Welcome to our weekly roundup where we contextualize the recent news in blockchain games.
25th April
After two years of development, Ubisoft and Immutable have unveiled the result of their collaboration. Launching towards the end of 2025, the game is a strategy TCG called Might & Magic Fates, which is based on the Might & Magic universe.
In terms of web3 features, players will be able to trade their cards, however this is fully optional and adds no competitive advantages.
No doubt, it will be well made, but will the Might & Magic IP in combination with the TCG genre provide a breakthrough for web3 adoption? Nonetheless, it could prove to become the best web3 TCG yet.
In a turn of events, PLAY token entity Ready Maker (Gibraltar) has overturned Ready Games US’ legal case which saw the Supreme Court of Gibraltar freezing 450 million tokens in February 2025.
Overturning the injunction, the judge pointed out that Ready US had been non-compliant since March 2023 and dissolved as a company in March 2024. It also noted that the initial freezing order had resulted in a sharp fall in the PLAY token price. A further hearing on 25th April 2025 will determine the indemnity costs payable to PLAY. Stay tuned, as they say.
Further to our recent discussions about Apptokens, Pixels has announced it will be the first major game to integrate Limit Break’s protocol. As part of major changes coming to Pixels, CEO Luke Barwikowski announced the creation of the vPIXEL token, which will be a token that can only be spent or staked. Backed 1:1 against PIXEL, players will however be able to withdraw vPIXEL without any fees, using it in partnered games such as Forgotten Runiverse.
With a previous statement that its FIFA-licensed mobile football game FIFA Rivals would launch “in summer 2025”, it’s now confirmed that the game is aiming for a 14th June launch, alongside FIFA kicking off its Club World Cup. Prior to its global launch, the game is set for pre-release in specific regions in May.
With Jurassic World being the highlighted experience for its current Alpha Season 5, The Sandbox keeps rolling out new experiences regularly, one particularly enjoyable based around The British Museum.
In other major The Sandbox news this week, the platform has signed a multi-year deal with Bruce Lee Enterprises. Initially, there will be a Bruce Lee hub making its way into The Sandbox, with the later addition of a solo experience called Tao of the Dragon.
Additional news
- Improbable’s Msquared launches fully onchain MMO Chunked on Somnia testnet
- From zero to 50 million and beyond: How LINE NEXT is scaling Mini Dapps
- Astar Network’s Yoki Origins rebrands and launches on Sony’s Soneium
- Mobile 4X game War of Nova launches on 8th May
- Rise of Fearless launches with hope of bringing African gamers to web3
- Sci-fi story-based DeFi trading game Yolo.ex launches via Epic Games Store
- Fishing Frenzy is first permissionless Ronin game to get official Sky Mavis support
- MagicBlock raises $7.5 million
- Sega and Double Jump.tokyo’s KAI Battle of Three Kingdoms launches 30th April
18th April
It may be the Easter holidays but blockchain gaming news waits for no-thing, especially in a week in which Immutable’s year-long Perpetual Rewards – previously called The Main Quest – finally dropped its first rewards.
In total, around $230,000 of IMX tokens were given away, with the top wallet getting $8,467-worth of IMX. That stated, the prize pool for the coming week is down to around $90,000. Over time, other assets including game NFTs will also be added into the mix.
Of course, the point of the exercise is to encourage people to play as many Immutable games as possible and for as long as possible. Although each reward key costs 500 gems, the more you play the rarer your key, and the rarer the key, the better the rewards.
Other news this week included Shrapnel revealing more details about its Chinese expansion. All players will play within the same game world, but Chinese gamers will have their own separate NFT marketplace, although it’s expected that assets will be transferable between marketplaces.
Another interesting snippet is that console shooter Off The Grid reportedly generated more than $1 million in revenue last month. That’s not much considering it’s raised over $100 million but at least it’s a start. If nothing else, the game is still in early access and running on the Gunz’s testnet.
- Launch your own AI agent via Eliza Labs’ new auto.fun platform.
- The Sandbox launches gamified virtual zen garden with Deepak Chopra.
- Web3 gamer network KGeN expands to MENA, opening Bahrain HQ.
- Boxing Star X and ZKcandy collab for 6 million token airdrop event.
- 404 launches its Bittensor-based genAI text-to-3D model plug-in through Unity Asset Store.
- Futureverse acquires fandom platform Candy Digital.
- Dubai GameExpo Summit powered by PGConnects runs 7-8th May.
- Connect in the biggest games market at PGC Summit Shanghai.