Blockchain gaming company VIBE has announced a new partnership with NEO, meaning players of the VIBE or DIE blockchain-based first-person shooter game will soon be able to use the NEO token in-game.

The partnership was announced on VIBEHub’s Medium blog page.

It reads: “On behalf of VIBE and NEO, we’re happy to announce a partnership for cross-chain communication for the next era of gaming. It has taken an immense amount of development since 2017 from both companies to make this partnership possible.”

The new partnership means that both NEO and gas will be integrated into the VIBENet chain. VIBENet is a layer-two solution designed for the “next era of gaming”.

VIBENet is able to facilitate “instant atomic microtransactions” with no gas fees – something it terms as a “necessary component” for the next era of blockchain gaming.

To begin this new partnership, NEO will be integrated into VIBE’s first-person shooter game VIBE or DIE, which is built on the VIBENet chain.

VIBE or DIE is similar to popular first-person shooter games such as the Call of Duty and Halo franchises.

From the second week of September, players of VIBE or DIE will be able to play using the NEO token.

To commemorate the partnership, VIBE and NEO will be co-hosting a competition with a prize pool of $5,000 worth of NEO on offer to VIBE or DIE users playing with NEO in September.

“This is only the beginning of a great partnership between NEO and Vibe,” teases VIBEHub.

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