GEN C: Play-to-Earn's Next Chapter: Building Sustainable Web3 Gaming Beyond the Axie Infinity Boom
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🗓️ 23 June 2025
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Yield Guild Games founder Gabby Dizon breaks down the state of Web3 gaming, from Axie Infinity's cultural moment to building sustainable crypto-native games today.
Gabby Dizon founded Yield Guild Games during the height of the Axie Infinity craze, helping players in developing markets access play-to-earn opportunities through innovative guild structures. In this conversation, he shares insights on what made Axie a watershed moment, why gaming guilds remain relevant despite market downturns and how his team is approaching casual crypto gaming with their new title LOL Land.
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