Blockchain Gaming World

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...

Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the week's news including: [0:10] Glad Midsommar - happy midsummer to all our Scandis listeners. [0:20] Playful Studios (Wildcard) has raised $6.5 million and hopes to get in another $2.5 million. [1:28] It previously raised $46 million, announced in June 2022. [5:35] Wildcard will be out on Steam early access soon and Thousan...

Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the week's news including: [1:04] Much anticipated mobile game FIFA Rivals is now live via app stores. [2:00] The game includes NFTs on the Mythos chain but doesn't mention blockchain or NFTs at all. [2:45] The gameplay is deeper than Jon thought - you're tapping on players and drawing lines to pass. [5:32 ]The metagam...

Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the week's news including: [0:18] Why we've launched a new feature article called Good Blockchain Game News.[3:45] Blockchain is an inevitable gaming technology. That doesn't mean most web3 games succeed.[6:21] You can now nominate the best use of blockchain in a mobile game in the Mobile Game Awards.[6:59] Mobile foot...

Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the week's news including: [0:30] OpenSea's OS2 is now live for everyone with its new Voyages XP system. [1:08] This is part of the future SEA token launch, which will also include historical trading activity. [4:47] OpenSea now supports token swaps and NFT trading across 19 blockchains. [8:25] The SEA token will be a big event; "...

Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the week's news including: [0:28] Following Nyan Heroes, Blast Royale and Tatsumeeko, Ember Sword has shut down. [2:15] The background is a lot of web3 game devs raised their funding back in 2021-22. [4:12] $5 million isn't much money to make a good game, either web2 or web3. [5:07] And most teams raising money were inexpe...

Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the week's news including: [0:20] Nexon has launched MapleStory N and its NXPC token on its Avalanche-based L1. [2:25] MapleStory is the OG IP for Nexon - a 2D side-scrolling MMORPG, now with blockchain. [5:00] The NXPC token seems to have launched well on various exchanges, up 30%. [6:14] However, the game is geo-locked for s...

Jon Jordan talks to Playful Studios' CEO Paul Bettner and lead game designer Brad Weir about the development of web2 card collectible action game Wildcard and its web3 streaming platform Thousands. [5:29] Why did "crypto-skeptic" Paul Bettner end up making a gaming ecosystem using blockchain? [6:24] The crucial technology focus for its web2 game Wildcard is streaming, not blockchain. [6:59] But bl...

Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the week's news including: [0:45] Pixels' new ecosystem-wide PIXEL staking feature is now live, supporting three games. [1:57] Pixels' daily activity has declined a lot, as has the PIXEL token price over the past year. [2:58] Pixels' vision now is to better target its rewards towards committed players. [4:30] Staki...

Jon Jordan talks to  Pixels  CEO Luke Barwikowski about the game’s forthcoming adoption of the new Apptokens standard, which as well as seeing the launch of the spend/stake-only vPIXEL token, will also herald a new staking model, which will use the token to boost marketing for  Pixels  and its partner games. [4:42] Games like Axie and Pixels have been massive successes. We need to make them sustai...

Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the week's news including: [0:25] Immutable and Ubisoft have announced Might & Magic Fates. [1:05] Ubisoft have been making blockchain games since 2017/18. [2:35] Might & Magic feels like a reasonable IP to experiment with a web3 TCG. [3:08] But do we need another TCG? Another web3 TCG? [5:40] Web3 will be optional for pla...

Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the week's news including: [2:10] A year ago, Immutable launched The Main Quest. People have been collecting gems ever since. [3:45] However, it wasn't clear what the purpose or value of these gems was. [4:10] Main Quest has been renamed Perpetual Rewards. You can earn more gems by playing games. [5:05] Your wallet has to...

Jon Jordan talks to Ultra's new CEO Gus van Rijckevorsel about why the entrepreneur decided to invest in the company. He explains his ambition for Ultra, including competing with Steam and turning the platform into a unicorn that will shake up the entire games industry. [2:38] Gus van Rijckevorsel's previous career as a serial enterpreneur. [4:10] Why he created a French TV show to build h...

Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the week's news including: [0:30] The Sandbox's Alpha 5 Season is now live with Jurassic World being the lead brand. [3:27] Ultra has raised $12 million, with more expected later in 2025. [3:57] Jon's been talking to the new CEO Gus van Rijckevorsel about his vision for the company. [7:05] How this funding will be used...

Jon Jordan talks to Marco van den Heuvel, the co-founder and CEO of Beam about the formation of what was originally called Merit Circle as an Axie guild in 2021, then becoming a game investment DAO, and which rebranded as Beam in 2024 as it moved to focus on gaming infrastructure, something it will double down in 2025 with the launch of the Abu Dhabi-based Beam Ventures fund and accelerator. [2:15...