Blockchain Gaming World

MapleStory Universe get $50M ecosystem fund, Legend of Ymir custom servers expanded, Stan extends Series A and we talk Hyptopia and Moku's Grand Arena. [0:40] Nexpace has announced a $50 million ecosystem fund for MapleStory Universe. [3:48] As a reminder Nexon funded Nexpace two years ago with $100 million of funding. [4:17] Technically the fund is "up to $50 million" - likely mainly NXPC tokens...

Maxwell Holmes from Roblox-on-blockchain UGC platform Hytopia thinks "Crypto is cool but fun is number 1" [2:30] "I like it when the house is on fire and tomorrow is unknown. I need the craziness." [05:08] "People see we have been consistent through the changes. We don't play the hype game." [09:36] "We're trying to use crypto to empower gamers." That continues to be the [12:46] Comparing Hytopia...

Axie Infinity tweaked its rewards and lost 45% DAUWs, MapleStory N has banned 640,000 bots, and Forkast moved to Arbitrum. [0:35] Axie Infinity's DAUWs have dropped 45% following to a change in its AXS reward system. [3:10] In April 2024, it launched its first Bounty Board, which more than doubled its audience. [4:45] There were further giveaways, which further boosted DAUWs to more than 100,0...

Animoca's Nasdaq listing plan, Spider Tanks reborn, Moonfrost goes web2 and IMX is fully liquid. [0:24] Animoca Brands has announced a reverse merger to get a Nasdaq listing. [4:25] It's started the process to merge with tiny Nasdaq listed company Currenc. [6:03] Currenc shareholders will get 5% of the new company. Animoca's 95%. [7:58] There's no official valuation for Animoca, but it's likely so...

Jon talks to Pixels CEO Luke Barwikowski about how he still believes play-to-earn rewards are a viable marketing mechanic. [2:09] 'This is probably the worst market sentiment I've seen in the space.' [5:40] 'Without speculation, you have to build something that's fundamentally sound. That's hard.' [7:50] 'In early 2024, Pixels was loved. People were making money. Bu...

Wemade launched Legend of Ymir, Mythical integrated World Chain, Pixels launched Chapter 3 and Yuga's Otherside goes live on 12th November. [0:30] Wemade has launched its latest web3-enabled MMORPG Legend of Ymir on PC and mobile. [2:10] Wemade previously tried to add blockchain to casual mobile games. It didn't work. [3:24] Legend of Ymir is the result of Wemade's experience over its...

Jon's been asking What's Working For Web3 Gaming? at Zebu Live conference. [0:27] It's been London Blockchain Week and Jon has been at Zebu Live 2025. [2:06] He moderated a panel about What's Working In Web3 Gaming? [4:08] Panellists including Koko from Mighty Bear Games and Russell from Metacade. [5:58] We've moved from blockchain games to crypto games, with the emphasis on &q...

Discussing Mythical Games integrating Worldcoin, MapleStory going multichain, Legend of Ymir's launch plus Sorare and EVE Frontier changing chains. [0:18] Mythical Games is about to close a new funding round, including from Worldcoin. [1:37] The reason we know this is happening is from a press release from DAT outfit Eightco. [4:44] Eightco has raised $270 million to buy Worldcoin tokens, also...

Talking SANDchain, Pudgy Party hits 1 million installs, KGeN raises $13.5M and Proof of Play. [0:25] The big announcement is SANDchain; a Patreon-type rewards platform for creators. [1:25] It's more to do with providing extra utility for SAND token than for The Sandbox platform itself. [5:10] Verified creators can use SANDchain to take a loan to invest in their business. [7:01] Some creators w...

News including Axie Infinity: Atia's Legacy, Craft World era 3.1 and Off The Grid's mainnet tmigration. [1:00] Axie Infinity: Atia's Legacy has launched its first 7-day playtest. [2:10] It's an MMOG that in part builds on the Axie Infinity: Homeland farming/trading game. [3:33] Jon thought the initial plans laid out for the game were a little sketchy. [8:16] Comparing the iterative...

Jon Jordan and Jenny Jordan talk through the week's news including: [0:44] This week, we asked our Mavens group about the rise of sustainable degen games. [2:00] Originally, this type of game was more about crypto than blockchain. [3:25] YGG is now calling this genre "casual degen" games. [4:40] These experiences start with a thin layer of gaming and a lot of high risk-high reward fe...

Jon Jordan and Jenny Jordan talk through the week's news including: [1:05] There's a wider focus on general crypto with ETFs, treasury companies etc. Not gaming. [3:51] Web2 game Wildcard and its Thousand web3 ecosystem is gearing up for its October launch. [5:10] Wildcard has just surpassed 75,000 wishlists on Steam. [9:04] Details about ownership of in-game character cards has been relea...

Jon Jordan and Jenny Jordan talk through the week's news including: [1:18] Looking at the most popular blockchain games, we can start to see some trends for 2025. [1:42] Axie Infinity and Aliens Worlds have been very stable throughout 2025. [4:17] Games such as Pixels and Nine Chronicles have decline sharply as they rethink their vision. [6:00] MapleStory Universe is the big growth story of th...

Jon Jordan and Jenny Jordan talk through the week's news including: [0:38] What's going on at The Sandbox? Co-founders shifted? Job cuts? Memecoins? [0:52] Animoca's Robby Yung will be the new CEO as Animoca exerts more control over the project. [1:30] To a degree, the news is only "big" because its The Sandbox, which everyone knows. [3:25] Animoca is annoyed because it wante...

Jon Jordan and Jenny Jordan talk through the week's news including: [0:35] Proof of Play is shutting down fully onchain game Pirate Nation. [3:08] As well as combat, it had a deep crafting system but never attracted enough players. [4:00] Its play-to-airdrop seasons artificially boosted audience but not revenues. [6:06] The main reason it shut was it cost $150,000 a month to run the underlying...

Jon Jordan and Jenny Jordan talk through the week's news including: [0:52] Jon's been talking to MMOG veteran John Smedley about new FPS Reaper Actual. [2:30] What's interesting about the project is how perceptions about web3 have shaped its vision. [4:31] Steam doesn't allow blockchain and some of the Steam community hates blockchain. [4:51] So the web3 version of Reaper Actual wi...

In the latest episode of the Blockchain Gaming World podcast, editor-in-chief Jon Jordan talks to MMOG legend John Smedley about his new studio Distinct Possibility and its forthcoming persistent extraction shooter  Reaper Actual , which will be released on Steam and Epic Games Store as a pure web2 game, with the web3 version only available via its own website. [2:33] Reaper Actual is a mix betwee...

Jon Jordan and Jenny Jordan talk through the week's news including: [0:50] Craft World launched on Ronin. One day late. [2:43] It also launched its DynoCoin, which is designed to be a purely transactional token. [4:53] DynoCoin was a fair launch, 100% for community. No allocation for team, investors or KOLs. [6:42] If you want to cash out from Craft World, you need to buy a $8 Pro Account. Thi...

Jon Jordan talks to Voya Games' CEO Oliver Loeffler about the launch of idle resource game Craft World on Ronin and what's coming next? [3:20] Craft World isn't trying to chase hype. It's a project with a long term vision. [4:10] We have a long runaway. Yoya Games is very careful with its money. [4:55] Right now, we're not sure if we have product-market-fit so we're still e...

Jon Jordan and Jenny Jordan talk through the week's news including: [1:20] Delabs Games has announced its total funding is now $17.2 million. [2:58] Its new funding was a $4.7 million Series A round, prior to the DELABS token launch. [6:40] It's a difficult time for games team to launch new tokens. All prices are down. [8:08] GOAT Gaming has launched Season 4 with new idle game Underground...

Jon Jordan and Jenny Jordan talk through the week's news including: [0:20] Saga and Chrono Labs have launched AI agent platform KEX. [1:38] Delabs Games has announced it's using new genAI gamemaking platform Verse 8. [4:00] It's interesting to see the second wave of AI agents - all around doing onchain transactions. [5:40] Delabs has moved from PC games to midcore games on LINE and now...

Jon Jordan and new AI co-host Rachel talk through the week's news including: [0:22] The GUN token is expanding from Avalanche to Solana. [2:47] They've said this is to specifically attract a larger US audience. [4:00] Solana is also popular for degen and memecoin trading. [7:34] AI hypercasual web3 game-making engine Remix raised $5 million. [11:27] Voya Games' Project Voyager is over....

Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the week's news including: [0:39] John Smedly has announced persistent open-world PC shooter Reaper Actual. [2:10] A weird aspect is it's using Tezos Etherlink EVM L2 blockchain. [5:04] One reason could be that they want blockchain to be in the background. [6:56] They've raised $30.5 million, which I don't think yo...

Jon Jordan talks to MSquared CEO Rob Whitehead about the company's attempt to build a PlayFab for web3 gaming, which combined with the Somnia blockchain, will supercharge the sector with more onchain data that's more composable. [2:50] Rob Whitehead's current roles at Improbable and MSquared. [3:56] Rob's early career as a teenaged virtual arms dealer in Second Life. [4:59] How Imp...

Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the week's news including: [01:10] Animoca Brands and Moca Foundation have announced Moca Chain. [01:35] Originally this was the Mocaverse NFT collection, which has become Moca Network. [06:25] They've tried to build a reputation and privacy-focused ID system. Not clear who's using it. [12:25] The issue is you have to...