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The recently launched battle royale ‘Off The Grid’ succeeded in the mainstream gaming scene, featured as the most popular free-to-play game in the Epic Games Store. While offering a unique and fun free-to-play experience that attracted many players, Off The Grid is built on Avalanche (AVAX). This now successful story of a blockchain-based game reaching mainstream players could ignite a positive loop in the space. Moreover, the remarkable achievement marks a huge milestone for Avalanche and the overall cryptocurrency ecosystem, getting the spotlights for utility. Off The Grid surpassed Fortnite and Rocket League in the Epic Games Store as the most popular free-to-play category. On Twitch, the game achieved 148,000 viewers streamed by dozens of gamers, as Decrypt reported, among the top-watched games. Off The Grid “Most Popular Free-to-Play” game on Epic Games Store. Source: Off The Grid What people are saying about Avalanche’s Off The Grid game Emin Gün Sirer – CEO and co-founder of Ava Labs – commented on that matter, reporting a 3.5 million wallets inflow. It is worth noting that wallets do not necessarily mean users and it is a disputable metric, as previously reported. “3.5m new wallets. Let that sink in. There were VC-hyped systems in the last cycle that, at their peak, didn’t have that many users.” – Emin Gün Sirer Meanwhile, Forbes highlighted how Off The Grid differs from the last cycle’s crypto-based games mania, marked by cash-grab scams. On a similar note, DavyCrypto defended that “Crypto can back way more than fully speculative narratives.” “There have been some truly awful cash grabs in the world of crypto games, but this doesn’t sound like one, and most importantly, there is a fun, entirely free to play, game beneath it” – Forbes on Off The Grid Alex Svanevik, CEO of Nansen AI, also shared…

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