Mobile game studio partners with US fintech to add Bitcoin rewards to classic games

London based mobile game studio Viker has teamed up with US-based fintech Zebedee to drive the Play-and-Earn market with integration of Bitcoin into three classic games.

The announcement of an extension of the partnership coincides with the release of three classic games that now feature Zebedee’s rewards mechanics based on the Bitcoin Lightning Network: Solitaire, Sudoku and Missing Letters (think Wordle).

With Zebedee’s payment technology under the hood, players can now “enjoy the familiar gameplay they’ve come to know and love with the added benefit of being rewarded for playing”.

Anyone can instantly win and withdraw real Bitcoin rewards simply by playing these games from Viker, with no technical setup or prior knowledge of crypto needed. Zebedee enables players to instantly accrue money from the game, allowing them to spend their earnings immediately online or in real life using Zebedee’s own mobile app.

Viker, a long-time partner of Zebedee, has previously published a number of games that also leverage Zebedee’s payment technology to give out free Bitcoin rewards to players, including Wheel of Trivia (iOS, Android), Amazeballs (iOS, Android), and Balls King (iOS, Android).

The success of the partnership led to a similar approach for this new batch of time-tested favourites, most of which have seen years, even decades, of widespread popularity without much technological innovation or enhancement until this point.

Dan Beasley, co-founder of Viker, commented: “These games are played literally by billions of people, for hundreds of hours over many years. But so far, none of them have been able to earn anything for their time. Why continue that, when we’re now in an era where games can reward you with more than just fun?”

“We have the largest Play-and-Earn portfolio of casual games, with 500k players earning Bitcoin every month, while continuously releasing new games and enhancing the experience for our users.

“We believe Viker can bridge the gap between gaming and crypto, through a seamless journey that enables anyone and everyone to have fun, earn money & safely enter the crypto world.”