NFT Game Axie Infinity Origins Available On App Store

Axie Infinity Origins. (Photo; Doc. Axie Infinity)

JAKARTA The leading NFT game, Axie Infinity officially announced that Axie Infinity Origins can be downloaded by iOS users. The reason is that the Origins game is already available on the Apple App Store.

Even so, the game Axie Infinity Origins is only available on the App Store for several countries. According to the game developer, Sky Mavis, the iOS version of the game was launched on Wednesday, May 17 yesterday.

"Orgins has gone through a review process by Apple and is now available on the App Store," Sky Mavis said. "We believe this is the first time Apple has agreed to make externally purchased NFTs usable on the App Store," the team added.

For information, Axie Infinity itself was launched by a game studio from Vietnam in 2018 and managed to gain popularity in recent years. Sky Mavis managed to record NFT sales of USD 4.27 billion (equivalent to IDR 63.6 trillion).

"If you live in Argentina, Colombia, Peru, Mexico, Venezuela, Indonesia, Malaysia, or Vietnam, download Origins for iOS from the App Store," Sky Mavis said on Wednesday.

Because Apple's App Store guidelines are fairly stricter than Google Play Store rules. In recent years, Apple has restricted several blockchain-based applications, particularly the NFT platform. For example, the Daily Apps released an NFT application called Sticky, which originally remained on the App Store. However, the application, along with several other applications, was later removed from the store.

Other NFT apps, such as Opensea's App, are allowed to display NFT to users, but the trading function is disabled. Some believe that the restrictions on these NFT apps are related to Apple's requirements to get 30 percent of the total sales on the App Store.

According to a Bitcoin.com News report, regarding the Axie Infinity Origins app, Sky Mavis explains that certain prize features in the game can only be accessed via the desktop or Android APK version.

"Players will still get SLP through the game, but can't claim these prizes in the app," Sky Mavis said.