Turner Sports kicks off a new season for mobile game Blocklete Golf

Blocklete Games from Turner Sports, a game franchise based on the Flow blockchain, is launching the second season of Blocklete Golf on mobile. The Coinbase cloud helped provide the infrastructure.

The title is one of the first interactive sports games to feature non-fungible tokens (NFTs) available on mobile. The game, now available in beta on iOS and Android, is built on Dapper Labs’ Flow blockchain to provide the NFT-minting infrastructure.

Players can use basic credit card or fiat (US dollars) transactions for the purchase of digital assets. Turner Sports hopes to win over sports game fans while avoiding hardcore gamers who don’t like blockchain games.

At its core, Blocklete Golf is a traditional golf management game that lets players select a golfer and play dynamic courses in head-to-head showdowns or tournaments. It uses the Flow blockchain infrastructure which is a play and win model allowing fans to collect, train, trade and compete with unique digital avatars in the form of NFTs as they have the potential to earn stablecoin rewards from the Flow blockchain.

Players manage the career of their digital athlete – called Blockletes – and can increase their attribute levels, and therefore their usefulness and value, based on in-game performance.

Blocklete Games allows fans to own, enhance, and challenge others with digital athletes, as well as sell them using an open marketplace.

The new season will soon launch a new Pro Shop giving players access to NFT accessories and similar items to grow and customize their individual Blockletes. The art is also better.

“Blocklete Golf is the first of what we envision to be a games and winnings franchise that we intend to create to provide users with compelling gameplay and great NFT products,” said Yang Adija, vice- senior president of Turner Sports, in a statement. “We have been at the forefront of the NFT and blockchain movement in sports and believe we have a real opportunity to serve sports fans through this new avenue of digital athletes. We are also excited about this debut on Flow, the blockchain where sports NFTs live.

Turners Sports, a division of WarnerMedia, launched Blocklete Games in the fall of 2020 with free online play with Blocklete Golf, a golf simulation game in which fans play against each other as they shoot targets on virtual courses using their unique Blocklete golfers. .

Since that initial launch, the overall NFT market has skyrocketed, reaching $10.7 billion in Q3 2021 according to data from market tracker DappRadar. This growth is partly fueled by the rise of sports-related NFTs like NBA Top Shot. Blocklete Golf is the first game to launch under the Blocklete Games banner with more expected to roll out in the future. But blockchain games have also been met with fierce resistance from hardcore gamers.

Meanwhile, Coinbase Cloud will provide the secure node infrastructure for Turner Sports to run Blocklete Golf on the Flow blockchain and provide fans with a seamless and secure way to buy, sell, and trade collectible NFTs. As a trusted infrastructure partner, Coinbase Cloud will enable Turner Sports to partner with other industry leaders to expand experimental blockchain engagement and participation for young fans and gamers.

“It’s exciting to see innovative companies jumping into the crypto space to unlock new ways to engage with technology,” Joe Lallouz, chief product officer at Coinbase Cloud, said in a statement. “NFTs have been instrumental in the growth and integration of the crypto ecosystem over the past year. We are thrilled to be working with Turner Sports, enabling them to use blockchain technology to deliver new fan experiences and drive innovation in sports entertainment.