Blockchain gaming weekly roundup: 7th August
As one door closes, another one opens. Maybe that’s the lesson we can take from the announcement that as US developer Proof of Play shuts its doors, Gigaverse…
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Animoca launches $10 million AI Minds fund
Animoca Brands has announced an investment programme of up to $10 million for developers using its AI agent platform Animoca Minds.
Minds lets anyone deploy and…
Winners of EVE Frontier × Sui $80,000 hackathon revealed
Icelandic developer CCP Games has announced the winners of its EVE Frontier × Sui 2026 hackathon.
Backed by a $80,000 prize pool, the event ran for three weeks…
Mavens: What are the key metrics for sustainable web3 games?
This month, we asked our Mavens:
What are the key metrics to building a sustainable web3 game in 2026?
Sunyoung Hwang, CEO, NEXPACE
Sustainability…
Pixie Chess raises $5.2 million
Welcome to our master list of investments in blockchain games. Regularly updated, this is a list of every investment into blockchain game companies.
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AlphaTON Capital acquires 60% of Animoca’s GAMEE at $18 million valuation
Nasdaq-listed AlphaTON Capital (ATON) has announced a definitive agreement to acquire a 60% controlling interest in Animoca Brands subsidiary Gamee, in a deal…
The Sandbox keeps it cheerful with Smiley Factory game and avatars
What's new in The Sandbox? Follow all our latest news on updates in the web3 gaming metaverse.
13th March 2026: Best known for its smiley logo, clothes brand The…
Helika and Avalanche’s Accelerator Demo Day at PGC San Francisco on 9th March
Helika and Avalanche will host a joint Accelerator Demo Day at PG Connects Summit San Francisco on Monday, 9th March, 2026.
The showcase caps a…
Mavens: Have AI agents changed your 2026 game plan?
This month, we asked our Mavens:
How has your view on the significance of AI agents changed in the past week?
How has this changed your plans for web3 gaming…
Early Bird tickets live for Dubai GameExpo Summit 2026
On May 20th and 21st, Dubai GameExpo Summit powered by Pocket Gamer Connects returns to one of the world’s key hubs for international business. In its 2025 industry…
AI fantasy platform Grand Arena launches S1 with $1 million prize pool
Ronin-based web3 community Moku has launched season one of its AI agent-based fantasy gaming platform Grand Arena with a $1 million prize pool.
Instead of being…
Jobs news: Sky Mavis co-founder Aleksander Larsen leaves to focus on defense industry
11th February 2026
Sky Mavis co-founder Aleksander Larsen has announced on X that he's left the Axie Infinity developer after almost eight years. One of the…
Game of the Week: Might & Magic Fates
18th July: Might & Magic Fates
Amid a turbulent time for Ubisoft, the French developer has launched its third blockchain-enabled game Might & Magic…
MapleStory Universe had a strong Q4 2025, with lifetime accounts up to 1.9 million
Nexpace has released its Q4 2025 MapleStory Universe ecosystem report titled “Continuing operational normalization while expanding utility and ecosystem levers”.
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Team Liquid migrates its esports archive to Sui’s Walrus
Leading esports outfit Team Liquid has announced the migration of its content library to Walrus, the decentralized storage protocol that runs on Sui.
Including…
Mavens: Will AI agents make a real impact on blockchain gaming in 2026?
The concept of AI agents proved to be a damp squib in 2025 so will 2026 be the year they make a real impact on blockchain gaming?
Keith Kim, COO, NEXPACE
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Axie Infinity replacing AXS rewards with new AppToken bAXS
After announcing the end of SLP rewards in Axie Infinity: Origins earlier in January, Sky Mavis co-founder Jeff Zirlin announced in a recent X post that the game’s…
Moku launches $50,000 creator rewards program
Ronin-based NFT project Moku has introduced Creator Bounties, inviting users to create content about its AI-powered fantasy sports game Grand Arena in return for…
2026 Trends: Pixels’ Luke Barwikowski says the only way to save crypto gaming is to…
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, the time to look back and consider what we learned during 2025 and how to make the most of that knowledge in 2026.
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2026 Trends: The Sandbox’s Robby Yung says think of token rewards much more like UA…
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, the time to look back and consider what we learned during 2025 and how to make the most of that knowledge in 2026.
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