5 December 2025 | Weekly news roundup

[0:32] Sony looks like it's going to be launching a stablecoin in the US.

[1:09] It's an extension of the trend that's seen PayPal, Stripe and Klarna also announcing stablecoins.

[2:00] Sony has set up a US bank, which is applying for a federal license, required for stablecoins.

[4:44] One key reason is companies pay up to 2% of transactions as fees to Visa and Mastercard.

[6:30] Sony could save up to $20 million for each $1 billion of spending it moves to its stablecoin.

[8:55] Do other gaming platforms such as Steam start adopting stablecoins too?

[10:43] Mobile RPG Fableborne has launched its Season 4, including guilds for the first time.

[13:07] It's one of the last of a long line of play-to-earn games. Interesting to see how it goes.

[14:43] Fableborne is on Ronin, which now has a bunch of live and liveish games.

[15:35] Also on Ronin, Craft World has a new collab with Fishing

[20:26] Immutable has launched an new AI-based marketing platform.

[21:16] New mobile/PC action-RPG Myths will launch in 2026, using the Mythical Market for NFTs.

[28:00] EVE Frontier is free for everyone until Tuesday 9th December; the end of Cycle 3.

[34:44] UK studio Footium has raised $600,000 for its own-IP soccer management game.

[36:25] Trying to create your own brands for clubs and players in a sports game is a hard sell.