It Costs $35 MILLION to Make This Crypto Game - Kieran Warwick, Illuvium, Ep. 227

Crypto games often face criticism for being unpolished and lacking quality, but Illuvium is unlikely to face this issue. Built by a team of 220 people, $35 million has been reportedly invested over 2 years in building this AAA Sci-Fi game world - and they're expected to launch their games this year Today, we have Kieran Warwick, Co-Founder of Illuvium, to share with us:  Building the next big gaming franchise like Pokemon and League of Legends Why crypto games are better than traditional games How the Illuvium community could have a share in Illuvium's revenue   Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice.   Timestamps: (00:00:00) – Introduction to Illuvium (00:04:06) – Illuvium's Founding Story (00:07:25) – Inside Illuvium's gaming world  (00:13:25) – Investing/building Web 3 vs Traditional games (00:19:05) – Illuvium's business model   (00:23:14) – Vision for the future (00:27:04) – Reasons for launching $ILV token before the game (00:30:36) – Building on ImmutableX (00:35:31) – Strategy to onboard first 10k users vs 10mil users (00:42:58) – Upcoming releases that players should be excited for   More Resources: Guest Illuvium's Website: https://illuvium.io/ Illuvium's Twitter: https://twitter.com/illuviumio Kieran's Twitter: https://twitter.com/KieranWarwick   Blockcrunch Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi   Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast ("Blockcrunch") is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch's guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch's podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement.   Full disclaimer: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/about