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Solana Labs brings Web3 gaming to the mainstream with GameShift on Google Cloud
Seamless blockchain integration unlocks new revenue streams for game studios around the world
SAN FRANCISCO, May 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Solana Labs today announced an expanded partnership with Google Cloud to bring Game changer, its powerful Web3 gaming platform, to Google Cloud customers. The collaboration will expand and simplify developer access to Web3 gaming technology, allowing game studios to seamlessly integrate cutting-edge Web3 features into their games.
“Our mission is to drive widespread adoption of blockchain technology in gaming,” said Davis Hart, head of GameShift. “Bringing GameShift into the Google Cloud partner ecosystem allows us to accelerate widespread adoption by extending these capabilities to their broad global developer ecosystem.”
GameShift eliminates the underlying complexity of blockchain, providing an easy-to-use API for all of a game’s Web3 needs: seamless user onboarding, in-game digital asset creation, in-game marketplace, payouts, and payouts. credit card, and more. The GameShift architecture allows developers to focus on creating great gaming experiences rather than the intricacies of blockchain.
The main benefits of GameShift include:
- Transparent non-custodial wallets for frictionless login
- Rapid, scalable creation and distribution of game assets across the Solana network
- Branded in-game NFT marketplaces to generate new revenue streams
- Credit card and bank payments integrated into the platform
- Key management and fully abstract transaction fee payments
“Many Google Cloud-based game studios want to harness the creative potential of Web3 technology, but the inherent technical complexities pose a major barrier to broader adoption,” said Jack Buser, director of gaming at Google Cloud. “By integrating GameShift into the Google Cloud ecosystem for live games, we are giving developers a simplified way to create immersive blockchain experiences without having to struggle with the underlying technology.”
GameShift leverages the unique benefits of the Solana blockchain, including blazing transaction speeds, low fees optimized for microtransactions, and high scalability to support even the largest gaming communities.
GameShift ushers in a new era of consumer blockchain gaming and represents just the first step in an evolving collaboration between Solana Labs and Google Cloud aimed at driving Web3 innovation.
For more information on GameShift, visit gameshift.dev.
About Solana Labs
Solana Labs is a technology company, Web3 project developer, open source software creator, and builder of Solana Mobile, bringing blockchain to mobile devices. For more information, please visit https://solanalabs.com.
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