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Atari Cryptocurrency Will Be Available At Native Gaming’s Intriguing New MMORPG Casino
By Shane Addinall Jun 13, 2020 TechnologyAtari’s new cryptocurrency, the Atari Token, will feature in Native Gaming’s exciting mash-up of MMORPG gaming and online casino gambling. Create your unique hero, tame more than 150 Monsters across 15 regions and win real money!Fans of old school gaming consoles and arcade gaming remember Atari fondly. However, earlier this year the beloved arcade game developer announced that they will be expanding their portfolio to include online gambling. They revealed their plans to develop not only an online casino but also their own cryptocurrency, the Atari Token.
The Atari Token is an integral part of their online casino businesses as not only will their casino offer virtual coin gambling using the Atari Token, but they have made it available to other online gambling sites as well.
The most notable new platform to adopt their crypto coins is the unique MMORPG casino games being developed by Native Gaming.
Justin McCool, Native Gaming CEO said:
“We are excited to be a part of what Atari is doing in both the casino and blockchain space. It’s hard to imagine a more appropriate partner to help us take our new Native MMORPG Casino Slot Game to market and bridge the gap between gamers, gamblers, and the cryptocurrency community.”
To understand what makes Native Gaming’s project to interesting one must first look at what an MMORPG is.
Welcome to the world of MMORPG’s
The term MMORPG stands for Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game. In short, these are adventure games where thousands of players get together on a single server and interact with the world via a customisable avatar.
These avatars complete quests, join guilds, level up their stats and have free roaming access to the world of the game where they can adventure alone or in groups.
A highly successful non-gambling example of this type of game is World of Warcraft which has just over 10 million monthly active users and has been online since 2004.
What will Native Gaming’s casino offer?
From their media release, it appears that Native Gaming will be using this same formula of allowing users to create customisable avatars which can navigate a fantasy-themed world in search of adventure and treasure.
The world they’re developing consists of 15 unique regions each with their own terrain, weather system and monsters for players to collect and train. They claim that their game will contain more than 150 such Monsters which will have three distinct levels from easy collect up to difficult to collect.
There will also be hourly Raids for players to participate in. In a standard MMORPG, Raids are difficult quests which require hundreds of players to band together to defeat a Boss Monster. In this case, rather than just collecting stronger weapons or items to customise your avatar you could stand to win massive cash prizes.
Thematic gambling mechanics
While the details of the actual gameplay are to be revealed a recent teaser trailer shows a player using actions to battle a young Dragonling. Each of these actions appears to correlate with a slot machine spin where the result of the “spin” determines the success or failure in battling the dragon.
Fred Chesnais, Atari CEO, said:
“Native is building a whole new genre in online gambling and we are thrilled to partner with them on this new casino experience”
Ultimately defeating it allows the player to capture the Dragon and offer a choice. Either add the Dragon (listed as being worth $50) to your team or sell it the House.
Since Native Gaming mention that players can develop to the point where they have an advantage over the House it is possible that adding stronger Monsters and even collectable items to your player or team will improve the RTP% you play at.
The ability to travel to distant fantasy worlds battling monsters and earning Atari cryptocurrency along the way is an intriguing concept that could appeal to a major gaming market who are as of yet unfamiliar with gambling online.
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