where players command heroes and...
• Sky Mavis — Sky Mavis is a Vietnamese game development studio founded in 2018 that pioneered the play-to-earn...
• SLP — Smooth Love Potion (SLP) is an ERC-20 token that serves as the primary in-game reward currency in...
• Sorare — Sorare is a fantasy football management game where players collect, trade, and manage teams using...
• Splinterlands — Splinterlands is a digital collectible card game built on the Hive blockchain where players...
• Star Atlas — Star Atlas is a grand strategy space exploration game built on Solana that combines territorial...
• Sunflower Land — Sunflower Land is a farm simulation game built on the Polygon blockchain where players cultivate...
• Tap-to-Earn — A mobile gaming mechanic popularized by Telegram-based Web3 games in which players repeatedly tap...
• The Sandbox — The Sandbox is a blockchain-based virtual world that empowers players to create, own, and monetize...
• Tokenomics in Gaming — Tokenomics in gaming refers to the comprehensive economic system that governs how in-game tokens,...
• TON (The Open Network) — TON is a Layer-1 blockchain that originated from Telegram's internal blockchain research and...
• Treeverse — Treeverse is a browser-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game that prioritizes social...
• Upland — Upland is a virtual property trading game where digital real estate mirrors actual geographical...
• Virtual Commerce — Virtual commerce encompasses all economic transactions that occur within immersive digital...
• Virtual Events — Virtual events are organized gatherings hosted within metaverse platforms or blockchain game...
• Virtual Real Estate — Virtual real estate refers to digital land parcels within metaverse platforms that users can...
• Virtual Reality (VR) Integration — Virtual Reality integration creates fully immersive three-dimensional environments where players...
• Wearables — Wearables represent virtual cosmetic and functional items—including clothing, accessories, armor,...
• Web3 Gaming — Web3 gaming encompasses games built on blockchain technology that prioritize decentralization,...
• Yuga Labs — Yuga Labs is a Web3 media and entertainment company founded in 2021 that has become one of the most...