Alan Tan, the co-founder of the online games publisher and operator Shanda Games, shared his personal opinion on the future of gaming at the Hong Kong Web3 Festival 2023.
Alan Tan is a senior gaming expert with 20+ years of industry experience. Tan was the co-founder and CEO of Shanda Games (Nasdaq: GAME, privatized), one of the largest game companies in China. At Shanda, Tan built and led prestigious projects such as the 20-year IP MIR (The Legend of Mir) and MMORPGs like Dragon Nest and The Tower of Eternity.
Tan is a serial entrepreneur with deep knowledge of the game industrial chain. In 2013, he founded China’s top early-stage fund Fenghou Capital and substantially supported the entire gaming industry — including ThinkingData with 800+ global gaming clients, AlchemyArt – the creative partner of Ubisoft and Tencent, 91Act – the ACGN mobile game developer, and other eco- and content-based game companies.
As a game enthusiast and a believer in Web3, Tan has built extensive partnerships and networks in the global gaming industry and is now fully invested in Web3. Starting with his latest project MetaCene, a multi-chain MMORPG, Tan aspires to create and empower new gaming ecosystems.
Future of Gaming
Today, April 12, 2023, Alan Tan gave a speech at the Hong Kong Web3 Festival 2023, comprehensively sharing his intake on where the gaming industry is heading toward and what role Web3 gaming has played in the sphere.
Alan Tan at Hong Kong Web3 Festival 2023
The emergence of Web3 technology has fundamentally transformed the gaming industry, bringing about a seismic shift in how players interact with companies.
“This transformation has given rise to a new cooperative model, and has completely upended the traditional development patterns of the industry,” – states Tan.
Tan believes that a new era of gaming – player-centric gaming – is on its way. According to Tan, the player-centric model will involve Web3 games with digital assets and player-driven MMORPG as the mainstream genre, and AI-generated content (AIGC), involving player-driven creativity and leading to the growth of indie projects. The changing dynamics of the virtual worlds have established gaming as the foremost means of accessing the Metaverse.
For those who are interested in the presented concept, Tan assured the public that the full version of his speech would be available on MetaCene’s social portals tonight.
Web3 Gaming Innovation
During his speech, Tan continuously mentioned the latest creation he is currently full-hand involved in, the next-gen blockchain MMORPG MetaCene, a game that presents a surreal post-apocalyptic society where survivors interact with diverse NFTs to redefine civilizations.
MetaCene pioneers the exact concept Tan presented during his speech: player-centric entertainment, governance, and creation through innovative PVE and PVP gameplays, robust technology infrastructures, social guild DAO governance, sustainable economic systems, and in-game editors.
According to the official channels of Metacent, an Alpha test of the game is coming within this quarter.
