19 September 2025 | Weekly news roundup

[1:00] Axie Infinity: Atia's Legacy has launched its first 7-day playtest.

[2:10] It's an MMOG that in part builds on the Axie Infinity: Homeland farming/trading game.

[3:33] Jon thought the initial plans laid out for the game were a little sketchy.

[8:16] Comparing the iterative approach of Pixels to whether Atia's Legacy needs a stronger direction.

[10:12] Atia's Legacy probably won't be properly released until 2027. It's a big project.

[11:10] Jon thinks it's likely that blockchain games need to be more onchain and collaborative.

[15:42] Resource idle game Craft World announced its Era 3.1 roadmap.

[18:15] Its challenge is building longterm interest from a simple idle mechanic.

[19:30] Additions include new land requiring new assets and blueprints, and new base assets.

[21:55] RavenQuest's idle game RavenIdle launches on 11th October.

[28:05] Gunzilla has started the mainnet migration for EU-based PC players of Off The Grid.

[32:06] Jon guestimates Off The Grid's active playerbase.

[34:03] Gunzilla's official numbers are 300,000 accounts migrated to mainnet.

[36:03] Immutable's (part) pivot from a gaming blockchain into a general games marketing channel.

[37:34] All this week's drama around Pirate Nation and its $50 NFT burn offer.

[39:05] Blockchain games' fundamental issue - divorcing real value assets from speculation.

[42:18] Despite all the complains, Pirate Nation NFTs were free and holders got +$1,000 of tokens.

[48:08] Jon's confession - he burnt his Pirate Nation NFT by mistake and so had to buy another one.techn