20 June 2025 | Weekly news roundup

[0:10] Glad Midsommar - happy midsummer to all our Scandis listeners.

[0:20] Playful Studios (Wildcard) has raised $6.5 million and hopes to get in another $2.5 million.

[1:28] It previously raised $46 million, announced in June 2022.

[5:35] Wildcard will be out on Steam early access soon and Thousands is in regular play testing.

[8:31] MapleStory N continues to grow; its most expensive NFT sold for $18,617.

[12:40] If people aren't complaining about your game (within reason) there's probably something wrong with it.

[16:40] Tokens are important but how you launch them, use them and talk about their value is more important.

[17:48] Project Voyager / Craft World's play-to-airdrop event is already very popular and competitive.

[23:51] What's going on with Gunzilla, Off The Grid and Gunz's mainnet launch?

[25:50] Jon is very confused about the length of time it's taking to migrate players to mainnet.

[30:48] This is compounded as Gunzilla hasn't given out any official figures about the playerbase.

[36:07] First impressions of FIFA Rivals - hard PVP learning curve & "clever" fuel-for-NFTs mechanic.

[41:11] It's "clever" because it stops pay-to-win and the inflation of NFT assets over time.

[45:10] Pixels is launching its third 24 hour Shorelime event today (20th June).

[46:14] The strategy for the PIXEL token is becoming an ecosystem token for many web3 games.