Blockchain Gaming World

FIFA Rivals moving to Pulse market, Verse8 x YGG hackathon results and Hytopia's worrying pause. [00:16] Mythical Games is migrating FIFA Rivals to the new Pulse marketplace. [02:46] But there's been some sort of delay. FIFA Rivals is the last of Mythical's games to migrate. [04:19] The significant change with Pulse is it uses the USDC stablecoin. [05:51] Why in-game item markets shoul...

EVE Frontier's hackathon deconstructed, Limit Break's first game, Xociety pauses, SANDchain completes testnet phase 1. [00:15] Deconstructing EVE Frontier x Sui $80,000 hackathon [03:19] There were 123 submissions. Largest categories were bounty boards, insurance, gate tolls. [07:20] Data was another key theme - escrow-style systems for buying and selling information. [10:05] 25% of submis...

Pixels' Stacked P2E rewards platform is live, Verse8 raised $5M, Wildcard's WC token is live. Jon has a new hat. [0:17] Jon wants everyone to know that he has a new GamesTX hat. [1:23] Pixels has launched Stacked, which is a P2E rewards platform (or engine!) for web2/3 games. [3:42] Effectively, Stacked is a productized version of the P2E layer in Pixels. [8:36] Stacked currently supports...

Jon Jordan talks to Pixels' CEO Luke Barwikowski about Stacked, the company's new P2E rewards platform. [0:56] Introducing Stacked, the new rewards app from Pixels. [2:02] Pixels still believes in play-to-earn for web3 gaming, notably using data-driven rewarded play. [3:44] Stacked is the productification of Pixels' reward system that any game can plug into. [5:09] It allows you to dis...

The Sandbox reveals mobile shooter NEXT, Wildcard's WC token goes live on 26 March, AlphaTON buys GAMEE. [2:29] The Sandbox has announced standalone mobile battle royale game NEXT. [2:47] The Sandbox's vision for mobile has never been strong. This is a new start. [4:55] More important than the game itself, NEXT is a symbol of agency and urgency. [6:50] You have to log into NEXT with your T...

EVE Frontier's Cycle 5, Night Crows' NFT Crusade, Shrapnel's early access and 1,000th Substacks! [0:43] EVE Frontier has launched Cycle 5, which will run for the next 3 months. [6:50] Changes include defensive turrets, collaborative options, tweaked ship controls, new ships. [8:10] You can also build and optimize Shells, the game's clone characters, for the first time. [9:14] Feral...

Thousands' THOU token, Limit Break's testnet, Cambria presells $1M tokens, FIFA/NFL Rivals NFTs moving to stablecoin Pulse Market. [2:29] The Thousands streaming platform has announced THOU token, but not many details. [2:55] This is in addition to Wildcard's WC token. Wildcard is the first game on Thousands. [4:28] How do Wildcard (game) and Thousands (platform) overcome the Cold Star...

Jon talks to Yat Siu about how agentic AI gives everyone intelligent assistants, unbundles information, forces onchain reputation and saves governance. [1:23] Why Yat has 9 Animoca Minds agents working for him on different tasks. [2:15] Yat's AI assistant now handles flight tracking, delays, alerts and pick-ups. [5:30] Most people will not run OpenClaw but have their AI assistants in email and...

Featuring Apptokens, bAXS, Fableborne, POWER, in-game ads in Off The Grid and Wildcard Premier League [0:43] Bitkraft has invested $3 million into POWER Protocol, the token used by Fableborne. [3:20] Fableborne is a mobile action RPG that has managed to stay alive through the P2E era. [6:21] POWER is now also being used by online gambling outfit High Roller. [10:08] Over the past month, POWER'...

The Sandbox Season 7 is going live, Gigaverse announces GIGABIT and Portal is rebooting. [0:38] The Sandbox Season 7 is going live on 25th February 2026. [2:22] For the first time, this isn't an Alpha Season. It's just called "Season 7". [5:26] There's a focus on community UGC, not the big brands, which will continue through 2026. [6:45] It looks like these UGC experiences wi...

EVE Frontier's $80,000 hackathon, Alek Larsen leaves Sky Mavis, and AI agent fun with Shaw Walters and Animoca Minds. [0:23] EVE Frontier and Sui are launching an $80,000 hackathon starting on 11th March. [4:50] It will be interesting to see how AI expands the number of people who get involved. [6:19] While web2 games struggle with AI, web3 games are well ahead of the curve. [10:20] The situat...

Jon talks to Eliza Labs Shaw Walters about his work on AI agent frameworks, and why blockchain games are a focus. [1:00] An introduction to Shaw Walters, the creator of AI agent framework ElizaOS. [3:10] "I see myself as a comedian and performance artist. I love the joke that becomes true." [4:48] "What I'm focused on is agents that get you your time back and agents that can pla...

Animoca Minds, MapleStory integrates Verse8 AI game-making tools, GOAT Gaming shuts down and Forkast esports prediction market. [1:11] This week has seen an explosion in interest about AI agents, notably Clawbot and Moltbook. [3:10] With ClawBot, you can create an AI assistant with access to your entire computer. [5:14] It was also a massive security issue. [6:20] Other people criticized it for ju...

Jon Jordan talks to Forkast CEO Chris Gonsalves and Arbitrum Gaming Ventures Ethan Sy. [1:12] Ethan's history. He was previously at Play Ventures, investing in web2/3 gaming. [3:05] Chris started at Bitcoin Center. Moved to Consensys, then co-founded Community Gaming. [4:26] Esports prediction markets launched within Community Gaming, which became Forkast. [4:56] Chris believes prediction mark...

In this episode, we look at the rise of Animoca, and the rise and fall of its metaverse project The Sandbox. [0:24] This week's show focuses on the details arising from Animoca's 2022 financials. [1:11] 2022 was a long time ago, but the report also discloses more recent financial details. [4:00] Animoca's business is particularly complex, even without worrying about crypto. [6:58] The...

Jon Jordan talks to Skale Labs CEO Jack O’Holleran about how the Ethereum-centric L1 blockchain network is expanding to Base, helping launch mobile game  PGA Tour Rise , and preparing for the explosion of onchain AI agents. [1:30] The background to mobile game PGA Tour Rise, which is launching on Skale and Base. [2:55] The game mixes golf course building tycoon strategy with golfing mini-gameplay....

Read the full article at https://www.blockchaingamer.biz/features/41347/top-50-blockchain-game-companies-2026/ [6:55] One of the trends is the rise of games with degen mechanics, notably YGG at #3. [8:35] YGG's positioning of LOL Land as a "Casual Degen" game - a casual game with degen rewards. [10:30] These games have been a (relative) success. Mass-market web3 games haven't bee...

Polygon buys Sequence, Animoca buys SOMO, Cartridge buys Playmint. Consolidation? [0:28] Today's theme is consolidation. [1:15] Is this the trend for blockchain games companies in 2026 or something more nuanced? [2:00] Why didn't we see more consolidation in 2025? [3:46] Playmint has been bought by Cartridge. This is likely more of an R&D rollup or acquihire deal. [5:53] Playmint worke...

Mythical's new Pulse platform, Boomland shuts and no more SLP rewards. [0:29] BoomLand has announced it's shutting down. [2:35] It never raised much money but it was always very good at building product. [6:50] It's another example of how hard it is to operate in the blockchain game sector. [7:48] But its game Hunters On Chain will remain live during 2026. [11:18] Due to botting, SLP i...

Key trends for blockchain games in 2026? Stablecoins, AI agents, FIFA Rivals, AppTokens. [1:17] You need to know what doesn't work before you can find out what does work. [3:18] We thought the value of a blockchain game would be reflected in its token price. It's not. [7:25] In 2025, we saw projects become more focused on who their specific audience is. [9:20] One of the small successes in...

[1:58] 2025 was the end of play-to-earn cycle which started in 2021 with Axie Infinity. [3:10] However, crypto had a great year in terms of Tradfi adoption; ETFs, stablecoins, DATs etc. [7:50] Why have crypto incentives not worked for blockchain games? [11:00] Adding real-world value has overwhelmed the other reasons why people play games. [14:30] The killer feature of blockchain games shouldn't b...

The Sandbox's new Corners platform, MocaProof, Soccerverse's FIFPRO license and BGA 2025 report. [0:37] The Sandbox launched its Corners UGC content-memecoin platform into invite-only beta. [3:00] It's an attempt to inject some dynamism into the SAND token aside from The Sandbox. [4:28] Corners lets user collate and curate weblinks on specific content topics. [6:33] Users can then buy each Corner'...

Sony's stablecoin plans, Fableborne Season 4, EVE Frontier's free week, and Footium's $600,000 funding. [0:32] Sony looks like it's going to be launching a stablecoin in the US. [1:09] It's an extension of the trend that's seen PayPal, Stripe and Klarna also announcing stablecoins. [2:00] Sony has set up a US bank, which is applying for a federal license, required for stabl...

Xociety and Arise release their first public playables, MapleStory burns $1.7 million tokens and we talk generative AI. [0:30] Ndus has raised $1.6 million for its pop extractor shooter Xociety, which hits also early access. [10:00] Cross The Ages has launched its PC RPG Arise into open alpha. [18:54] "It's like juggling an elephant and a crocodile. If it works, absolutely amazing."...

Jon Jordan talk to Verse8 creator JC Kim about the genAI game-making platform, which is now live for professionals and noobs. [3:15] How JC Kim first met Delabs' co-CEO James Joonmo Kwon as a mentor. [6:05] Why JC Kim started work on a generative AI game-making tool, which became Verse8. [7:20] Verse8 includes coding, 2D image generation, background music and 3D model generation. [8:10] The ga...