Axie Infinity: Origins will debut on the Google Play Store

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Sky Mavis has announced that they have passed the exam and will be able to launch their game Axie Infinity: Origins on the Google Play Store.

It's a big step up for a Web3 game, as Axie Infinity: Origins is a free-to-play title that presents players with opportunities to earn rewards and own their own stuff in the play-to-earn universe from Axie. Sky Mavis said it believed it was the first successful Web3 game in a major app store, although the Vietnam-based company had to make major compromises to get permission to release the game. on the store.

The game will take its first steps by launching first on the Google Play Store in Malaysia. This will allow the team to test and improve the game.

The Axie Infinity title took off in 2021 and set Sky Mavis on the path to being a major player in gaming with its play-to-win mechanics that combined cryptocurrency and games. The title peaked at over 1.8 million daily players in mid-2021 before starting to slip as new players became harder to find and the cost of purchasing Axie characters increased.

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Still, this was an impressive number considering that neither Apple nor Google would allow such crypto games with crypto transactions on their app stores at the time.

"As part of this strategy to 'dip our toes' into the markets to collect and iterate data, we will also be launching Origins in smaller countries that reflect the demographics and player archetypes of regions such as North/South America, Europe, and East Asia," Sky Mavis said. "This will allow us to make Origins even better when it begins to go live in other other countries for maximum effect."

Early Play Store versions of the app will have limited functionality. For example, players will not be able to earn tokens, per current Google Play Store rules.

"Of course, we remain committed to our vision of a player-owned digital nation, and we will continue to work with app platforms to unlock that in our releases. This is the first step towards achieving this. opening our doors to a new generation of Lunatians,” said Sky Mavis.

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