19 September 2025 | Weekly news roundup

[0:44] This week, we asked our Mavens group about the rise of sustainable degen games.

[2:00] Originally, this type of game was more about crypto than blockchain.

[3:25] YGG is now calling this genre "casual degen" games.

[4:40] These experiences start with a thin layer of gaming and a lot of high risk-high reward features.

[7:30] You can often get 1,000 players into these games but how do you keep them

[10:05] A lot of these games are launching on the Abstract blockchain.

[13:00] Degen isn't a negative terms, at least not all the time.

[13:25] Gigaverse has been going for 200 days, generating $5.5 million in revenue.

[16:30] It's also building out its ecosystem with third party devs in the Gigaverse Hub.

[19:39] YGG Play is publishing Gigachadbat on Abstract.

[24:00] The Sandbox has announced Alpha 6 Season with Cirque du Soleil on 24th September.

[27:45] The problem is The Sandbox hasn't got product-market-fit, esp. compared to Roblox.

[29:55] It now needs to focus on creators, probably including the ability to launch tokens.

[31:32] Off The Grid is starting to migrating EU-based PC players to the Gunz' mainnet.