10 Gaming and Metaverse Projects to Watch in 2022

Earning opportunities in online gaming was once reserved for the obsessives who spent every waking hour refining their skills. Thanks to the advent of blockchain-based gaming, however, professional status is no longer a prerequisite. Increasingly, a generation of casual players is turning their casual gaming habits into passive income. Projects variously operating under the play-to-earn (P2E), GameFi and metaverse banners are flourishing on a plethora of high-speed blockchains, delivering immersive gameplay while enriching developers, gifted players, content creators and DeFi veterans. In some cases, one doesn’t even need to be especially good at gaming itself: if they have an eye for what constitutes value in the metaverse, they can channel antique-hunters and make a killing on the secondary market. With so much happening in the sector – over 1.3 million users power daily transaction volume exceeding $100 million – it can be tricky to keep track of the truly valuable projects. Here’s a selection of 10 to watch out for. 1. AAG Ventures Developed to democratize the growing play-to-earn field, AAG Ventures started out by building a guild of over 2,000 players on Axie Infinity. Now, it’s expanded into seven countries (Philippines, Indonesia, Brazil, India, Russia, Nigeria, and Argentina) in a bid to help those who’ve suffered recent economic hardship earn a crust from the cryptosphere. It aims to achieve this objective by forming...