{"id":5355,"date":"2023-01-18T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ci02b59ec3000024c7"},"modified":"2025-09-28T17:42:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T22:42:11","slug":"zebedee-and-viker-launch-bitcoin-chess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/business\/zebedee-and-viker-launch-bitcoin-chess","title":{"rendered":"ZEBEDEE And VIKER Launch Bitcoin Chess And Bitcoin Scratch Mobile Games"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ZEBEDEE, a bitcoin-powered payment processing system for the gaming industry, and VIKER, a mobile games studio pioneering in the play-to-earn space, have announced the launch of two additional games in their repertoire of Bitcoin titles. <\/p>\n

Bitcoin Chess (iOS and Android<\/a>) and Bitcoin Scratch (iOS<\/a> and Android<\/a>) are both available now on the two respective app stores. The firms have previously paired up and released other bitcoin-powered games, including Sudoku and Solitaire.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhile Bitcoin Chess is pretty self-explanatory, Bitcoin Scratch is an even more approachable concept, where players receive packs of scratch cards, with a chance to earn Bitcoin if the cards hold the right combos on them,\u201d describes the release sent to Bitcoin Magazine. <\/p>\n

In terms of how the company can sustainably provide bitcoin to players who play the game, \u201cEssentially, players receive a revenue share from the game, meaning VIKER splits what they\u2019re earning from the game with the player,\u201d the release said. \u201cThis creates a more engaging experience for players, leading to better retention and ultimately makes the game more profitable, despite the revenue share. These are not large amounts of money, though, with players earning a few cents per session, which is what makes the concept sustainable.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dan Beasley, co-founder of VIKER, stated why the company would choose to work with ZEBEDEE and implement their payments platform, saying \u201cUltimately, implementing rewards with ZEBEDEE\u2019s platform isn\u2019t about players earning money, it\u2019s about creating a more interesting and fun experience. Because earning these tiny rewards simply feels great, regardless of if it\u2019s small amounts that won\u2019t materially impact most people\u2019s lives \u2026 But at the same time, it\u2019s real money that you earn just for having fun. So when you can play chess and get Bitcoin for it, why would you play a version without that?\u201d<\/p>\n

Ben Cousens, Chief Strategy Officer at ZEBEDEE explained that they weren\u2019t necessarily trying to focus on Bitcoiners as their sole audience, explaining that \u201cThese games have a massive global audience that mostly doesn\u2019t care about Bitcoin. And we\u2019re not asking them to. It is extremely easy to set up a ZEBEDEE account, connect it to VIKER\u2019s games and withdraw Bitcoin to your ZEBEDEE app.\u201d <\/p>\n

According to the release, the two gaming firms are already silently preparing for their next launch, which they promise will be \u201ceven more impactful, as they will be adding the first very well-known franchise to their portfolio.\u201d <\/p>\n

Interested users will just have to wait and see \u2014 but can get started with Bitcoin Chess and Bitcoin Scratch now by downloading the ZEBEDEE app<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mobile games studio VIKER and bitcoin payments processor ZEBEDEE have once again teamed up to launch two classic games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2730,"featured_media":4107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1724,523,1640,93,1441],"class_list":["post-5355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-bitcoin-gaming","tag-gaming","tag-mobile-app","tag-news","tag-zebedee"],"author_data":{"id":2730,"name":"BtcCasey","nicename":"casey","avatar_url":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/jn_tjlo_400x400.jpg"},"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/img_5298.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2730"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}