Now.gg has announced that it will launch a Telegram store for mobile games and AI apps that will support payments via the TON blockchain.
Developers can now publish their mobile games directly to Telegram, and users can play them directly within Telegram and make in-app purchases via the new blockchain, TON.
Telegram's use for Web3 gaming has increased recently, and Now.gg has announced a new app store for Telegram users: NowStore. Campbell, California-based Now.gg announced the news today at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany.
Developers who integrate NowSDK can now publish their mobile games and AI apps directly to Telegram, in addition to PC, Mac, cloud/browser, and Line, making their games instantly accessible to over 950 million Telegram users. For users, this means they can launch and play games directly from within Telegram, creating a seamless and instant gaming experience.
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NowStore allows users to make in-app purchases using TON (The Open Network), a mobile gaming marketplace with an emerging crypto gaming market. 20% of Telegram users play games, and NowStore gives game developers access to this paying user base.
With this announcement, Now.gg's nowSDK gives mobile developers access to the third largest distribution after Apple and Google. With just one integration, your games can be played by users on PC, Mac, cloud/browser, LINE, and now Telegram. Developers can manage all of these channels through NowStudio.
NowStore will be releasing several popular titles for all Telegram users, including Magic Games' Nexus Nebula: Echoes, Lunplay's Tales & Dragons: New Journey, SkyVu's Battle Bears series, Juefeng's Zombieland: Doomsday Survival and Magic Hero War.
Given the rise of WeChat games in China, Asian game developers see a big opportunity in Telegram.
Especially to reach a Western audience.
“By publishing our app on NowStudio, we immediately gained the advantage of being able to distribute it across multiple platforms, including PC, Mac, browser, and Line. Now, our app is available to Telegram's massive user base,” SkyVu CEO Ben Vu said in a statement. “We're very excited.”
“One SDK, billions of users, and two huge ecosystems coming together: this is a developer dream come true,” Now.gg CEO Rosen Sharma said in a statement.
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