Atari Celebrates Its 50Th Anniversary With Nft Lootboxes Teases Metaverse Plans
In the mid-2010s, monetized lootboxes emerged as a highly-controversial element found in many video games. Nowadays, efforts to implement NFTs into games have drawn similar levels of criticism. Fascinatingly enough, old-school gaming pioneer Atari announced this week that it would combine these two controversial concepts to create “GFTs” — effectively purchasable lootboxes that each contain a random NFT. According to Atari’s website, each GFT will contain a “common,” “rare,” or “epic” NFT, much like how lootboxes typically carry different tiers of loot....