NFT marketplace Rarible partners with Immutable to broaden its gaming NFT offerings

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The NFT market Rarible tapped the Ethereum L2 scaling protocol Immutable X to permit customers to purchase and promote NFTs from Gods Unchained, Guild of Guardians, Illuvium and different common blockchain-based video games constructed on Immutable X.

This isn’t Rarible’s first entry into promoting gaming NFTs, Rarible co-founder Alex Salnikov instructed The Block, as gaming belongings on Polygon and Solana have been beforehand accessible on the platform. Nevertheless, Rarible’s integration with Immutable X provides belongings from one of the common protocols for blockchain-based video games, in addition to belongings from among the longest working blockchain-based video games like Gods Unchained, onto the NFT platform. 

Whereas Gods Unchained by no means gained the recognition of different blockchain-based video games like Axie Infinity or Sorare, the aggressive card sport noticed a peak buying and selling quantity of $6.32 million in January of this yr, The Block’s information dashboard exhibits. 

Immutable X, created by the blockchain gaming agency Immutable, permits NFTs to be offered shortly and with a nominal transaction payment. Immutable X has a selected give attention to blockchain-based gaming belongings, with the online game distribution large GameStop opting to make use of the protocol for its NFT market.

Rarible is now a extra strong competitor to the likes of Fractal, launched by Twitch co-founder Justin Kan, and different gaming-focused NFT marketplaces.