[Company News] Evolution today announced that four CryptoPunks it purchased earlier this year are now featured in a ground-breaking online slot game \u2013 the world\u2019s first slot game to integrate NFTs (non-fungible tokens).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The four unique CryptoPunk digital artworks are showcased in NFT Megaways\u2122, a new game that has been built by Evolution Group brand Red Tiger and released Thursday 9 September. The CryptoPunks are unique collectable characters that are amongst the very earliest examples of NFTs. Their proof of ownership is stored on the Ethereum blockchain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Inspired by the explosion of interest in cryptocurrencies and the trading of unique, digital-only assets, this is a one-of-a-kind online slot<\/a> game in which Evolution\u2019s four CryptoPunks come together on the slot reels to multiply \u2013 and multiply again \u2013 the value of the cash prizes on offer to players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The six-reel seven-row NFT Megaways\u2122 slot game creates a unique and exciting crypto pixelated world that will be instantly familiar to anyone who has followed the rise of NFTs. At the heart of the game are CryptoPunks 914, 3008, 4701 and 8143 \u2013 four particularly diverse, distinctive and exotic looking characters created by Larva Labs and now owned by Evolution<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The aim of the NFT Megaways\u2122 game is simple: Get the punks, win the cash! The CryptoPunks act as WILD symbols that may land only on the CryptoPunks Bar and substitute for all paying symbols. When a CryptoPunk lands on this bar and participates in a win with low-paying symbols, the CryptoPunk will collect them. This causes the CryptoPunk’s multiplier to increase by 1x for each low-paying symbol collected. The CryptoPunks multiplier can increase up to 30x, and up to two Crypto Punks can land in the same spin. If two CryptoPunks participate in the same winning way, their multipliers are multiplied by each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Todd Haushalter, Evolution\u2019s Chief Product Officer, said: \u201cAt Evolution we have a long record of innovation and being first with distinctively different new ideas. With all of our Group brands our goal is always to offer players the most feature-rich and vivid gameplay possible. In essence, it\u2019s all about creativity and originality and that\u2019s why the CryptoPunks were such a great fit for us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Evolution is in a unique position to contribute to the crypto-community by taking the first NFT on Ethereum and featuring it in the world\u2019s first NFT-based slot. One of the open questions in this community is how to display your NFTs and we thought this was a really fun way to do that, where there\u2019s a chance for lots of players to admire them and also to interact with them in a completely new way! We are honoured to now be part of the crypto-asset history.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n He added: \u201cNFT Megaways\u2122 is a game that\u2019s taken this crypto trend and transformed it into a form of entertainment \u2013 and it\u2019s the first of its kind. Players have the chance to be a part of history in the making. As a game, it\u2019s going to appeal to lovers of slot games everywhere, as well as bringing in those crypto fans who want to see a new way of using this CryptoPunk artwork. The team has done a brilliant job on this launch, and we\u2019re looking forward to the game being live.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n For media enquiries, please contact:
Amy Riches, Head of Marketing, ariches@evolution.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n