18 July 2025 | Weekly news roundup

[0:20] Saga and Chrono Labs have launched AI agent platform KEX.

[1:38] Delabs Games has announced it's using new genAI gamemaking platform Verse 8.

[4:00] It's interesting to see the second wave of AI agents - all around doing onchain transactions.

[5:40] Delabs has moved from PC games to midcore games on LINE and now to AI-generated games.

[7:27] Verse 8 is developed by Planetarium and its CEO has become co-CEO at Delabs.

[8:38] The games made with Verse 8 are multiplayer and with NFT item economies.

[10:58] Sky Mavis and YGG are reworking their play-to-earn models, giving away less to extractors.

[16:19] The issue with doing this is you drop your DAUW count, which is seen as a key KPI.

[19:08] Fully onchain football game Soccerverse is about to launch Season 2.

[27:56] Craft World is going live on Ronin mainnet on 29th July.

[31:53] Is Pudgy Party - out later this summer - the next big web3 game?