Illuvium and Creta World: Two Gaming Projects Worth Keeping Tabs On

If you’ve been following our articles, you’d have noticed that we talk about gaming a lot. And that’s because crypto games are picking up

We’ve covered a lot of gaming projects in our articles, and that’s because crypto games are picking up steam and going mainstream. Together with AI, DePIN, RWA, and DeFi, gaming is one of the sectors that we are super bullish on.

Gaming isn’t just for fun anymore; it’s big business. Many traditional investors and gaming studios are putting their weight behind Web3 gaming projects. With the bull market coming soon, we’ve identified three good gaming projects worth keeping tabs on.

Illuvium: the future of blockchain gaming

One of the first fully decentralized AAA games, we like Illuvium for its gameplay and storyline. The game is set in an open-world landscape where players get to hunt and capture Illuvials, mythical creatures with unique traits and abilities.

But Illuvium isn’t just another fantasy game. It started on the Ethereum blockchain, but like many games, it made a move to something faster. Now, you get free gas fees and better gameplay since its migration to ImmutableX. Illuvium also has a strong community and a team of industry veterans behind it, so we expect a lot of intriguing updates from them.

Interestingly, the team launched three new sci-fi fantasy games on the Epic Games Store last month, and they tagged this launch as the “official game launch,” coming after several beta rounds. These games—Illuvium: Overworld, Arena, and Zero—are built natively on the Immutable X network. The games are different but interconnected; the whole idea is for players to explore all three worlds.

In the first, Illuvium: Overworld, players are in a survival mode where the goal is to get as many resources as possible to fix a stranded ship. Along the way, they’ll meet Illuvials. The video below gives you a good idea of the impressive graphics of Illuvials.

Now, once a player captures some Illuvials, they can then take them to Illuvium: Arena. Here’s where the battles happen. A player’s Illuvials fight with other players or AI at the arena.

The final game Illuvium: Zero is a city-builder game available for mobile, PC, and Mac. Here, players focus on developing lands and getting as many resources as possible. The goal is to boost the economy to reconnect with the wrecked ship in Overworld. All these games are interconnected and form a larger circle.

Why should you care about Illuvium?

Creta World: imagination meets reality

We’ve talked about Creta World a couple of times before. We like their ambition and plans to build a gaming ecosystem. Creta World isn’t just a single game; they go beyond that. Think of them like a gaming studio that offers thrilling games such as Fortress 4 and Kingdom Under Fire. The best part of Creta World is that they allow anyone to create their own game without needing any advanced knowledge.

Why we do we like Creta?

Creta World has been on our radar for a while, and we see it as the next Sandbox. Here’s why:

Creta’s ecosystem has four major pillars:

The Nexus Program

A huge appeal of Creta World is their Creta Nexus program. The program helps game developers access funds from interested investors. So, Creta has something for both game players and developers. We recently held an AMA with Ray where he shared some of their upcoming plans. You can catch up with the chat here and find out what they are up to.

MetalCore

If action-packed, large-scale battles are your thing, then MetalCore is the game to watch out for. The graphics are pretty smooth. MetalCore is a sci-fi MMO with massive mechs and intense PvP battles. The game is set in a dystopian future where players fight for control of a resource-rich planet. MetalCore combines some of the traditional gaming elements with blockchain technology. Players can own, trade, and sell in-game assets, so the game is both enjoyable and profitable.

Players begin their journey as foot soldiers and work their way up, building a powerful arsenal of mechs and war machines. MetalCore will launch on PC via the Epic Game Store later this year. It will also be the first game built on the Immutable zkEVM.

Why else do we like it? The team is pretty much experienced. Some of the developers have experience at gaming giants like Activision, Lucasfilm, Midway, and Phosphor. They are building a strong community of gamers. On X alone, they’ve got around 215k followers. We feel strongly about projects with experienced teams and active communities. MetalCore has both, so we are keeping tabs on how it progresses.

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