Blockchain Gaming World

Jon Jordan talks to NPC Labs' CEO Daryl Xu about its new gaming ecosystem B3, which was spun out of Coinbase's Base blockchain. [5:16] The original story for B3 as a founding team out of the Coinbase Base team. [6:15] Games wanted to launch on Base but it wasn't built for gaming. [7:03] There's a big lack in the game sector in terms of publishing services. [11:21] How does B3 help grow the blockchain gaming audience? Better games and infrastructure. [12:44] Everything will eventually be tokenized and all apps will have their own chain. [14:55] The biggest problem in traditional gaming is perverse incentives. [16:23] How does B3 work from a technical point of view? [19:16] If everyone is running on their own chain, what does B3 provide as an ecosystem? [21:38] Games get 30% rev share from users' spending in other games that they onboared to B3. [23:57] There might only be 100,000 real gamers in blockchain. [25:18] InfiniGods will be onboarding a lot of users to B3 via its mobile games like King of Destiny. [26:55] Parallel is building its Ceti Tau shooter on B3.28:44 B3 will back amazing game ideas with "everything we have " including funding. [30:28] B3 will integrate AI agents thoughtfully. It's already done integrations with Luna and Zerebro. [35:38] As a founder, how do you stop the B3 token price becoming the only lens of success?

Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan reflect on the week's news. [1:15] The RON token has flipped the marketcap of the AXS token. [2:48] The Ronin blockchain has gone permissionless in terms of its zkEVM chain. [6:57] Sky Mavis has announced a $100,000 RON prize pool for NFT trading this month. [9:10] Sky Mavis is pushing all the growth levers forward for Ronin. [10:12] Overall, daily activity on the Ronin is down to around 500,000 DAUWs from 2 million. [11:33] Blocklords has announced its AI agent roadmap. [17:04] Every game will be using AI agents to improve their UX. [18:11] Treasure has announced its Mage AI agent launchpad. [25:42] Gaming blockchain B3 successfully launched its token. [31:16] Is the success of B3 due to Base not having its own token? [31:58] Game7's G7 token has not been a success however. [33:54] The Sandbox has updated its Game Maker software. [37:15] Jon's love-hate relationship with The Sandbox. [41:34] The Sandbox's historic pivot towards brands and away from UGC. [44:37] OpenSea has announced some details of its SEA token.

Jon Jordan talks to TreasureDAO co-founder Karel Vuong about the "decentralized game console's" vision for 2025.[1:46] Karel's backstory in tech and VC investing, prior to Treasure.[4:37] Treasure was originally an offshoot of the Loot NFT ecosystem in September 2021.[6:25] Treasure's fair launch for the MAGIC token. No VCs, just community.[10:04] What's with the concept of being a "decentralized game console"?[14:05] Why Treasure's branding is focused around indie games.[16:57] Why Treasure moved from Arbitrum to ZKsync.[21:25] Treasure Chain's mainnet is now live on ZKsync.[23:04] To contextualize the decision, many gaming projects moved chains in 2024.[24:44] What's the vision for Treasure in 2025?[27:50] How AI agents fits into the picture?[33:20] Why Treasure's advantage is tech, culture and community.

Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan ponder the week's news. [1:05] Planet Mojo has announced WWA Season 1, in which humans and agents play, stake and win.[4:13] Humans play using $MOJO and earn World Points and AgentXP, which is staked on the AIs.[7:43] A key question is will it be fun to watch AI agents playing poker?[9:30] Mighty Bear Games is minting its AlphaGOAT AI agents, which can earn tokens.[13:44] Faraway has announced more about RIFT, including its RIFT Arena battler for AI agents.[18:52] NFL Rivals had a difficult year 2 in terms of balance, but big plans for year 3.[21:30] Mythical has "re-upped" the NFL license for future years.[22:08] FIFA Rivals will be Mythical's big launch for 2025.[23:48] Pudgy Party will also be a high profile launch in 2025.[25:32] Luca Netz from Pudgy Penguins expects Pudgy Party to be a #1 mobile game.[27:10] Over the next 18 months, Mythical Games hopes to onboard 100 million gamers to web3.[29:49] The growth strategy of Immutable vs Ronin vs Mythical.[31:20] Mythical's plan to get third party developers releasing games on the Mythos chain.[32:55] Is blockchain a revolution for gaming or just an evolution?[35:38] Are web3 games more about profit or digital identity?[38:50] How is Soccerverse doing three weeks into its first season?[48:15] What are Apptokens and why has Jon changed his view about them?

John Linden, CEO of Mythical Games and a pioneer in blockchain gaming, discusses the booming success of NFL Rivals, highlighting that 65% of their revenue now comes from NFT trading. He shares ambitious plans for FIFA Rivals and the innovative Pudgy Party game. With a goal of reaching 100 million wallets in 18 months, John also addresses the unique challenges of evolving gaming economies and the impact of blockchain on player interactions. Expect more titles and engaging mechanics in this exciting gaming landscape!

Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan ponder the week's news. [0:37] Faraway Games reveals its AI agent platform Rift, and airdrops the RIFT token. [3:14] This follows on from the launch of the J3FF AI agent and token in late 2024. [7:34] The Rift platform is interesting as a way of adding functionality to AI chat agents. [10:21] There's also the potential for these agents to earn crypto i.e. acting as validators. [12:32] Youmio has revealed more details of its Maestro AI agent launchpad. [16:34] NRN Agents promises to launch millions of AI agents for games on Ronin. [18:27] Alien Worlds has launched a LLM to help people create game lore. [23:28] Successful web3 games will not play like successful web2 games. [24:17] Talking to Animoca's Yat Siu about AI agents, memecoins and TON. [29:14] What's going on with the price of game tokens. Are they all really memecoins? [33:52] We could end up without any gaming tokens in the top 100. [37:50] Shrapnel's CEO Mark Long has moved to Unioverse. [38:20] Did Fableborne really raise another $12.4 million? No...

Jon Jordan talks to Animoca Brands' chairman Yat Siu about the rise of memecoins, the value of Telegram and TON as a distribution platform, and how AI agents could shake everything up. [3:56] What's the state of memecoins in 2025? [6:28] "We are narrative, story-telling people - money, democracy, politics are all stories." [8:32] "The part that makes me a bit negative about memes is they are being abused by snipers." [11:02] Is PENGU a pure memecoin? Can a memecoin gain utility? [13:18] Will institutions buy memecoins? There will be memecoin ETFs. But this need narrative. [16:45] "Telegram is still the most powerful distribution platform." [20:50] "TON means that Telegram will survive [22:52] Ronin demonstrates the power of community as Axie was joined by Pixels. [23:22] "In web3, they came for the money but stayed for the social." [27:01] 'AI agents can now create tokens and pay humans to do things for it.' [28:31] How Yat deals with vampire agent IP attacks such AImonica and an AI Yat agent. [29:25] AI agents will make it easier for humans to interact with blockchains and wallets. [31:54] Yat's attitude to the AImonica AI agent project. [34:47] What's next for Mocaverse and the MOCA token? [36:15] Reputation systems don't have to just be for humans, but can be for AI agents too. [37:22] How blockchains and reputation can help student loans. [38:07] Why Animoca isn't as focused on building and investing games as it once was. [38:51] "We think NFTs are going to have a pretty big comeback in 2025."

Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan ponder the week's news. [0:52] How Jon came up with the Top 50 Blockchain Game Companies of 2025 list. [8:28] Proof of Play was #1 - Jon explains why. [18:04] Soccerverse now has over 1,000 managers and is about to hit Game Day 3. [21:56] TON is now the only blockchain that can connect to Telegram mini-games. [26:08] LINE NEXT has launched its first mini games using the Kaia blockchain. [27:16] Jon found it complex to find the dapp store and play the games. [31:03] The first games have been announced for the new Abstract blockchain. [34:00] The first token launchpad for memecoins has gone live on Ronin. [37:33] Azuki dropped its ANIME token. [40:36] InfiniGods' GOD token went live today (24th January 2025). [46:55] Today The Game has rebranded as Youmio Worlds with an AI agents' focus.

Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan chew through the week's news. [0:23] Sky Mavis has announced a new $10 million grants program for developers on Ronin. [3:22] Is the ease of onboarding users to web3 games still a big issue? [7:08] Mobile basketball game Rumble Kong League is migrating to Ronin. [9:50] What will be most interesting about Ronin going permissionless is new non-gaming apps. [11:55] Axie Infinity added $4 million to its treasury in 2024. [15:31] Axie and Pixels believe they can make play-to-earn work as a sustainable business strategy. [16:20] Wild Forest demonstrates that pure token airdrops still don't. [18:08] Explaining Pixel's 2024 financials. [27:34] AI agents doing a live podcast and soon to be playing poker against each other. [32:44] Blocklords launched its Elisa Revard AI agent; people tried to win her hand in marriage. [36:30] Saga has announced Metropolis, which allows AI agents to launch their own blockchains. [38:50] Mighty Bear Games has announced its AlphaGOAT AI agents, dropping 6th February. [44:06] What's happening with The Sandbox in 2025?

In episode 188, Jon Jordan talks to The Sandbox's Sebastien Borget about what happened in 2024 and what's planned for 2025. [2:49] "The metaverse is far from dead". The Sandbox Alpha 4 had over 580,000 players. [4:25] No matter the market, people see that The Sandbox is building and launching." [5:35] "We will have four seasons in 2025. Alpha 5 is already in production." [7:20] A criticism of seasons is it means The Sandbox is stop-start. There's no flywheel. [10:20] "We are in alpha now but in 2025 we expect to go into beta." [13:10] RE: UGC, The Sandbox is following a similar approach to Fortnite and its UEFN program. [14:00] The mobile client didn't come out in 2024 so what's happening there? [15:30] Part of our new strategy is the Voxel Games Program - standalone games including mobile. [18:01] We have two announced games and over 100 applications for the program. [21:45] Will you release The Sandbox PC client through stores like Epic Games Store? [23:22] "The success of the metaverse requires the product, the content and the ecosystem." [26:32] "Our vision has always been to empower the creators." [29:18] How do AI agents fit into The Sandbox's vision?