Amazon Prime Is Giving Out Free NFTs for This Polygon Game

Mojo Melee, an NFT recreation constructed on Ethereum scaling community Polygon, has partnered with retail big Amazon to offer away NFTs for Amazon Prime subscribers.

The primary providing, obtainable now by way of the Amazon Prime Gaming portal, is a free package deal that features an NFT and in-game foreign money to Prime subscribers who create a brand new participant account for Mojo Melee. The pack consists of one NFT for champion character Gwyn Rockhopper in addition to 885 Ore—a non-crypto, in-game foreign money.

In keeping with Mojo Melee developer Mystic Moose, the character is obtainable as an NFT proper out of the gate, whereas Mojo Melee’s in-game development system sometimes requires gamers to hit a sure character stage earlier than they will mint champions as NFTs. It’s a “particular supply” as a part of the Amazon partnership, a consultant instructed Decrypt.

The Amazon deal is ready to final six months and consists of further month-to-month drops of free in-game NFTs and different content material, offering ongoing alternatives for Prime subscribers to take a look at the sport and have a possible benefit over non-subscribers.

Mojo Melee, which is playable by way of net browsers in addition to an Android app, places an off-the-cuff spin on the “auto battler” style that mixes parts of chess and real-time technique video games—as popularized by main non-blockchain video games like Auto Chess and Teamfight Ways.

GG went hands-on with Mojo Melee’s open beta model in Could and got here away largely impressed by a “a streamlined and simplified introduction to the style”—a welcome shock given how complicated such auto battler video games could be. The sport has since formally launched with its “Season One” content material package deal.

This isn’t the primary time that Amazon Prime Gaming has partnered with a recreation to supply free NFTs for its subscribers. Legendary Video games has supplied NFT promotions for its play-and-create PC and Mac recreation Blankos Block Social gathering by way of Prime Gaming, together with affords for a free avatar and accent which might be nonetheless obtainable now.

Amazon can be reportedly wanting into launching its personal broader NFT market, as reported by numerous publications earlier this yr, however these plans have but to materialize as of this writing.