## What Is Warena (RENA)?

[Warena](https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/warena/) is a strategy game on the Binance Smart Chain ([BSC](https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/binance-coin/)), which has a combination of [play-to-earn](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/play2earn-play-to-earn) and [metaverse](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/metaverse) elements. On top of that, Warena also provides a unique level of personalization and the possibility to carry over [NFT](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/non-fungible-token)s from other metaverses. 

Warena features a fantastical action-survival gameplay, released in two phases. Its first phase is a 2D tower defense game set in the year 2129, in the so-called Survival Phase. After the Earth has descended into World War 3 and witnessed the widespread use of biological and nuclear weapons, it has turned into a post-apocalyptic scenery, with the remaining humans fighting zombies for survival. Players have to cooperate with robots to collect glass spheres, the in-game currency, to level up the robots’ engines, and optimize machine parts. The second phase will take place after a Big Bang that fragments the universe into different dimensions and creates the game’s metaverse, where different tribes like fairies, demons, and humans are present. 

Warena presents a very detailed roadmap that would see several phases in the game’s development. Here is an excerpt of the most important ones:



* Launching the V1 of the game in Q4 2021
* Launching the V1 of the metaverse in Q2 2022
* Launching V2 in Q3 2022, accompanied by the release of new roles and elements
* Launching new gameplay modes and AR elements after Q4 2022


## Who Are the Founders of Warena?

Warena is a Vietnamese project that is a collaboration of an experienced game studio (d2mstudio), a software development agency (ncc.asia), and experienced blockchain advisors. Among Warena’s advisors are Minh Doan, former co-founder of Harmony ([ONE](https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/harmony/)), Chao Ma, ex-CTO of Deeper Network ([DPR](https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/deeper-network/)), and Rong Jian Lan, the current CTO of Harmony. 

Moreover, Warena boasts an impressive array of backers and partners: DAO Maker, Infinity Capital, RedKite, Binance, Clovers Ventures, and several others. The project also hired two dedicated tokenomics advisors with several years of experience in the finance industry with a combined $15 million in raised capital in IDOs between them.


## What Makes Warena Unique?

Warena offers an interesting combination of several major trends in the blockchain sector. On the one hand, players can earn a digital income from the game’s vast metaverse and strategic gameplay modes. There are several modes available, such as PvE, PvP, and Arena Tournaments. Tokens collected can also later be converted to NFTs and traded on Warena’s marketplace. 

On the other hand, Warena enables players to create their own characters, but also meet, interact with, and battle characters from other games like Axie Infinity, My Defi Pet, or Cat Gunner. Unique characters are highly customizable down to their avatar, warrior attributes, gear, and skilly. Warena strives to set itself apart from the growing influx of play-to-earn games by launching two-phased gameplay consisting of a tower defense game and a metaverse. Players will be able to purchase and trade virtual land in the metaverse, while the survival game mode focuses more on improving their unique NFT characters in battles.

Moreover, Warena aspires to be a community-governed game, where the community manages the so-called WR Community Council in a [DAO](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/decentralized-autonomous-organizations-dao) model. In doing so, players will directly influence the game’s comprehensive roadmap, which targets several new gameplay modes and playable races in the future. 


## Related Pages:

Check out [Axie Infinity (AXS)](https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/axie-infinity/) — the most popular NFT trading game.

Check out [My DeFi Pet (DPET)](https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/my-defi-pet/) — a pet-oriented trading game.

Read our [deep dive into the top metaverses](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/what-is-the-metaverse-an-overview-and-a-deep-dive-of-the-top-metaverses).

Get the latest crypto news and latest trading insights with the [CoinMarketCap blog](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/categories/blog).


## How Many Warena (RENA) Coins Are There in Circulation?

Warena features two distinct tokens in its ecosystem: RENA and WARE. RENA is the game’s governance token that can also be staked. RENA holders also accrue 5% of the revenue Warena incurs. The only way to access rewards in RENA in-game is to stake NFT characters that are rated legendary. 

The WARE token is the game’s utility token and is used as an off-ramp for players that want to cash out their accumulated in-game rewards. Players will also use WARE on the internal marketplace when trading NFTs. There are several mechanisms to reduce its circulating supply and retain the financial value and element of scarcity of WARE. Battle actions must be paid for in WARE, as do temporary multipliers to stats enhancers and access to different gameplay areas or contests. Each time this happens, 20% of WARE goes to the treasury, and the rest is burned.


## How Is the Warena Network Secured?

RENA is a [BEP-20](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/bep-20) token on the [Binance Smart Chain](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/what-is-binance-smart-chain). BSC is secured through the [proof-of-stake](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/proof-of-stake-pos) [consensus mechanism](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/consensus-mechanism). 21 validators are elected every 24 hours to validate transactions and maintain blockchain security. These validators have to stake a certain amount of BNB coins with Binance to be eligible. 

The game itself runs on the [Chromia](https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/chromia/) blockchain, which is a standalone blockchain acting as a [layer-two](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/layer-2) enhancement for BSC. It is a particularly popular choice among blockchain games for its efficient scaling mechanism and the option to set fee structures variably. 


## Where Can You Buy Warena (RENA)?

Warena is available on [DODO BSC](https://coinmarketcap.com/exchanges/dodo-bsc/), [PancakeSwap (V2)](https://coinmarketcap.com/exchanges/pancakeswap-v2/), [MEXC](https://coinmarketcap.com/exchanges/mxc/), [Hoo](https://coinmarketcap.com/exchanges/hoo/) and [Hotbit](https://coinmarketcap.com/exchanges/hotbit/). 


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Wilder World

Efinity is a cross-chain NFT platform developed by Enjin and built on Polkadot. Efinity was created as the next generation blockchain for digital assets with the aim of adapting to the challenges of the world of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), according to the project.

The main specialization of the Efinity project is the NFT space. With the protocol, traders and gamers can create, distribute, transfer, sell and buy NFTs. Efinity aims to remove barriers to entry into the NFT space/decentralized gaming, and to simplify user experience and digital asset governance.

Efinity Token powers the entire Efinity ecosystem, EFI aims to prioritize the generation, transfer and purchase of tokens using an inter-chain infrastructure of protocols resulting in lower transaction fees. As for incentives, rewards on PoW blockchains with NFT functionality go to miners who create/trade tokens, thereby forming a community.

One of the long-term goals of Efinity is to become a hub for both fungible and non-fungible tokens, accepting tokens from any other chain, facilitating the pricing and exchange of NFTs, increasing transaction volume, and creating network effects.

In December 2021, the project won the Polkadot parachain auction, and in March 2022, Enjin launched their flagship parachain Efinity on the Polkadot Relay Chain — a blockchain platform that provides a decentralized parachain network where people havecontrol over their data and identity.

Efinity Token

Aurory is a next-generation studio building a universe of interoperable web3 games. Two original IP’s were born from this universe, which are actively shaping the future of the Aurory player experience.

The first of these two IP’s are Aurorians. A collection of 10,000 anime style NFT characters that double as both a PFP, as well as a playable avatar with various in-game perks.

The second are Nefties. These magical creatures have been designed as non-fungible tokens NFTs with a unique set of stats that influence their performance in-game. They serve as companions on each player’s journey, and can be hatched, traded, collected, and used in battles.

Aurory currently hosts two playable games (both in alpha) which continue to evolve in a live-ops development format:

Seekers of Tokane: A JRPG, where players embark on a dangerous rogue-like adventure through the world of Tokane, collecting and battling fierce Nefties in epic turn-based combat.

Aurory Tactics: A PvP timeline-based battling game where players must learn how to best use their Neftie creature's abilities, competing against opponents to rise to the top of the leaderboard for rewards and glory.

The project proudly boasts one of the most experienced executive and development suites in blockchain gaming, with dozens of talents from established gaming studios, such as Ubisoft, Electronic Arts, Rovio, Warner Bros, and more.

Aurory

Splinterlands is a digital, collectible card game based on blockchain technology and inspired by games like Magic the Gathering and Hearthstone, where players build a collection of cards with different attributes and battle other players in skills-based matches. It is a game where players can buy, sell and trade their digital assets just as they would with physical trading cards games such as Magic the Gathering, Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh!

Splinterlands was created as players lost the ability to truly own their assets (or trading cards) once games went digital. With blockchain technology, it allows players to own and trade their digital assets freely once again. It also allows the game to have true scarcity and transparency, which means all cards on Splinterlands have a verifiable supply and historical record.

Players battle other players by choosing ranked or practice battles. With ranked battles, players can increase their rating. There is no downside to playing ranked battles as a beginner since players with a rating below 100 do not lose ranking points. Battles take place between players of similar strength. When matched up with an opponent, both players choose a set of six monster cards and one summoner card for the battle to destroy all their opponent’s monster cards and win the battle.

Although the game is free-to-play, players need to purchase the summoner’s spellbook for $10 if they want to unlock the game in full. With the summoner’s spellbook, players get access to their account keys and unlock the ability to earn Dark Energy Crystals, which can be redeemed for real currency.

Splinterlands started in May 2018 and launched Splintershards (SPS) – its governance token for the SPS decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) at the end of July 2021. It concluded a $3.6M private token sale for 6.6% of the SPS token supply. After reaching 100,000 players in its first three years, it added another 50,000 in just over a month from June 2021. Splinterland plans to build out its game in the latter half of 2021, with oracle integration planned for Q1 2022.

Splintershards

Ultra is a publishing platform and ecosystem for video games and video game content. Ultra’s mission is to do away with the current monopoly held by publishing platforms like Steam and provide new opportunities to game developers, players, and influencers. Ultra promises a solution that is more equitable to players and developers alike. Players can benefit from immediately playable games, earn UOS by using the platform, and access platform-exclusive games. At the same time, developers benefit from access to more effective marketing tools and the potential for 20% higher sales revenue.

Besides content and game publishing, Ultra offers a demand-side and service-side platform for advertisers, the opportunity for players to resell their used games, and a platform-exclusive app.

Ultra

Bloktopia is a decentralized metaverse backed by and built on Polygon. In Bloktopia, a decentralized virtual reality skyscraper made up of 21 levels (as recognition to 21 million Bitcoin) acts as a central hub for users to have access to crypto information and immersive content in one place. The so-called Bloktopias can educate themselves in the basics or more advanced crypto learnings, earn revenue by owning virtual real estate, play games, build networks and more. Moreover, advertisers and sponsors can monetize the platform’s userbase through a dedicated NFT mechanism. By providing a VR experience for the crypto community, users can engage in an immersive environment according to Bloktopia’s four core pillars: learn, earn, play and create.

Bloktopia

RFOX

CEEK VR (CEEK) is a metaverse platform that connects creators with their fans in virtual worlds, allowing artists to gain attention, reach audiences around the world. CEEK is an AI based platform for virtual landowners and ceek users (ceekers) to build worlds.

Artists get new sources of income, and advertisers get the opportunity to identify user traffic and establish financial transparency by using CEEK VR. Access to the CEEK VR metaverse can be obtained on the official website, as well as via VR headsets: Oculus, HTC Vive and CEEK mobile VR headset.

The manufacturer of virtual reality headsets CEEK VR and headphones CEEK 4D is positioned by the team as "an award-winning developer of premium social virtual and augmented reality experiences." CEEK VR designs are proprietary and can be purchased through major retailers like Best Buy and Target.

The company's mission is to create a clear and easy-to-use decentralized VR entertainment metaverse, where music artists, athletes and event creators acquire the necessary tools to digitally monetize creativity.

CEEK VR allows users to attend live concerts and exclusive events along with their friends, from anywhere in the world, at any convenient time. Moreover, the company suggests that users will be able to participate in the platform's virtual events.

The virtual community has been formed since 2016 and CEEK is currently partnering with Universal Music, Meta Oculus, Apple and Microsoft, T-Mobile and Baptist Health, which allows the project to accelerate audience growth and get strong recommendations. The collaboration with Universal Music gives the CEEK VR platform the rights to use live performances with world-famous artists such as Lady Gaga, Ziggy Marley, Demi Lovato, U2, Sting, Bon Jovi, etc.

CEEK VR

Gods Unchained is a free-to-play tactical card game that gives players true ownership of their in-game items. Led by the former game director of Magic The Gathering: Arena, the game focuses on competitive play, which means players must strategically outsmart their opponents by building decks that are able to combat a wide variety of tactics. In Gods Unchained players completely own their digital items, giving them the freedom to trade, sell and use their cards any way they like – just like owning real, tangible cards.

GODS is an ERC-20 token used as premium currency within the GU ecosystem. The tokens will be used to:

Create an NFT.

Used within the marketplace and for in-game purchases.

Distributed as a reward to players.

To learn more about this project, check out our deep dive of Gods Unchained.

Gods Unchained

Vulcan Forged is a blockchain game studio and NFT marketplace. They are the makers of VulcanVerse.

PYR  is the native utility token that is used for:

Fees for marketplace settlement

Staking in VulcanVerse land and other assets

Upgrading and sustaining game asset levels

Play-to-earn rewards

Access to our game developers and NFT dapp incubation program

Vulcan Forged Platforms and games include:

*VulcanVerse, a Grece-Roman fantasy metaverse made up of 10,000 plots of land

Anvil, a crypto-less and gas-free NFT engine for easy game and dApp onboarding

Vulcan Market, a gas free NFT marketplace for all Vulcan Forged games

Berserk, an NFT online TGG

Frenzy, a create-your-own tournament platform with PYR as it’s reward token.

Vulcan Forged (PYR)

Alien Worlds (TLM) is a decentralized, non-fungible token (NFT) metaverse, where players compete for scarce resources, Trilium (TLM), in a stimulated economy centered around planetary worlds. Due to this, Alien Worlds also has a decentralized finance (DeFi) element to the game, as players advance by staking TLM and using TLM to vote in Planet Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs).

Play-to-earn (P2E) NFT games have seen an exponential rise in popularity and value this year. Alien Worlds allow the players, called “explorers” to earn monetary rewards through gameplay or participation in Planet DAOs. By mining in Alien Worlds, a user is rewarded with the native, in-game currency — Trilium (TLM) or NFT packs. Players can stake TLM to boost their rewards or battle with other users for NFTs.

To date, Alien Worlds has established a fair amount of its roadmap, having TLM on Binance launchpad and farming period of TLM on Binance Launchpool. A large portion of game developments have been forged as well. Moving forward, Alien Worlds aims to automate the claiming process of daily allocation to landowners in the game. Artifacts NFTs are soon to be released, and future plans include NFT interoperability.

Alien Worlds

Mines of Dalarnia (DAR) is an action-adventure game with a blockchain real-estate market. MoD is based on a simple and simultaneously captivating gameplay, where users can mine and combine in-game items, then utilize them to upgrade their characters (skills and equipment), thereby increasing their rank in the game. Players can go in search of rare artifacts / relics / minerals, complete quests, team up with other players to defeat monsters and unlock rewards.

Mines of Dalarnia

Guild of Guardians is a multiplayer fantasy action RPG on Immutable X. The game’s vision is to become the world’s most popular RPG, where players can assemble a set of Guardians and earn rewards in the process. By combining fun gameplay that will be played on mobile with play-to-earn mechanics, Guild of Guardians aims to build an in-game economy that will be compelling for players to participate in.

The game will initially be accessible on iOS and Android and will be available in 2022. The gameplay revolves around training a team of heroes to collect resources and engage in challenges. The collected resources will be issued and distributed in Gems, the game’s in-game currency that can be redeemed for real money, spent on minting new assets or secondary purchases, and used to vote on game decisions. 20% of all primary and secondary trading fees must be paid for in Gems.

Since mid-2020, Guild of Guardians has racked up over 220,000 followers across different social media channels in its short time of existence. It also sold out its first NFT Founder sale, netting over $4.6 million that will be used for game development.

Guild of Guardians

Yield Guild Games (YGG) is the world’s first and biggest web3 gaming guild where players can find their community, discover games and level up together. Its mission is to become the leading community-based user acquisition platform in web3 gaming.

As a network of gaming guilds focused on web3 games, YGG is committed to providing opportunities for its members to achieve success in web3 gaming through questing initiatives such as Superquests and the Guild Advancement Program (GAP). These enable members to build their on-chain identity through its achievement-based reputation system.

From its roots in the Philippines to its global network of regional guilds and partnerships with over 80 blockchain games and infrastructure projects, YGG caters to an ever-expanding community of gamers and blockchain enthusiasts.

Yield Guild Games

GuildFi

Moonriver is an Ethereum-compatible, smart-contract parachain on Kusama. It is intended to be a companion network to Moonbeam, where it will provide a permanently incentivized canary network. New code will ship to Moonriver first, where it can be tested and verified under real economic conditions. Once proven, the same code will ship to Moonbeam on Polkadot.

It does this by providing a full EVM implementation, a Web3-compatible API, and bridges that connect Moonriver to existing Ethereum networks.

This allows developers to deploy existing Solidity smart contracts and DApp frontends to Moonriver with minimal changes.

Moonriver

My Neighbor Alice is a farming-themed play-to-earn builder game built on Chromia. The game bills itself as a place where “players can buy and own virtual islands, collect and build exciting items while also making new friends.” Each player has their own avatar representing them in the game, which they can modify as they please. Players can buy virtual real estate from Alice, the game’s eponymous central figure, or the internal marketplace. All purchased land is represented as an NFT.

My Neighbor Alice aims to introduce blockchain to millions of players and targets a diverse gaming community within the traditional gaming market. Although the game is blockchain-based and integrates DeFi features, it does not require prior knowledge of cryptocurrency and blockchain. My Neighbor Alice takes inspiration from several popular sources. For instance, daily in-game tasks and social aspects are inspired by Animal Crossing, whereas Minecraft serves as a role model for building mechanics. The artwork was inspired by the Swedish children’s book Pettson and Findus.

MyNeighborAlice

Seedify.fund(SFUND) Seedify is a blockchain gaming-focused incubator and launchpad that empowers innovators and project developers through access to funding, community and partnership building, and a full support system to help drive the future of gaming and blockchain. Its ecosystem also includes an NFT launchpad for gaming and metaverse assets, along with the industry's first gaming-and-metaverse-asset-centric NFT marketplace, Seedify NFT Space.

Featuring an IGO launchpad with a tiered allocation mechanism, Seedify enables $SFUND holders to stake their tokens and earn staking rewards while gaining access to quality, procured blockchain gaming projects through private sales and initial game offerings. The launchpad's tier system consists of nine tiers. Tier 1 uses a lottery-based allocation process, while tier 2 to 9 participants enjoy guaranteed allocation.

Along with IGOs, stakers can also participate in initial NFT offerings (INOs) and initial metaverse offerings (IMOs) on Seedify's NFT Launchpad. Additionally, staking $SFUND, gives holders the opportunity to receive tokens from the projects that have been selected and supported by Seedify's incubation program.

Committed to bringing the opportunities offered through blockchain gaming and the play-to-earn model to billions around the globe, the Seedify team has established key relationships with numerous VCs and industry peers, to build an extensive support network for blockchain gaming and metaverse startups.

Interested game industry innovators submit their project proposal to the Seedify

Seedify acts as a launching pad for blockchain games and the disruptive play-to-earn gaming model. The gaming industry is gradually entering a new era — previously gamers may spend large sums of money on in-game items with no direct monetary benefits. However, they are now able to make money by earning in-game item non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and tokens, which is facilitated by the play-to-earn revolution.

Blockchain technology has not only opened up more opportunities for gamers and game developers, but it has also offered additional forms of benefits like transparency, ownership, incentive models and digital ownership through NFTs.

The team behind the Seedify project are pursuing a global goal: to acquaint gamers with the blockchain and increase the rate of technology adoption, attract a huge number of users, create more jobs and financial benefits.

Seedify.fund

WAX (WAXP) is a purpose-built blockchain, released in 2017, that is designed to make e-commerce transactions faster, simpler and safer for every party involved. The WAX blockchain uses delegated proof-of-stake (DPoS) as its consensus mechanism. It is fully compatible with EOS.

The custom features and the incentive mechanisms developed by WAX are intended to optimize the blockchain’s utility specifically for use in e-commerce, with the goal of encouraging voting on proposals.

To make this possible, WAX created a suite of blockchain-based tools which decentralized application (DApp) marketplaces and non-fungible tokens can be built upon.

Services such as WAX Cloud Wallet, SSO and OAUTH support e-commerce operations, the latter being a native RNG service and a developer portal. WAX’s blockchain architecture supports 500-millisecond block time and zero-fee transactions for customers. It also makes use of voting rewards to incentivize participation in the selection of block producers and improvement proposals.

JOE (JOE) is the native token of Trader Joe, a decentralized exchange (DEX) on the Avalanche (AVAX) blockchain that offers DeFi services, including swapping, staking and yield farming. The exchange has been growing rapidly, attracting over $4 billion in total value locked (TVL) since it was launched in June 2021. Trader Joe claims to take a community-first approach, and to prioritize innovation, speed and safety. It aims to provide a one-stop-shop DeFi experience and to integrate new products without compromising on security. To achieve this, Trader Joe has outlined an ambitious roadmap that focuses on token-holder growth. It plans to have improved staking, non-fungible-token (NFT) exchange listings, the collateralization of the JOE token, and leveraged trading –– all during 2021.