Collectibles

Meta has been testing support for NFT “digital collectible” posts on Instagram since May, and if you’re among the expanding group of people with access, then you can now share posts with your blockchain-verified items on Facebook as well. According to an updated blog post from the company, it’s “started giving people the ability to post digital collectibles that they own across both Facebook and Instagram,” after they connect their digital wallets to either platform. The posts will basically look like normal posts,…

Swords & Solcery The weekend’s San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) brought with it a wide variety of plastic fantastics, as various merch-makers showed off tabletops full of figurines, statues, and other paraphernalia related to some of the biggest and most popular global gaming brands. Storm Collectibles was in attendance, shining a spotlight on various upcoming Street Fighter and Darkstalkers figures for its partner, Capcom. But Guilty Gear fans did not go away empty-handed, as Storm also brought with them the completed…

Captain America, Loki, and Scarlet Witch as Megamojis. Image: Marvel/100% SoftWhenever a new Marvel Studios project is released, be it in theaters or on Disney+, you can go on Twitter, hashtag the title or a character, and you’ll see a fun little emoji. Most of the time, those are done by an artist who goes by 100% Soft—and for San Diego Comic-Con, he’s bringing those Marvel emojis to life.Based on the Marvel Studios emojis by artist 100% Soft, real name Truck Torrence, meet this new set of designer toys called Megamojis.…

Sony is launching a new PlayStation Stars loyalty program later this year, and it includes “digital collectibles” rewards. PlayStation Stars will be a free service that allows PlayStation players to earn loyalty points and rewards by completing activities. Points can be redeemed for benefits, including a PSN wallet fund to put toward a game purchase. “Points can be redeemed in a catalog that may include PSN wallet funds and select PlayStation Store products,” explains Grace Chen, Sony’s vice president of PlayStation…

Metaverse or gaming-based non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are the most common type of collectibles owned globally ahead of profile pictures and art, according to a report by cryptocurrency data aggregator CoinGecko. Metaverse refers to a convergence of physical, augmented, and virtual reality in a shared online space. The industry is projected to be an $800 billion market in the next two years, and games look like the most likely NFT-point-of-entry for most people, particularly crypto…