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The foundation wants to expand into blockchain gaming and aims to “allocate” about $400 million over the next two years to persuade publishers and creators to use blockchain to create video games.
In a post, the Arbitrum Foundation outlined its plans for a “Gaming Catalyst Program.” The program proposes asking the Arbitrum DAO to approve an allocation of 200 million ARB (about $400 million at current prices) over two years to encourage game building on the blockchain.
“Arbitrum has emerged as a leader in the competitive network race with a dynamic innovation formula, powerful technology, organic builders and a variety of short-term and long-term incentives,” Arbitrum said in its post. “While this dynamic has not occurred in the web3 gaming space, we believe the same opportunity exists within Arbitrum to attract the best builders to create sticky, high-quality games that attract and retain new users.”
The Arbitrum Foundation is the organization that supports the Ethereum Layer 2 network Arbitrum.
Most of the funds go to game publishers.
The new proposal proposes allocating most of the funds (ARB 160 million) to encourage publishers and builders to create new games on Arbitrum. The remaining 40 million ARBs will support infrastructure initiatives, such as creating tools “necessary to support games within Arbitrum.”
“The Gaming Catalyst program has the overarching goal of attracting talented creators and helping creators accelerate their games through lifecycle stages,” the Arbitrum Foundation said in a post.
Popular blockchains for gaming projects so far include Polygon, Immutable, Avalanche, and Solana.
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