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Japanese gaming giant Konami is working to develop its Web3 and Metaverse experiences and the non-fungible token (NFT) market while expanding its pool of crypto-savvy talent.
The gaming giant is the latest in a long list of big names who have expressed interest in expanding Web3’s offerings by looking to acquire new talent.
On October 13, the company announced announced They are looking for “a wide range of human resources” who will “build systems and develop services” related to the future Metaverse and Web3 platform.
Konami said it is doing research and development to incorporate “latest technology” into its games and content, adding that it also plans to launch an NFT trading platform where players can trade digital items in-game.
The company is better known in traditional gamer circles as the publisher of the Metal Gear Solid franchise, Castlevania, Dance Dance Revolution, and Frogger.
Konami is looking for several positions for its Web3 venture, including system engineer, programmer, project manager, designer and director.
Successful applicants will work on a unique digital item distribution platform that complies with Japanese blockchain game guidelines.
This isn’t the first time Konami has ventured into something irreplaceable, as in January the company launched a collection of NFTs to celebrate the anniversary of the Castlevania franchise.
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But major moves toward NFTs by some traditional game companies have been met with backlash, the most notable example being Ubisoft’s Quartz platform, which was denounced earlier this year.
Last month, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot backtracked on the company’s enthusiasm for NFTs, saying it was only in “research mode” from the start.
Some gamers saw the game company’s foray into the NFT space as money making. With Ethereum, the industry-standard network for NFTs, moving to proof-of-stake, many of these concerns can be ignored, but there were also environmental concerns about the proof-of-work mining process used to create them.
NFT sales plummeted in 2022 in line with the crypto bear market. In recent months, his NFT sales on OpenSea, the world’s largest marketplace, have plummeted by 99% from his all-time high of over $400 million earlier this year.
