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Epic Games Store will “welcome games that make use of blockchain tech"Following on from Steam’s exclusion of blockchain and NFTs

Following on from Steam’s exclusion of blockchain and NFTs

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When asked about games featuring NFTs, Epic said that there would be limitations but that they were willing to work with developers in the “new field”.

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That sounds contrary toa tweetSweeney made less than three weeks ago. “We aren’t touching NFTs as the whole field is currently tangled up with an intractable mix of scams, interesting decentralized tech foundations, and scams,” he wrote.

Perhaps Sweeney was only referring to his Epic’s own games, although “we aren’t touching” is broad language and a long way from “open to” and ‘willing to work with’.