Have fun while earning money when you play these crypto games (Photo: Crypto Fight/Unsplash)
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This is the future of online gaming—in this article, Tatler lists digital tournaments that encourages players to earn digital currencies and exchange Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs)

Playing online games is entertaining, but what if you earn digital currencies while doing it? 

Many people would prefer to meet in person but two years into the pandemic, the world assembles longer online. The digital world has increasingly become the home of gamers who found their way to gain profit through cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NFTs).

For starters, an NFT is described as non-interchangeable unit of data stored on a blockchain, a form of digital ledger. It is a technology that allows local artists, app developers, artists, and entrepreneurs to trade intangible fragments of the internet as they would in the real world.

Cryptocurrency, on the other hand, is any form of currency that exists digitally or virtually and uses cryptography (study of secure communications techniques) to secure transactions.

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As people learn more about cryptos and NFTs, game developers have also started to utilise their combined power. A wide variety of online games where people can acquire and exchange tokens has been released. In this article are five beginner-friendly crypto games you should not miss:

1. Axie Infinity

What it is: Axie Infinity is an NFT-based game where you can adopt pets called axies. Released in March 2018 by Vietnamese studio Sky Mavis, the game uses Ethereum-based cryptocurrencies Axie Infinity Shards and Smooth Love Potion. 

As of October 2021, the crypto game has two million daily active users. 

What is earned: Axie Infinity Shards and Smooth Love Potion by winning battles, doing daily tasks, as well as buying or selling with other players.

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2. Zed Run

What it is: Zed Run is a digital horse racing platform where people can buy, sell, race, and breed their own digital NFT race horse. The game was created by Australia-based Virtually Human Studio, an organisation whose goal is to put online a variety of games that provide more immersive experiences

The platform launched early 2019 with horses that can be bought for as low as $30. 

What is earned: Exchange of player-owned NFTs

3. Lost Relics

What it is: If you're into story-based, fictional games then look no further. Lost Relics is a Diablo-inspired play-to-earn action-adventure role-playing game powered by Enjin Blockchain game where players can find special items inside an ancient chamber and progress through the Empire by using the power of the loot they found. The main goal is to defeat the Evil Wizard as you explore the land of Talamuth. 

What is earned: Exchange player-owned NFTs

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4. Town Star

What it is: In the early days of Facebook, users found themselves trapped in the most compelling cages of Zynga's Farmville. People have spent hours and days growing their crops and visiting their friends' farms online. Town Star, a game created by the same game developer, is no different. 

This play-to-earn farming game asks players to choose their spot in the world where they can grow plants, trees, and top on the leaderboard.

What is earned: Exchange player-owned NFTs

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5. Nine Chronicles

What it is: Released amid the pandemic, Nine Chronicles is a fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) powered by players in a virtual world that never sleeps. The players can customise their modifiable characters and aid the goddess Freya in her fight against evil forces.

What is earned: Ethereum 

Tatler Trivia: MMORPG are different from massively multiplayer online game (MMO). The former, by definition, is a role-playing game (RPG), while the latter can be anything from a Battle Royale action title or a real-time strategy game.

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