Chris Akhavan’s Post

A hypercasual game on Telegram called Hamster Kombat cleared 300M users in an era when finding distribution for games is like squeezing water from a stone. This reminds me of the golden age of Facebook games when companies like Zynga were created by leveraging unregulated access to users' newsfeeds and notifications to grow games like Farmville with endless free organic users. While Facebook eventually killed these viral channels, Telegram is currently letting things rip. Telegram is a potential goldmine for hypercasual games. The combination of Telegram's near 1B users and the seamless integration of Telegram’s crypto ecosystem, built on their own TON blockchain, sets it apart from other web3 experiences. Interacting with web3 on Telegram is very smooth from a UX perspective (unfortunately, you currently need to use VPN if in the US). Hyper-casual games + a massive social network + seamless crypto/blockchain infrastructure feels like a formula that could drive a meaningful wave of successful new businesses. #Crypto #Blockchain #HyperCasualGames #crytpogaming #web3 #NFTs

Update: We just became the #1 NFT marketplace in the world. A long journey from single-digit marketshare % not too long ago. Although #crypto is way up again (#BTC near all-time highs), we spent nearly all of '23 in a brutal bear market that tested the spirits of anyone in this space. The Magic Eden team kept building with full intensity even during the darkest days. It was that hard work that positioned us to achieve this growth. Another example of how important it is to stay focused and keep building if you have conviction in what you're working on. #web3 #nfts

Coming for that #1 spot with the hunger of an underdog 😤. We haven’t even launched ETH yet (launching 02.27). Love this team 💜🪄

Imagine: - how fast it will be to test entirely different themes for a game - create content to keep up with the LiveOps treadmill - allow gamers to personalize their experience I posted a less impressive clip recently showing an AI created upgrade of the original Tomb Raider. The leap in just a few months is wild.

Big announcements today from Magic Eden (along with our new hype video): 1. Magic Eden will be open-sourcing and contributing major protocols, including its marketplace protocols to Non-Fungible DAO, a community-owned organization whose mission is to drive adoption and development of NFTs via the $NFT token. 2. Magic Eden's cross-chain, self-custody wallet with support for Bitcoin, Solana, Ethereum and Polygon will launch this month. 3. The new Magic Eden Rewards program launches today on Solana, and will expand quickly to ETH, BTC and Polygon. 💎 #web3 #nfts

Big announcement from Nike today about their plans to expand NFTs into games (building on prior partnership announcments with Fortnite and Electronic Arts (EA)). NFTs in games are supposed to be dead, right? ;) #web3gaming #nike #fortnite #nfts

Heard the Kim Kardashian game is being shut down after an amazing 10 year run and hundreds of millions in revenue. Many great memories working on that game. It was such an important breakout hit for us at Glu that carried us when we really needed something to work. Shoutout to Niccolo De Masi for having the vision to do that deal and to the entire Glu Toronto studio & supporting teams for executing so incredibly all those years. #mobilegames #kimkardashian

So hyped about what this team is cooking! Haven’t been this excited about a mobile game in development since seeing Design Home pre-launch 🏡 Hiring some key roles in Austin right now after recently hiring the great Sangita Sarkar, JD to lead Marketing! (Disclosure: I’m an investor in Closing Theory Studios) #mobilegames #realestate