Introducing Aura: The Ultimate Web3 Gaming Marketplace

Web3, the latest evolution of the World Wide Web is here to revolutionise the way we interact on and use the internet. Gaming, on the other hand, has always been the earliest adopter of the latest in technology. Put the two together, and you get an undeniably exciting and powerful force that is brimming with hot new opportunities and opens up avenues that would previously not be possible. 

NFTs, Ownership & In-game Trading 

NFTs are unique cryptographic tokens representing ownership of digital assets. They've transformed the way ownership and in-game trading works virtually. With blockchain technology, NFTs offer secure verification of digital asset authenticity.

In gaming, NFTs empower players to truly own in-game items, facilitating buying, selling, and trading on decentralised platforms. This creates a vibrant economy for virtual goods, with real money invested in rare items. NFTs also enable cross-platform asset transfers, reshaping gaming and redefining virtual ownership and in-game economies.

The current landscape of NFT Marketplaces

NFT marketplaces are virtual platforms for buying, selling, and trading NFTs. They enable creators to monetize their digital assets, offer collectors and investors opportunities to explore and exchange NFTs. Leading NFT marketplaces include OpenSea, Rarible, SuperRare, and Blur.

These top NFT marketplaces are home to assets of all kinds, be it artwork, music, in-game items, collectibles or more. In such a saturated market, the need for niche marketplaces start becoming more necessary, where every type of NFT can have its own space and be easily searched for and discovered.

Aura is one such marketplace that caters exclusively to gaming NFTs. It’s a one-stop destination for gamers, whether you’re a web3 gaming beginner, a gamer shifting from traditional gaming, or a pro web3 gamer.

Enter Aura: A Haven for Web3 Gamers 

Built on the Polygon blockchain, Aura is a state of the art NFT marketplace, created to make web3 gaming convenient, easy and hassle-free. With NFTs from 100+ top Polygon Games, Aura is built using great tech, user driven insights and constant communication with their community. After starting with the onboarding of the popular Zedrun, Aura is now home to epic games like Sunflower Land, Metasoccer, Phantom Galaxies, to name a few.

What makes the experience of exploring games on Aura unique is the exhaustive filters and data-packed NFT cards that help narrow down and make your search for in-game assets easy and seamless. Here’s a quick guide on what you can do on their marketplace.

1. Buy/List NFTs

In order to initiate any activity, you must begin by linking your wallet. To do so, simply select "Connect Wallet" which you can find in Aura’s homepage.

Buying & listing NFTs has been made easy for you with 47 different token options! For a step-by-step breakdown of how to list, check this out: List your NFTs on Aura in just 10 steps.

2. Explore Polygon Games

There are over a 100 games to choose from genres of all kinds - farming, racing, strategy-based games or more, discover new games from the genres you love by simply typing in the names, or by using their genre-based filters.

3. Featured, Popular Games and more

Aura’s carefully designed homepage caters to all your needs whether you're new to web3 gaming or looking for a fresh game to explore. Uncover exciting new games and browse through the Featured Games and Popular sections right on the homepage. You also get to choose what you’d like to see on Aura by voting for the game you like.

4. Battle it out: Create or participate in tournaments with Wager

Wager is an exciting platform by Aura that allows users (for the first time) to create and customise tournaments and invite users to participate - with no attached costs. In this growing community where the goal is to see the players take control, Aura’s Wager thrives and enables users to automate and create tournament ecosystems among their peers and fellow gamers. 

All you need to do is fill-in the basic details, set your own rules and eligibility conditions with the filters available to create your tournament. The payouts are automated and you can even see a live leaderboard during and after the end of a tournament.

Note that currently tournament creation is available only for Zedrun, other games are coming soon. Try it now: https://auranft.co/tournaments. 

5. Stay updated on all things web3 gaming

Right from the basics of web3 gaming to web3 news, stay up-to-date through their blog page.Give them a shoutout on their socials Twitter, Discord, and Instagram, where you can get real-time updates and insights on all that’s happening on Aura.

A peek into Aura’s future

Currently, the team is working on releasing the NFT Minting feature to help small-scale gaming studios to easily start their journey of minting their gaming NFTs, which can eventually be sold on its marketplace. And that’s just one of the many exciting things that’s in the works for their users!

The end goal for Aura is to build an exclusive ecosystem for the web3 gaming community, one that’s constantly evolving to accommodate the fast-evolving needs of web3 gamers.