Earlier this week, a new extraction shooter by the name of BR1 Infinite surfaced on social media, doing the rounds for a very suspicious reason. Put simply, it’s a game that offers users the opportunity to get paid while they play.
BR1 Infinite promises to pay users $10 an hour for playing the game, and they’ll earn $1 for each kill they land. But there’s a huge caveat – you need to pay $1 to spawn in the game. That means if you’re cheeks at the game, you’ll end up racking up a bill.
Naturally, the entire concept has drawn intense scrutiny in social circles.
Is BR1 Infinite Legit?
BR1 Infinite proudly boasts it’s the first real money extraction shooter, having been built by a company that specializes in gambling and consumer technology. The firm, Bravo Ready Studios, is the home of real money gaming and has developed and released ventures like:
- Clutch Casino
- Slabz
- Dolly.gg
- Honeyland
- Cambria
The last one on the list is one of the company’s first examples of a direct play-to-earn game, presenting itself as a browser-based MMO built on the blockchain. When users play it, they can win USDC for looting rare artifacts.
BR1 Infinite is the company’s latest attempt at seeking some mainstream popularity from a current gaming trend, and that’s the success of extraction shooters. In the social media bios of profiles belonging to the company, it’s stressed that it’s backed by KRAFTON, Solana Ventures, and 6MV, amongst other firms.
In every post the company has put up, they’ve stressed that you must have a PC, and you have to apply for an invite. There are always limited spots available, and the monetisation mechanics are kind of weird:
- Maintain a positive K/D
- Loot and extract cash drops
- Earn and sell skins and operatives
The team claims to have paid out more than $100,000 to ‘testers’, who seem to get free spawns when participating.
What’s bizarre is that BR1 Infinite’s history stretches back some 15 years, when the first social channels were founded. For example, one of the company’s profiles was set up in 2011, but checking the channel’s history, it reveals that the page has had seven name changes, the last one in 2022, which is when Bravo Ready Studios started churning out games.
It’s not really clear why the game has just started trending on social media, but it has. But it’s worth stressing that there’s social traffic talking about this game and its sketchy operations for at least a couple of years.
Admittedly, it’s the strangest thing, as there’s almost no way it’s completely legit. And if it is, there’s no way it’s safe. The real money element encourages cheaters, account boosting, ESP, and so on, and in many ways, it’s a kind of skill-based wagering platform from a company that openly associates with gambling sites and solutions.
It’s super tricky.
Not only that, but it’s such a weird game on the surface. Players control either droids or apes and run around some half-assed maps utilizing seriously basic mechanics in the hopes of racking up the cash.
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Grant has been gaming for 30+ years and in the industry for 10+. You'll probably find him playing a post-apocalyptic game or an extraction shooter somewhere.
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