Cryptocurrency and NFT The gaming space is busier than ever these days, with big name games starting to release, token airdrops piling up, and other things happening seemingly constantly. It’s a lot to take in!
luckily, decryptionGG is everything. If you want to stay up to speed on the latest trends in cryptocurrency video games, Crypto Games is making its debut this week.
Our Weekend Tip brings you the biggest news of the past week along with a few other stories you might have missed. We’ll also feature some of this week’s original stories, and finally give you a brief update on some of the hottest game airdrops right now.
The biggest news 🎮
GME 2.0: There Meme Coin Inspired by GameStop It’s on Solana and like most of the buzzy meme coins (included). Dogecoin and Bonk), that shoot suddenly before start fall to the ground. Although it also reflects GameStop’s own meme stock saga, this token is not an official project.
GME was down more than 50% as of early Friday, but has since climb again Come Saturday morning, who knows where you’ll be on Monday? Interestingly, Friday was also the day that GameStop’s official NFT marketplace shut down. Announced in January.
Pixelmon Plan: At the height of the NFT bull market hype in 2022, degens invested $70 million in Pixelmon’s creature, a cryptocurrency interpretation of Nintendo’s Pokémon sensation. Illustration created by the creator of the game “It was a terrible mistake,” he called it. It has become the core of the industry.
But two years later, new ownership (As of late 2022) And with the upgraded artwork, Pixelmon is turning into a true gaming ecosystem with games big and small. Newly minted $8 million seed raise From major sponsors ahead of MON token launch.
Fragments Early Access: Built on the highly anticipated extraction shooter Shrapnel avalancheannounced Early Access Launch on Epic Games Store Late Friday. “Extract pack” key holders can secure a limited portion of early gameplay and compete in future sessions, help shape the game as it evolves, and potentially earn a share of SHRAP token rewards.
Binance responds as follows: After fantasy game SkyArk Chronicles attracted $115 million worth of bids in a lively NFT auction last weekend, Binance Labs I called the game studio It appears that the investments were misrepresented. SkyArk apologized, but the public backlash from the giant cryptocurrency VC sector has left many skeptics and disgruntled NFT buyers.
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- Ethereum’s immutable zkEVM layer-2 scaling network Released this week Games like Guild of Guardians, Shardbound, and MetalCore are in Early Access mode as they plan to move to the chain before the end of the first half of the year.
- Card-Battler Parallel, which won GG’s 2023 Game of the Year award during its closed beta, kicked off a new in-game season with new NFT cards this week and teased an imminent public beta launch.
- Yuga Labs A new mobile game with the Otherside theme has been released. This week we’re in development with Faraway Studios. It looks like some kind of management or casual strategy game, and it’s coming with the release of Serum City, a game from Faraway and Novel Labs featuring Mutant Apes (but not Yuga’s official Ape brand).
GG Spotlight 🙌
Here are a few original stories from last week that we think are worth reading over the weekend.
Airdrop and 💸
Mixmob: Solana-powered games MixMob We airdropped MXM tokens this week To NFT owners and beta players. Debuted on ByBit, staking rewards are provided, more token returns and Saga Smartphone Benefits will come
door: Cross-chain game token PORTAL is Airdrop starts in JanuaryBut as announced this week: Start the dashboard A decline is ahead.
wow: The WAX NFT Network took its first wallet snapshot this week for the airdrop of the gaming meme coin, WUFFI (token name: WUF). Various WAX games We plan to consolidate ahead of our planned expansion into Solana. There is no word yet on the actual token drop.
mocha: mocha busAnimoca Brands metaverse game community MOCA Token Through the MOCA Foundation. Although timing or airdrop details are not yet known, Mocaverse Officially supports tokens And we are lining up partners with him.
Edited by Ryan Ozawa.
