Epic Games has confirmed that it won’t interfere with anyone’s plans to utilize NFTs or the blockchain on the Epic Games Store. Earlier this week, the developers of Minecraft completely banned NFTs and the blockchain from the game. At the time, the developer stated that it wanted to create an equal and even space for players that focuses on play rather than profiteering. “To ensure that Minecraft players have a safe and inclusive experience, blockchain technologies are not permitted to be integrated inside our Minecraft client and server applications nor may they be utilized to create NFTs associated with any in-game content, including worlds, skins, persona items, or other mods.” Although the developer has no plans to do anything with NFTs at this time, it has stated it will monitor the space to see how it evolves over time.
Developers should be free to decide how to build their games, and you are free to decide whether to play them. I believe stores and operating system makers shouldn’t interfere by forcing their views onto others. We definitely won’t.
