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25 April 2025 | Weekly news roundup 33:09

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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 players and won't give gameplay advantages. [7:55] Ready Makers Inc's lawsuit against Ready Maker (Gibraltar) has been thrown out. [16:22] Did the lawsuit impact the price of the PLAY or would it have gone down that much anyway? [17:16] Pixels is the first game to announce it's using Apptokens. [18:10] Apptokens are an attempt to stop token holders immediately cashing out. [20:40] This means the new vPIXEL token can be given away without impacting the price of PIXEL. [22:08] More developers are talking about using Apptokens, including Sky Mavis. [25:20] Mythical Games' FIFA Rivals is going into pre release in some countries in May. [29:41] Jon's been enjoying The British Museum experience in The Sandbox.…

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18 April 2025 | Weekly news roundup 41:31

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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 be verified by phone number and social login. [5:34] You buy one key per wallet for 500 gems that drops random rewards, mainly IMX tokens. [6:51] In the first week, I got an epic key, which dropped around $30 of IMX. [8:00] This week, the total prize pool was $230,000-worth of IMX. It drops to $90,000 next week. [9:08] The top wallet in week 1 won around $9,000 of IMX. [10:26] How effective will this system be in terms of engaging players in Immutable games? [11:49] It is part of a wider trend to target rewards to your most committed players c.f. Pixels. [13:16] Immortal Rising 2 has seen a 91% decline in DAUWs since its IMT token launch. [14:52] Treasure and Aavegotchi have both announced they are shutting down their L3s. [17:07] Companies launched L3s in 2024 because they could sell new tokens to investors. [17:50] But these chains cost money to operate and their games didn't have (m)any users. [19:35]Treasure said its chain cost $450,000 a year to operate. [23:48] An investor has tweeted Off The Grid has +200,000 MAUs and +$14M in annual runrate. [27:09] Jon is conflicted about Off The Grid; "I want it to work but there's a lack of transparency". [32:34] KGeN has announced it's setting up its MENA HQ in Bahrain. [36:20] Shrapnel announced more details of its Chinese expansion including a separate marketplace. [37:12] It has gained a rare license allowing Chinese players can spend fiat money to buy NFTs. [38:28] Chinese players will be playing in the same servers as all other players, however.…

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196 | Turning Ultra into a unicorn 43:21

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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 his credibility. [9:02] Why Gus "fell in love" with Ultra and wanted to invest. [12:55] Previously Ultra had two co-CEOs, which wasn't the ideal structure for scaling. [16:24] Ultra's just raised $12 million in bridge finance with more funding due later in 2025. [19:29] Web2 gamers don't care about web3. They're here just to play games. [20:00] We are here to eat a chunk of Steam. [21:08] I am convinced we will make money by pleasing game developers. [22:20] We are the game distribution platform with the best technology. [23:55] Can any company compete with Steam when it's so dominant? [26:18] The three different types of gamer that Ultra will support - players, streamers and spectators. [28:52] What are the key things Ultra needs to do to drive its success in 2025? [31:35] We want people to open Ultra in the morning and have it open all day. It's the gaming OS. [32:58] Blockchain will completely change the next 50 years of the digital world. [34:50] We don't have the traffic yet, but one thing's for sure is that we will have the traffic. [35:12] As dollars are linked to the price of oil, so UOS needs to be linked to gaming. [38:15] Ultra needs to be all along the value chain. We need thousands of games on Ultra. [39:18] Ashes of Mankind is one of Ultra's exclusive titles. There will be more in future. [40:06] Call to action for the Ultra community - support us with constructive criticism.…

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4 April 2025 | Weekly news roundup 34:58

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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 to generate momentum for the future funding. [9:38] Three tokens have launched this week. All of them are performing badly. [12:22] Immortal Rising 2's IMT token is down 74%. It ran a long airdrop campaign but lack utility. [13:09] At present, the only thing a token will do is drop in price, because of bad market sentiment. [14:15] Anyone who gets a free token, the only sensible thing is to sell it straight away. [15:17] GUN token was higher profile and more anticipated but is down 61%. [16:25] A controversy was GUN went live via Binance Launchpad so wasn't distributed to gamers. [18:30] RavenQuest's QUEST token also went live; down 25%. [19:35] How does this compared to February 2024 when the MAVIA token successfully went live? [24:52] 99.99% of blockchain games will fail because they can't get anyone to value their assets. [25:09] One strategy would be to only let people buy your game token from within the game. [25:44] Forgotten Runiverse will be adopting Pixels' PIXEL as its game token. [29:55] We need to educate gamers to spend tokens on in-game assets, not HODL them. [32:30] Jenny's Game of the Week is ONE Fight Arena.…

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195 | From breeding Axies to Beam 41:27

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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] Marco's journey in crypto starting with Bitcoin in 2017. [3:30] Started his first company around crypto community management. [3:45] Merit Circle started in 2021 when Axie Infinity blew up. [7:35] Merit Circle started as a guild breeding Axie but quickly expanded to other games. [9:26] It also moved from play-to-earn to become an investment DAO and now running Beam. [12:07] How much of this shift away from P2E was luck [12:44] The data showed that demand for Axies was dropping fast in fall 2021. [15:55] Did Merit Circle invest too widely? Would it have been better to put 200% into 50% of deals? [20:54] Why Merit Circle started making games like Edenhorde. [22:00] We're not a game developer. We intend to become a leading player for gaming infrastructure. [24:35] Why Merit Circle rebranded to Beam. [27:25] It also caused a strong upward valuation on the BEAM token. [28:55] How does Beam compete with Ronin, Immutable, Mythos etc? [30:27] Beam's tech stack can support multiple blockchains such as Immutable, Sophon etc. [31:58] What games should we check out? Trial Xtreme Freedom, Forgotten Playland, Rumble Arcade [34:20] Abu Dhabi-based Beam Ventures fund and accelerator is gearing up for launch in 2025. [37:56] How significant will AI agents be for blockchain gaming?…

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28 March 2025 | Weekly news roundup 46:08

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Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the week's news including: [0:25] Ultra has appointed a new COO, on top of the new CEO added in December 2024. [2:00] Ultra is a Steam-on-blockchain distro platform. It's suffering from the cold start problem. [3:00] Ashes of Mankind is its first party shooter, going into early access in Q2. [4:30] The role of the CEO in modern business and why Ultra's co-CEO structure didn't work. [6:40] But the new CEO and COO don't have any previous game industry experience. [8:04] Gunzilla's GUN token is going live on Binance on 31st March. [10:50] Once the mainnet is live, we'll finally get an idea how many people are playing Off The Grid. [13:32] Gunzilla has also bought Game Informer for reasons no-one can understand. [16:10] The Sandbox Alpha Season 5 goes live on 31st March with dinosaurs.[20:43] There are moves to shut down Arbitrum's Gaming Catalyst Program - DAOs a mess! [27:56] Boomland has taken over MultiversX mobile shooter Cantina Royale. [34:09] Jon's been playing Immutable MMORPG RavenQuest and enjoying it -- it's our GotW. [36:00] RavenQuest's QUEST token is going live today in-game, with a proper TGE coming "soon". [41:28] Immortal Rising 2's IMT token is live, and Jon has staked his $3-worth of the airdrop.…

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21 March 2025 | Weekly news roundup 43:47

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Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the week's news including: [2:07] GDC 2025 was quiet and not just for web3 gaming. [4:06] Immutable's financials for the period FY22/23 were released. [5:13] It lost $50 million on revenue of $27 million. [6:20] This compared to a loss of $31 million on sales of $19 million in FY21/22. [8:35] It still has around $140 million in cash and liquid crypto in the bank. [15:05] Immutable's revenues are rising but clearly it also needs to cut costs and have a hit game. [17:43] At least six blockchain games are now developing for console. [26:17] Gabe Leydon was talking up Apptokens at GDC 2025. Jon loves Apptokens. [30:26] Other blockchain games are already using similar features to those in the Apptokens standard. [33:20] Gabe's view is that crypto has become web2-focused. It needs to be less focused on CEXs. [36:04] Jurassic Park dinos are coming to The Sandbox in Alpha Season 5. [40:24] YGG is launching a simple Pudgy Penguins-themed Monopoly Go-style game on Abstract.…

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14 March 2025 | Weekly news roundup 44:06

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Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the week's news including: [0:34] Much anticipated game Wildcard dropped its whitepaper. [1:09] CEO Paul Bettner worked on Age of Empires, created Words With Friends. Very smart. [3:00] This was the first time we got insight about how its blockchain works and it's not the game. [4:08] The blockchain bit is Thousands, an integrated Twitch-like spectator platform. [4:34] Wildcard is a F2P PC/console game with cosmetic IAPs. No NFTs. No crypto. [5:40] The WC token is 100% for the community. 20% has already been airdropped. [6:32] You can stake the token and also use it for prediction markets about the game's esport events. [7:55] There will also be Wildorgs, which will act as team franchises. [8:51] It looks like Wildcard will use blockchain for the things it's good for. [10:36] It's interesting that the developer and the investors aren't getting any tokens. [12:33] While Wildcard isn't using Apptokens, we see more games using Apptoken-style controls. [14:31] Pre-registrations for Axie Infinity: Atia's Legacy have passed 2.5 million. [24:44] For a successful web3 game, you need people spending fiat currency as well. [26:06] Even in this market, some games are growing - Alien Worlds, Nine Chronicles, Axie etc. [27:42] What's interesting are games that couldn't exist without using [35:47] "If EVE Online is Rome, EVE Frontier is the building of New York," says CCP Games' CEO. [38:46] EVE Frontier: it's like CCP Games building a specific sandbox platform for EVE games. [40:25] What's really interesting is what new sort of games can we build with blockchain.…

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194 | EVE Frontier's blockchain ethos w/ Hilmar Pétursson 42:17

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Jon Jordan talks to CCP Games’ CEO Hilmar Veigar Pétursson about why its forthcoming game EVE Frontier is being built open source and fully decentralized. [0:57] How and why Hilmar got interested in blockchain, starting with storing spaceships on Bitcoin. [6:04] Back in 2017, the crypto community was like the early MMOG communities. [7:00] I got more interested after the 2018 crash and I went to my first blockchain game conference. [9:07] Many MMOGs focus on a player's inventory being persistence, not world persistence. [10:12] For a persistent game, we should use technology known for being good at persistence. [14:30] A lot of software has been created to help players run companies in EVE Online. [16:16] Ethereum is a very adversial PVP environment, just like EVE Online. [17:15] EVE Frontier was designed so CCP Games and thirdparty devs have the same level of authority. [19:02] To make a proveable sound system, you end up with a lot of blockchain-like [21:30] "I think about EVE Online as being a city. If EVE is Rome, Frontier is a new city, say New York".[24:35] EVE Frontier is more of a survival experience, a multiplayer single sharded survival experience. [25:43] "What sort of Daniel Day-Lewis film is EVE Frontier?" [27:21] What do the current EVE Online players think about EVE Frontier? [32:20] "We are going to provide the city-building tools but we are not going to build the city." [36:32] Why is CCP Online also open-sourcing its own Carbon game development tools? [38:50] "In a decade's time, the city will be inherent better because everything is open-sourced."…

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7 March 2025 | Weekly news roundup 42:19

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Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the week's news including: [1:42] Parallel is the most successful web3 TGC partly through its esport prizes. Just awarded $100,000. [3:22] The second game in the universe is AI experiment Colony, but information is limited. [4:07] Sanctuary is their third game; an extraction shooter. A hard genre to pull-off. [7:20] WorldWide Agents' AI platform went live this week; first time to stake MOJO tokens. [11:03] Wemade's Night Crows game is about to hit its first anniversary: Jon's about to hit level 45. [15:41] Immutable's big hope RavenQuest goes live on 14th March. [21:00] Immortal Rising 2 has done 9 million app downloads but has less than 100,000 DAUs. [23:54] Sky Mavis has announced new MMOG Axie Infinity: Atia's Legacy. [26:36] It follows on from other experimental Axie games]Raylights and Homeland. [29:52[ It looks like it will be more PVE combat-focused with some farming and social elements. [34:20] EVE Frontier has a stark economic model and a new head of economy to test it.…

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27 February 2025 | Weekly news roundup 56:30

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Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the week's news including: [2:54] Yuga Labs has been struggling since 2023 but is now focused on its Otherside metaverse. [4:03] It's testing Project Dragon, a FPS which reach 2,197 concurrent players - a new world record. [5:40] It uses Improbable's MSquared networking tech to handle this in a cost effective manner. [7:05] Improbable has also launched a new blockchain called Somnia. [8:38] It claims to handle 1 million transactions per second. [9:48] Why do we need another blockchain? The dial-up vs broadband comparison. [11:37] Improbable's CEO thinks web3 gaming is too insular and focused on token price. [14:45] Wemade's latest web3 MMORPG Legends of Ymir is #1 on Google Play [17:30] Wemade has been successful with web3-gated MMORPG like Mir and Night Crows. [19:10] These games are grindy. Jon's played Night Crows for a year and not unlocked web3 stuff. [22:20] Overall, Night Crows has been successful with 250,000 web2 players and $200M revenues. [26:55] Netmarble has revealed the 7 games it's bringing to Immutable in 2025. [32:50] It's not clear (to Jon) Netmarble has worked out the best strategy for its web3 games. [37:02] What is Immutable's signature blockchain game? What title is bringing in new players? [41:09] It's unclear (to Jon) why Immutable isn't pushing highend games like Space Nation more. [42:50] The very strange case of TOKYO BEAST. [48:56] Social deduction game The Mystery Society is shutting down ... or will it be saved?…

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193 | Why Improbable had to build Somnia 36:40

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Jon Jordan talks to Improbable CEO Herman Narula about why the UK game tech company decided it had to build its own blockchain. Called Somnia, its testnet is now live. [2:32] The Improbable genesis story: from Cambridge Uni to building games technology. [3:39] Building economies for virtual worlds means you need a blockchain for ownership. [4:54] Improbable's first success was The Multiplayer Guys, who worked on CoD, GTA, Fall Guys etc. [5:27] The biggest thing Improbable has learned is "the tenacity to pursue the mission". [5:44] The Improbable co-founders have been sanctioned by Russia due to their defence work. [6:59] The key thing for Improbable's MSquared tech is making the cost of operations so low. [8:19] Narula describes Improbable as a "venture builder" - it's a "company of companies". [9:56] What does MSquared do? It's a software platform to build large scale virtual worlds. [13:32] "We've always bet on the need for human beings to feel relatedness, even in games." [14:56] Why did Improbable have to design its own blockchain. Do we need another one? [15:32] The crypto space is obsessed with its token price. That's all they optimize for. [16:00] Somnia can handle 1 million transactions per second, with sub-second latency. [17:19] Improbable has almost a quarter of a billion dollars of cash. [19:08] "Pirate Nation's network costs are astronomical. It would save millions of dollars on Somnia." [20:55] Our focus isn't getting existing web3 games to move to Somnia, but new games. [22:23] The current problem for games is cost of UA and cost of development. [23:34] "I couldn't care less what the Somnia token price is. That's not how we make money." [25:31] Blockchain games now is like The Hunger Games - people fighting over a small amount of value. [27:39] How big a deal will AI agents be in future? How is Improbable using AI for development? [28:34] AI agents aren't going to have bank accounts. They're going to have crypto wallets. [31:02] In an post-AGI world, "Games are going to become a critical industry for human health." [35:17] If you're an EVM app, you change one line of code and move to Somnia.…

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20 February 2025 | Weekly news roundup 24:40

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Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan reflect on the week's news. [1:05] Ronin-based prediction market Forkast has gone live. Jon is very excited. [2:38] It's one of the first non-gaming apps on Ronin as the blockchain has gone permissionless. [5:33] How the prediction market works - users buy and sell percentage bids on events. [7:02] The CGX token has also gone live. It's used for rewards and future governance. [8:30] This isn't gambling. It's skill-based gaming. [10:33] You'll also need the CGX token in order to create predictions in future. [12:00] Why predictions markets can generate useful information. [13:56] Jon spoke to Daryl from B3 on the podcast - B3 is a gaming L3 from ex-Coinbase execs. [14:56] The spark of inspiration for B3. [17:14] B3 is attempting to build an ecosystem including revenue share between games. [20:25] B3 successfully launched its token last week. Price is up 60%. [21:20] Indian company SuperGaming has signed up to bring its web2 games to web3 using B3.…

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193 | How B3 aligns ecosystem incentives 39:23

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Jon Jordan talks to NPC Labs' CEO Daryl Xu about its new gaming ecosystem B3, which was spun out of Coinbase's Base blockchain. [5:16] The original story for B3 as a founding team out of the Coinbase Base team. [6:15] Games wanted to launch on Base but it wasn't built for gaming. [7:03] There's a big lack in the game sector in terms of publishing services. [11:21] How does B3 help grow the blockchain gaming audience? Better games and infrastructure. [12:44] Everything will eventually be tokenized and all apps will have their own chain. [14:55] The biggest problem in traditional gaming is perverse incentives. [16:23] How does B3 work from a technical point of view? [19:16] If everyone is running on their own chain, what does B3 provide as an ecosystem? [21:38] Games get 30% rev share from users' spending in other games that they onboared to B3. [23:57] There might only be 100,000 real gamers in blockchain. [25:18] InfiniGods will be onboarding a lot of users to B3 via its mobile games like King of Destiny. [26:55] Parallel is building its Ceti Tau shooter on B3.28:44 B3 will back amazing game ideas with "everything we have " including funding. [30:28] B3 will integrate AI agents thoughtfully. It's already done integrations with Luna and Zerebro. [35:38] As a founder, how do you stop the B3 token price becoming the only lens of success?…

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7 February 2025 | Weekly news roundup 48:25

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Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan reflect on the week's news. [1:15] The RON token has flipped the marketcap of the AXS token. [2:48] The Ronin blockchain has gone permissionless in terms of its zkEVM chain. [6:57] Sky Mavis has announced a $100,000 RON prize pool for NFT trading this month. [9:10] Sky Mavis is pushing all the growth levers forward for Ronin. [10:12] Overall, daily activity on the Ronin is down to around 500,000 DAUWs from 2 million. [11:33] Blocklords has announced its AI agent roadmap. [17:04] Every game will be using AI agents to improve their UX. [18:11] Treasure has announced its Mage AI agent launchpad. [25:42] Gaming blockchain B3 successfully launched its token. [31:16] Is the success of B3 due to Base not having its own token? [31:58] Game7's G7 token has not been a success however. [33:54] The Sandbox has updated its Game Maker software. [37:15] Jon's love-hate relationship with The Sandbox. [41:34] The Sandbox's historic pivot towards brands and away from UGC. [44:37] OpenSea has announced some details of its SEA token.…

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15 November 2024 | Weekly news roundup 37:51

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Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the news for the week ending 15th November 2024, including: [0:31] It's been a year since Pixels went live on Ronin - one of 2024's success stories. [2:10] Why so many games have moved from Polygon. [3:10] Reasons to study Pixels' success. [4:27] Pirate Nation has launched its Season 3 rewards program. [12:16] Off The Grid has launched a competition giving out $3,000 per day. [17:03] Fableborne has moved from Avalanche to Ronin. [21:45] Game7 has already published its 2024 Web3 Gaming report. [32:10] Team Liquid has launched its fan rewards platform MyBlue on the Sui blockchain.…

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8 November 2024 | Weekly news roundup 43:26

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Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the news for the week ending 8th November 2024, including: [7:12] Delabs has announced it will be launching Ragnarok and Boxing Star on Telegram in 2025. [14:40] Nine Chronicles M has been out for almost a year and has seen good growth. [21:30] Hunters On-Chain is giving away $1M of BOOM via its Season 2 through Game7. [26:51] Immutable has integrated its Passport wallet with Telegram. [29:34] Off The Grid is now the most popular blockchain game in terms of daily activity. [36:19] Why Pixels' focus now less on headline user numbers and more on generating revenue. [40:53] Why Wild Forest is one to watch.…

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185 | Off The Grid's excellent launch is just the start 31:14

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Jon Jordan talks to Gunzilla Games' director of web3 Theodore Arganat and Ava Labs head of gaming marketing Andrew 'Coop' Cooper about the launch of Off The Grid, the first blockchain-enable console game. [4:49] Early reaction to Off The Grid's launch. [6:19] It's been interesting you haven't focused much on the crypto aspects of the game... [6:43] "For us, it's about using the best technologies to create the best UX." [10:40] The strategy behind the launch marketing campaign with streamers like Ninja and Shroud. [12:59] Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 launch hasn't impacted Off The Grid activity - 3 million tx/day. [14:02] Currently only 20% of Off The Grid's full game has been released. [15:55] Everyone who plays Off The Grid gets a wallet seemlessly created for them in the background. [19:14] What's the roadmap for the campaign mode? [20:44] The background lore of the game from Richard Morgan and Neil Blomkamp. [22:38] What's Avalanche9000? [27:17] Why did Gunzilla choose Avalanche and what are its plans for the Gunz blockchain? [29:47] What's the roadmap for the Gunz blockchain to launch its mainnet? ends…

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1 November 2024 | Weekly news roundup 34:31

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Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the news for the week ending 1st November 2024, including: [0:35] Pudgy Party mobile social game is announced for 2025. [4:03] Blankos NFTs are now live for trading on Polkadot via the Mythical Market. [6:35] Blankos as an example of how blockchain assets can encourage project longevity. [10:16] Mythical Games is also launching various MYTH airdrops, including for Blankos holders [12:06] Immutable has received a Wells notice from the SEC. [13:43] This makes Immutable and the SEC feel important, albeit for opposing reasons. [18:02] Shodown Samurai R is the latest game announced for the Sui blockchain. [20:10] The Sandbox's Alpha 4 event is going well with over 276,000 players. [23:39] Delabs is pivoting to developing midcore games for Telegram and TON. [25:59] Why are so many blockchain games companies adopting Telegram?…

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184 | TonTon Games on Telegram's web3 opportunity 39:56

26 weeks之前39:56

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In episode 184, Jon Jordan talks to TonTon Games' CEO Daniil Shcherbakov about the opportunity Telegram creates for successfully launching blockchain games. [2:40] Daniil's career to-date as an startup entrepreneur. [5:42] The opportunity for Telegram gaming is similar to that arising from app stores in 2008. [8:15] How can Telegram games expand beyond the current simple clicker experiences? [11:09] How TonTon's DRFT Party will leverage its forthcoming NFT collection. [13:27] We will not push all our games to have a token. You don't need tokens for the sake of it. [17:37] How important is Telegram's Star payment system for generating revenue? [22:05] How is TonTon's operating as a publisher of games in terms of selecting games? [25:54] Why it's looking for genres such as tower defense and mafia wars. [28:15] Are there particular countries with strong audiences for these games? [30:06] What's the UA situation like on Telegram for marketing games? [35:04] What's the plan for TonTon Games in the remainder of 2024? [37:12] What sort of retention metrics can Telegram games generate?…

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25 October 2024 | Weekly news roundup 28:42

26 weeks之前28:42

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Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the news for the week ending 25th October 2024, including: [0:35] Ubisoft's Champions Tactics is now live, including via the Ultra platform. [2:04] The Big Blockchain Game Report for Q3 2024 went live this week - "another difficult quarter"! [3:52] Most big game tokens are down in price during 2024 but BEAM, PRIME and SUPER are up. [5:28] Also, most game tokens were down in their general crypto ranking, relative to other cryptos. [8:01] Investment into the blockchain game sector is down; currently down 31% compared to 2023 [10:05] Key ecosystem trend has been the explosion of Telegram mini-games with TON integration [14:42] Now we're seeing Telegraph mini-apps linking to other blockchains like Ronin and Immutable. [16:40] Will Telegram mini-games be a successful strategy for all crypto games or just a few? [17:54] Should game developers always be pivoting to the next "new thing"? [19:17] In a surprising move, MetalCore is migrating from Immutable to Solana. [23:29] Mobile party game Party Icons has announced a $9 million investment led by Bitkraft. ends…

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18 October 2024 | Weekly news roundup 41:27

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⁠Jon Jordan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BlockchainGamer.biz editor⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Jenny Jordan talk through the news for the week ending 18th October 2024 including: Off The Grid has gone into early access and gotten everyone talking about it. [0:30] There's been 6 million wallets created on its Gunz testnet. [3:10] Twitch stats are down at lot from weekend peak of 160,000 viewers/hour. [4:05] Should we view Off The Grid as triple-A console shooter or a gaming blockchain platform? [8:35] Azra Games announced its $42.7 million Series A funding. [10:05] Faraway Games has announced its own Avalanche-based L1 gaming chain called FCHAIN. [18:21] Avalanche is gaining momentum - Off The Grid, Shrapnel, DeFi Kingdoms, MapleStory etc. [22:04] Talking to Sky Mavis' Jeff Zirlin about the rise of Ronin. [23:40] Dragginz is launching its early access on ICP in November. [29:14] Oxalis has raised $2 million for launching farming sim Moonfrost. [32:50] Investment into blockchain gaming in Q3 2024 was $128 million, down 57% from Q2. [35:59] ends…

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183 | How Ronin matures 41:05

28 weeks之前41:05

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Check out Jon's daily email at https://gamestx.substack.com/ In episode 183, Jon Jordan talks to Sky Mavis co-founder Jeff 'Jihoz' Zirlin about the maturing of Ronin from the blockchain for Axie Infinity to a gaming ecosystem for dozens of web3 games. [3:09] What is Axie Pals? [5:58] The Axie treasury is generating $300,000/month. [9:52] What is the future for Axie as a brand? [11:24] Making Axie NFTs dynamic has created a sink for AXS tokens. [13:26] How has the change been for Sky Mavis moving from being a developer to a platform holder? [13:44] "We believe we have expertise, the eye, the taste to pick winners." [16:14] Why Ronin's current permissioned approach is not the long term strategy. [17:30] Does Ronin currently have too many MMORPGs? [24:33] Should we view Ronin as having a predominantly southeast Asian community? [27:20] Why is Ronin succeeding when other gaming blockchains seem to be struggling? [28:43] "Web3 gaming's biggest competition is with memecoins." [32:40] Are games big enough to drive a crypto cycle themselves? [35:31] 70% of players claiming AXS via our Bounty Boards are staking or holding their tokens. [36:59] What games is Jeff excited about?…

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11 October 2024 | Weekly news roundup 38:47

28 weeks之前38:47

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⁠Jon Jordan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BlockchainGamer.biz editor⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Jenny Jordan talk through the news for the week ending 11th October 2024 including: Gunzilla has released Off The Grid, the first blockchain game on consoles for PC and PS5 [1:08]; Off The Grid is the only triple-A blockchain game, at least in terms of its $100 million budget [2:09], Good for the industry to see some of these big games finally being released [7:44]; But we should also be aware that many new games - esp. shooters - fail for different reasons [8:20]; Ubisoft's Captain Laserhawk will be minting its NFTs on Magic Eden [9:54]; Ubisoft's Champions Tactics is going live on 23rd October [11:31]; Guild of Guardians is dropping its biggest content update yet on 16th October [14:30]; The Sandbox has launched its 10-week Alpha 4 season, also giving away $2.5 million in SAND [20:50]; Our game of the week is Tatsumeeko's Telegram mini-game Lumina Hunt [25:55]; PC game Shardbound is now out in open beta and we've been talking to CEO Bo Daly [31:47]; ends…

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182 | How Shardbound onboards gamers to web3 31:13

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In Blockchain Gaming World episode 182, Jon Jordan talks to Bazooka Tango's Bo Daly about deck-building turn-based tactics game Shardbound, which is now live in open beta on Steam and Epic Games Store. Find out more at https://www.shardbound.com/

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4 October 2024 | Weekly news roundup 39:42

29 weeks之前39:42

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⁠Jon Jordan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BlockchainGamer.biz editor⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Jenny Jordan talk through the news for the week ending 4th October 2024 including: Fat/Thin Protocol thesis as relating to Ethereum/ETH, Ronin/RON and TON. Shardbound is going live via Steam and Epic Games Store on 9th October. Sky Mavis is stopping free gas for Ronin transactions. Gunzilla's Off The Grid battle royale shooter is now available for testing on Xbox. Number of TON games up 320% in Q3 2024. Playful Studios has announced Thousands, its game streaming web3 platform.…

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181 | Taking onchain games to internet-scale 41:41

30 weeks之前41:41

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Check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jon's daily email at GamesTX⁠⁠⁠⁠ In episode 181, Jon Jordan talks to Proof of Play CEO Amitt Mahajan about its fully onchain game Pirate Nation , which has seen its audience grow 100-fold over the past 12 months as it's rolled out new content on a weekly basis, as well as launching its PIRATE token.…

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27 September 2024 | Weekly news roundup 26:31

30 weeks之前26:31

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⁠Jon Jordan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BlockchainGamer.biz editor⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Jenny Jordan talk through the news for the week ending 27th September 2024 including: Line is getting blockchain integration. Ragnarok: Monster World goes live on 1st October. Why developers should build live. How to fix The Sandbox. Axie Pals will get genAI. TreasureDAO ditches Arbitrum for ZKsync.…

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20 September 2024 | Weekly news roundup 39:56

31 weeks之前39:56

39:56

⁠Jon Jordan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BlockchainGamer.biz editor⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Jenny Jordan talk through the news for the week ending 20th September 2024 including: The return of Flappy Bird New games for Ronin Are there too many blockchain games? Ex-Zynga team announce blockchain poker game…

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180 | Aperion's inspirations and aspirations 36:10

32 weeks之前36:10

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Check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jon's daily email at GamesTX⁠⁠⁠⁠ In episode 180, ⁠⁠Jon Jordan⁠⁠ talks to Foonie Magus CEO Frank Cheng about Apeiron , its hybrid roguelite dungeon crawler with deck elements - out now on PC and coming to mobile in late 2024 - plus a god metagame due in 2025.

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191 | TreasureDAO's vision for 2025 37:06

11 weeks之前37:06

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Jon Jordan talks to TreasureDAO co-founder Karel Vuong about the "decentralized game console's" vision for 2025. [1:46] Karel's backstory in tech and VC investing, prior to Treasure. [4:37] Treasure was originally an offshoot of the Loot NFT ecosystem in September 2021. [6:25] Treasure's fair launch for the MAGIC token. No VCs, just community. [10:04] What's with the concept of being a "decentralized game console"? [14:05] Why Treasure's branding is focused around indie games. [16:57] Why Treasure moved from Arbitrum to ZKsync. [21:25] Treasure Chain's mainnet is now live on ZKsync. [23:04] To contextualize the decision, many gaming projects moved chains in 2024. [24:44] What's the vision for Treasure in 2025? [27:50] How AI agents fits into the picture? [33:20] Why Treasure's advantage is tech, culture and community.…

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7 February 2025 | Weekly news roundup 56:12

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Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan ponder the week's news. [1:05] Planet Mojo has announced WWA Season 1, in which humans and agents play, stake and win. [4:13] Humans play using $MOJO and earn World Points and AgentXP, which is staked on the AIs. [7:43] A key question is will it be fun to watch AI agents playing poker? [9:30] Mighty Bear Games is minting its AlphaGOAT AI agents, which can earn tokens. [13:44] Faraway has announced more about RIFT, including its RIFT Arena battler for AI agents. [18:52] NFL Rivals had a difficult year 2 in terms of balance, but big plans for year 3. [21:30] Mythical has "re-upped" the NFL license for future years. [22:08] FIFA Rivals will be Mythical's big launch for 2025. [23:48] Pudgy Party will also be a high profile launch in 2025. [25:32] Luca Netz from Pudgy Penguins expects Pudgy Party to be a #1 mobile game. [27:10] Over the next 18 months, Mythical Games hopes to onboard 100 million gamers to web3. [29:49] The growth strategy of Immutable vs Ronin vs Mythical. [31:20] Mythical's plan to get third party developers releasing games on the Mythos chain. [32:55] Is blockchain a revolution for gaming or just an evolution? [35:38] Are web3 games more about profit or digital identity? [38:50] How is Soccerverse doing three weeks into its first season? [48:15] What are Apptokens and why has Jon changed his view about them?…

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190 | How Mythical Games hits 100 million wallets 37:28

12 weeks之前37:28

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Jon Jordan talks to Mythical Games' CEO John Linden about the success of NFL Rivals, the forthcoming launch of FIFA Rivals and Pudgy Party, and how he expects to hit 100 million wallets in the next 18 months. [4:26] 65% of Mythical's revenue is now generated from NFT trading in NFL Rivals, up from 20%. [5:12] We have an enormous plan for NFL Rivals in 2025 with PVP mode, more social interaction. [7:20] The game design challenge of not being able to reset NFT players at the start of each season. [9:29] The most significant thing we're done in web3 is the Quick Trade NFT bundling option. [12:11] On average, there are around 50,000 open orders for NFL Rivals NFTs at any time. [13:51] NFL as a brand is becoming global, we've reupped our licensing deal for the coming years. [14:52] Madden has 25 million players. FIFA Mobile had 500 million. That's the appeal of soccer. [15:54] FIFA Rivals is PVP, with an action real-time strategy style, and with an esports angle. [18:00] NFL Rivals is higher rated by its players on app stores than Madden. [21:28] Pudgy Party is a F2P mobile game competing with Stumble Guys. "It's awesome." [24:20] Pudgy Party might be released on additional platforms [consoles] at some point. [26:12] "Our goal was to add 3 games in 2025 but we'll signed 4 this month alone." [26:38] "I think we'll have 100 million wallets within 6 quarters [18 months]." [28:00] Our focus is experienced game developers, not crypto devs. [28:58] I don't think the narrative for web3 games is profit, it's about expressing digital identity. [31:29] Interoperability will be the option to trade NFTs across games using Quick Trade. [32:15] A lot of the fundamental pieces of web3 gaming are working. The future is about better UX. [33:04] Today, someone could sell an NFL Rivals' NFT and cash it out to spend on a debit card. [34:35] We're thinking about how AI agents can help players, but they shouldn't play the game.…

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31 January 2025 | Weekly news roundup 45:28

12 weeks之前45:28

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Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan ponder the week's news. [0:37] Faraway Games reveals its AI agent platform Rift, and airdrops the RIFT token. [3:14] This follows on from the launch of the J3FF AI agent and token in late 2024. [7:34] The Rift platform is interesting as a way of adding functionality to AI chat agents. [10:21] There's also the potential for these agents to earn crypto i.e. acting as validators. [12:32] Youmio has revealed more details of its Maestro AI agent launchpad. [16:34] NRN Agents promises to launch millions of AI agents for games on Ronin. [18:27] Alien Worlds has launched a LLM to help people create game lore. [23:28] Successful web3 games will not play like successful web2 games. [24:17] Talking to Animoca's Yat Siu about AI agents, memecoins and TON. [29:14] What's going on with the price of game tokens. Are they all really memecoins? [33:52] We could end up without any gaming tokens in the top 100. [37:50] Shrapnel's CEO Mark Long has moved to Unioverse. [38:20] Did Fableborne really raise another $12.4 million? No...…

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189 | Yat Siu on memes, AI agents and TON 41:16

13 weeks之前41:16

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Jon Jordan talks to Animoca Brands' chairman Yat Siu about the rise of memecoins, the value of Telegram and TON as a distribution platform, and how AI agents could shake everything up. [3:56] What's the state of memecoins in 2025? [6:28] "We are narrative, story-telling people - money, democracy, politics are all stories." [8:32] "The part that makes me a bit negative about memes is they are being abused by snipers." [11:02] Is PENGU a pure memecoin? Can a memecoin gain utility? [13:18] Will institutions buy memecoins? There will be memecoin ETFs. But this need narrative. [16:45] "Telegram is still the most powerful distribution platform." [20:50] "TON means that Telegram will survive [22:52] Ronin demonstrates the power of community as Axie was joined by Pixels. [23:22] "In web3, they came for the money but stayed for the social." [27:01] 'AI agents can now create tokens and pay humans to do things for it.' [28:31] How Yat deals with vampire agent IP attacks such AImonica and an AI Yat agent. [29:25] AI agents will make it easier for humans to interact with blockchains and wallets. [31:54] Yat's attitude to the AImonica AI agent project. [34:47] What's next for Mocaverse and the MOCA token? [36:15] Reputation systems don't have to just be for humans, but can be for AI agents too. [37:22] How blockchains and reputation can help student loans. [38:07] Why Animoca isn't as focused on building and investing games as it once was. [38:51] "We think NFTs are going to have a pretty big comeback in 2025."…

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24 January 2025 | Weekly news roundup 54:57

13 weeks之前54:57

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Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan ponder the week's news. [0:52] How Jon came up with the Top 50 Blockchain Game Companies of 2025 list. [8:28] Proof of Play was #1 - Jon explains why. [18:04] Soccerverse now has over 1,000 managers and is about to hit Game Day 3. [21:56] TON is now the only blockchain that can connect to Telegram mini-games. [26:08] LINE NEXT has launched its first mini games using the Kaia blockchain. [27:16] Jon found it complex to find the dapp store and play the games. [31:03] The first games have been announced for the new Abstract blockchain. [34:00] The first token launchpad for memecoins has gone live on Ronin. [37:33] Azuki dropped its ANIME token. [40:36] InfiniGods' GOD token went live today (24th January 2025). [46:55] Today The Game has rebranded as Youmio Worlds with an AI agents' focus.…

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17 January 2025 | Weekly news roundup 53:27

14 weeks之前53:27

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Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan chew through the week's news. [0:23] Sky Mavis has announced a new $10 million grants program for developers on Ronin. [3:22] Is the ease of onboarding users to web3 games still a big issue? [7:08] Mobile basketball game Rumble Kong League is migrating to Ronin. [9:50] What will be most interesting about Ronin going permissionless is new non-gaming apps. [11:55] Axie Infinity added $4 million to its treasury in 2024. [15:31] Axie and Pixels believe they can make play-to-earn work as a sustainable business strategy. [16:20] Wild Forest demonstrates that pure token airdrops still don't. [18:08] Explaining Pixel's 2024 financials. [27:34] AI agents doing a live podcast and soon to be playing poker against each other. [32:44] Blocklords launched its Elisa Revard AI agent; people tried to win her hand in marriage. [36:30] Saga has announced Metropolis, which allows AI agents to launch their own blockchains. [38:50] Mighty Bear Games has announced its AlphaGOAT AI agents, dropping 6th February. [44:06] What's happening with The Sandbox in 2025?…

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188 | The Sandbox's vision for 2025 37:19

15 weeks之前37:19

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In episode 188, Jon Jordan talks to The Sandbox's Sebastien Borget about what happened in 2024 and what's planned for 2025. [2:49] "The metaverse is far from dead". The Sandbox Alpha 4 had over 580,000 players. [4:25] No matter the market, people see that The Sandbox is building and launching." [5:35] "We will have four seasons in 2025. Alpha 5 is already in production." [7:20] A criticism of seasons is it means The Sandbox is stop-start. There's no flywheel. [10:20] "We are in alpha now but in 2025 we expect to go into beta." [13:10] RE: UGC, The Sandbox is following a similar approach to Fortnite and its UEFN program. [14:00] The mobile client didn't come out in 2024 so what's happening there? [15:30] Part of our new strategy is the Voxel Games Program - standalone games including mobile. [18:01] We have two announced games and over 100 applications for the program. [21:45] Will you release The Sandbox PC client through stores like Epic Games Store? [23:22] "The success of the metaverse requires the product, the content and the ecosystem." [26:32] "Our vision has always been to empower the creators." [29:18] How do AI agents fit into The Sandbox's vision?…

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10 January 2025 | Weekly news roundup 41:41

15 weeks之前41:41

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Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan chew through the week's news. [0:57] In 2024, Limit Break released its ERC721C standard for enforcing NFT creator royalties. [4:55] This level of centralization wasn't controversial with NFTs because the issue was existential. [5:44] Feature include the ability to set maximum and minimum prices for NFTs. [6:23] ERC20 tokens are different to NFTs: will people accept such features for ERC20 tokens? [7:30] Another example is tokens that can't be traded outside of the game application. [10:41] Limit Break's DigiDaigaku game will hopefully demonstrate how these features work. [15:00] iCandy has raised $4 million for its forthcoming ZKcandy gaming L2 blockchain. [16:39] Whatever happened to Laguna Game's Crypto Unicorns? [22:44] What is Laguna Labs' new fully onchain game Neo Olympus? [25:52] Fully onchain football simulator Soccerverse has gone live. [30:45] Planet Mojo launched its WorldWide Agents AI agent token. [33:15] What's the point of AI agents? [36:51] What went wrong with Xterio's XTER token airdrop?…

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187 | From Crypto Unicorns to Neo Olympus 41:02

16 weeks之前41:02

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Jon Jordan talks to Laguna Labs' CEO Aron Beierschmitt about leaving behind debut game Crypto Unicorns and moving to new project Neo Olympus , which is a fully onchain game using the MUD engine and running on the B3 blockchain, with assets on Ethereum and Base. [2:45] What happened to Crypto Unicorns? [4:02] 2024 was a rough year. We went from +90 people to 10. But the DAO still exists. [5:27] "I accept all the blame for the failure. But I'm optimist about the path forward." [9:08] What was the spark of inspiration for Neo Olympus? [11:10] Why Aron is bullish on fully onchain games. [12:05] "Crypto Unicorns would still be around today if it was fully onchain." [13:15] Why did you choose B3 as the blockchain for Neo Olympus? [14:12] Neo Olympus will be cross-platform: playable from Arbitrum, from Abstract, from Ronin. [15:20] Most of the Neo Olympus' NFTs will be minted on Base. [18:57] The DN404 standard is "memecoins meets NFTs". [25:49] There's no investor or team allocation for the Olympus token. [28:39] "Time-based token vesting is silly." [31:15] What did your investors think about this approach? [34:20] How do you hope to scale Neo Olympus as fully onchain games can be complex? [35:27] Neo Olympus' gameplay is map-based tactics - Fire Emblem with titans. [37:22] We're building the game on Lattice's MUD engine.…

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186 | 2024 in review 58:14

17 weeks之前58:14

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Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan discuss all the news from 2024. [2:16] The success of Pixels was an ongoing trend in 2024; but it wasn't always about DAUWs. [2:35] Heroes of Mavia was the first big game and token launch of 2024 but it didn't scale. [4:10] In 2024, we saw a lot of blockchain games launching through app stores but no big hits. [6:10] Browser vs app stores and PC gaming stores remains a key business decision. [8:44] A lot of meme-y game coins such as MON, PORTAL, CARV, XAI launched in Q1. [11:30] There was a lot of news about chain migration - so many new L2 and L3 chains. [13:00] In Q2, there was a big change in sentiment with game token prices tanking. [14:11] The rise of KOLs, who encouraged retail crypto to invest in new tokens with often bad results. [16:05] The rise of Telegram and TON as a strong marketing channel for blockchain games. [17:46] Another nascent year for Immutable: Guild of Guardians was not a success. [22:17] But in Immutable's defence... 4 million Immutable Passport wallet sign-ups. [28:28] In Q3, the issue of bots became a problem esp. in respect to airdrops and token rewards. [30:09] What are you trying to do with your blockchain game when it comes to giving out value? [32:04] Does it matter if bots or AI agents are paying $10 to play your game? [32:30] The other thing in Q3 was the start of successful games on Ronin - Wild Forest, Lumiterra etc. [34:56] Pretty much every game launched on Ronin has got +100,000 DAUWs in testing. [37:19] Should we view console game Off The Grid as a success? [44:22] Whatever happened to The Sandbox? [45:25] CCP Game's EVE Frontier is now in closed alpha testing. [46:59] What's significant is these projects are very serious about the value of blockchain in games. [49:45] More generally, the US presidential election was the clear pivot point for crypto in 2024. [52:51] Investment into the sector was down on 2023 but around $1 billion.…

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20 December 2024 | Weekly news roundup 41:24

18 weeks之前41:24

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Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan discuss the news for the week ending 20th December 2024. [0:31] Pudgy Penguins launches its PENGU token, with a strong community airdrop. [3:22] The launch was very generous with Pudgy NFT holders getting $85,000 of PENGU. [5:34] Surprisingly given the Abstract blockchain is launching, there wasn't a claim+stake option. [11:00] Xterio has announced its AI agent vision for 2025 including Befriend AI chat-to-airdrop. [15:32] Is it a pivot? Maybe but a pivot can be a positive change for a project. [16:35] More generally, the Virtuals AI agent platform is doing very well. [18:28] Planet Mojo has announced its Agents of Poker AI agent game. [19:53] Faraway has announced the first AI agent to be a node validator - J3FF. [26:32] Is the endgame that our AI agents communicate and trade value on their own blockchains? [28:05] Big Time Studios' Open Loot platform has announced a $150 million fund. [33:03] Fableborne's had a successful third test with 149,000 players spending $540,000.…

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13 December 2024 | Weekly news roundup 26:34

19 weeks之前26:34

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Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan discuss the news for the week ending 13th December 2024. [0:21] Ronin-based Apeiron is now live via app stores in southeast Asia. [0:50] But what's gone live is the dungeon battler gameplay. The god game meta is still in dev. [4:08] Ubisoft's Captain Laserhawk is going live on 18th December. [5:12] Jon is more excited about it than previous Ubi game Champions Tactics, which was hardcore. [7:18] Crypto Unicorns' dev Laguna Games announces fully onchain game Neo Olympus. [12:26] Fully onchain game Soccerverse is launching on 9th January 2025. [15:31] Treasure has launched its L2 on ZKsync. [20:13] Hytopia has ditched its Minecraft client and is now independent of all legacy code. [22:47] Beam Ventures have announced a $150 million fund based in Abu Dhabi.…

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6 December 2024 | Weekly news roundup 36:32

20 weeks之前36:32

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Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the news for the week ending 6th December 2024, including: [0:32] EVE Frontier enters closed alpha on 10th December. [2:51] EVE Frontier is the attempt to build an EVE-style game in a composable blockchain sandbox. [5:55] How will a community grow up in EVE Frontier? [8:19] What does the original EVE Online community think about EVE Frontier? [12:43] Pudgy Penguins announces its PENGU token, what's the background? [19:40] NFL Rivals has surpassed $10 million in lifetime NFT trading volume. [24:15] This is also part of Mythical's attempt to build out a multi-game marketplace for NFTs. [25:43] Sky Mavis has announced free Axie NFTs via its new 30-day adoption program. [30:04] Pixels has announced its second Guild Wars event, which is backed by $4 million of PIXEL. [32:42] Rough House Games is merging with Overworld to form Reach Labs.…

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22 November 2024 | Weekly news roundup 38:29

22 weeks之前38:29