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Astana, Kazakhstan • 13 October 2022

‘Kazakhstan can be the Hollywood of video games with the right opportunity’

Exclusive interview with ex-CEO of Square Enix Mike Fischer

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If you don’t want to use tokens, you still have a great game. That’s really different from most of the other startups I've pitched where basically the game is just a mechanic for monetization, and the game is nothing more than an excuse to sell tokens. And this time I just really felt that it’s a great game. Game first, tokens to make it better.

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Certainly, Kazakhstan is doing really well in e-sports and competitive games. But I’ve seen an incredible range of creative ideas in the video game sphere, so I think it’d be possible to have success across all kinds of different genres.

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