As absurd as that sounds, this is a real thing. Games From Space uses the power of your GPU (Graphics Processor) to find crypto-currency coins. These are in turn used to buy your favorite games. To do so the hardware solves complex mathematical equations to support the underlying blockchain system. This is called mining. The better your GPU, the faster you’ll get your game.

So how and why would players even consider this? The GPU landscape in recent times has been in turmoil when it comes to pricing and availability because of miners. Miners used to buy up all the supply of graphics cards, so for a while gamers could not find any. Thus, what Games From Space is trying to do is change that narrative or perception that folks have against mining. When it comes to the rewards though, the games on offer aren’t exactly low-key too. From the website, it appears that even the latest games are up for grabs including PUBG and even subscriptions for World of Warcraft and EVE Online.

For the more business savy folks out there, you might be thinking that trading your GPU’s lifespan and work for a free game every week is a poor deal, especially if you can mine these coins yourself for a larger profit. That’s a totally viable argument. But the average gamer won’t have more than four GPU’s, which is really the entry level set up that one needs to mine crypto-currency efficiently. So the allure factor here for casual gamers is the promise of a free Triple A game every week or so, depending on how good your GPU is in return.

Games From Space hasn’t gotten large scale exposure yet, and one wonders how they will be perceive by gamers at large. Time will tell.

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The deal marks Enjin Coin’s first official partnership with an esports organization, which has professional teams and players competing in Overwatch, CS:GO, World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, Rocket League, Smite, Vainglory and more.

“We have been exploring the eSports market for some time now and have been waiting for the perfect partner.” said Maxim Blagov, Enjin Coin CEO. “The incredible success and rapid growth of NRG eSports since its founding, coupled with their organization meticulous focus on strategy and innovation that clearly represents the future of esports made them the obvious choice.”

NRG eSports will help evangelize Enjin Coin to millions of their fans – spreading brand awareness, educating them about the gaming cryptocurrency, and introducing them to the Enjin Wallet.

“NRG eSports will help us introduce Enjin Coin to a massive, engaged, hard-core gaming audience – and be the first in a wave of gaming organizations and communities that will use our technology to galvanize their fans” said Ilija Rolovic, Enjin Coin CMO.

The esports organisation will utilise Enjin Coin technology to create custom NRG-branded tokens, and distribute them to their fans as engagement rewards, to be stored safely in their private Enjin Wallets. NRG eSports gaming audiences will be able to use the acquired tokens to enter into raffles and win major prizes – trips to events or matches, gaming hardware, signed team or celebrity investor merchandise, pro-gaming training sessions and various tiered prizes based on the number of redeemed tokens.

About Enjin Coin: Introduced by Enjin, a Singapore-based social gaming platform, ​Enjin ​Coin ​is ​a ​new ​cryptocurrency ​​and ​smart contract ​platform ​that gives ​game ​developers, ​content ​creators ​and ​gaming ​communities the ​required ​crypto-backed ​value ​and ​tools ​for implementing ​and ​managing ​virtual ​goods. The ​Enjin social gaming ​platform ​will ​have ​full ​support ​for ​these ​tokens, bringing them to it’s 19 million users.

About NRG eSports: NRG eSports was founded by Andy Miller and Mark Mastrov, co-owners of the Sacramento Kings in 2015. NRG counts advisors Shaquille O’Neal, Jennifer Lopez, Alex Rodriguez, and Jimmy Rollins among its investors. NRG have quickly become one of the most-loved teams in North America, with an exciting blend of young, upcoming talent and established veterans.

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