Announcing B3 Chain on OpenSea

Today, OpenSea announced the integration of B3 Chain, the Base gaming ecosystem. The addition of B3 will offer game developers and studios a new place to deploy NFT collections and in-game assets within the OpenSea platform. NPC Labs, contributor to B3, is on a mission to bring fun games on-chain while abstracting away the crypto barriers to entry.

What is the B3 Chain?

B3 is an Open Gaming ecosystem that offers game devs gamechains with high customization. This makes it the ideal ecosystem for scaling and supporting the next wave of on-chain games. B3 will enable Parallel’s highly anticipated shooter game, Tau Ceti, and is currently live with GOAT Gaming, Farm Frens, DOT, Anomaly Gaming, Yomi Games, Unplayable Studios, and many more across Web, Mobile, Desktop, and Telegram platforms.

With a focus on creating a robust and open gaming ecosystem, B3 empowers developers and players alike by ensuring games can scale seamlessly while maintaining low transaction fees and high performance. This infrastructure enables the blockchain gaming community to push boundaries and deliver experiences previously unimaginable.

Why now?

As Web3 gaming continues to grow, OpenSea is committed to delivering more options and enhancing experiences for our users. By giving our gaming enthusiasts the opportunity to purchase on B3, we are actively responding to their needs and delivering the enhanced experiences they seek. This partnership will allow users an enhanced experience with fluid in-game economies. 

Our vision for the future of on-chain gaming is clear: a seamless, open ecosystem that redefines ownership and incentives for both gamers and developers. B3 is central to achieving this goal, providing the infrastructure that allows games to scale and creating opportunities for developers to innovate.

Why does this matter?

One of our core values is to “build an ocean, not an aquarium.” We believe NFTs are much more than just collectibles—they represent a dynamic platform for building interactive apps and experiences that couldn’t exist on the traditional internet. While B3 plays a pivotal role in powering this transformation, the true potential will be unlocked by the broader community, which will develop new formats and innovations beyond our imagination.

We couldn’t be more excited to see what the gaming community will create using this powerful infrastructure.

Welcoming the news, Viktoriya Hying, co-founder of NPC Labs and a core contributor to B3, said, "Coming from Coinbase, our team inherited the belief that partnering with high-integrity teams is key to success. OpenSea has been instrumental in the success of on-chain gaming with its NFT tooling and marketplace trading experience. We're proud to be working together in an effort to bring B3 gaming developers and users the most seamless and fun NFT experience."

Devin Finzer, CEO of OpenSea, said, “Adding B3 to OpenSea is going to radically improve the Web3 gaming experience for our users, enabling them to mint in-game items faster and more cheaply."

Sascha Darius Mojtahedi, co-founder of Parallel, added: “We’re excited to be among the first developers to launch on B3. In the quest to bring billions of gamers on-chain, B3’s offering for developers is unique: horizontally scaled, chain abstracted, with all the necessary infrastructure for casual games to scale and be discovered. We look forward to working alongside B3 and OpenSea to bring unique gaming experiences to life.”

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Simon Davis, CEO of GOAT Gaming, added: “We are delighted to partner with B3 as our blockchain provider. Since launching on their mainnet, GOAT Gaming has scaled to millions of on-chain users, seamlessly onboarded to the blockchain at low cost. The dedication and support of the B3 team have been invaluable to our success, and we couldn’t have asked for better partners.”

What does this mean for me as a user?

For gamers, there’s nothing to worry about—you can simply dive into the exciting experiences B3 offers across Web, Mobile, Desktop, and Telegram.

For developers, B3’s architecture allows for studios to have their own gamechain with custom gas tokens at no cost and modular infrastructure. Users get to capitalize on chain abstraction tech, which removes the need to bridge or switch networks to interact with the gamechains. B3 is building the future of gaming—on-chain. 

We can’t wait to see how you make waves in this new ocean of possibilities.