Blockchain Gaming World

Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan discuss the news for the week ending 13th December 2024. [0:21] Ronin-based Apeiron is now live via app stores in southeast Asia. [0:50] But what's gone live is the dungeon battler gameplay. The god game meta is still in dev. [4:08] Ubisoft's Captain Laserhawk is going live on 18th December. [5:12] Jon is more excited about it than previous Ubi game Champions Tactics, which was hardcore. [7:18] Crypto Unicorns' dev Laguna Games announces fully onchain game Neo Olympus. [12:26] Fully onchain game Soccerverse is launching on 9th January 2025. [15:31] Treasure has launched its L2 on ZKsync. [20:13] Hytopia has ditched its Minecraft client and is now independent of all legacy code. [22:47] Beam Ventures have announced a $150 million fund based in Abu Dhabi.

Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the news for the week ending 6th December 2024, including: [0:32] EVE Frontier enters closed alpha on 10th December. [2:51] EVE Frontier is the attempt to build an EVE-style game in a composable blockchain sandbox. [5:55] How will a community grow up in EVE Frontier? [8:19] What does the original EVE Online community think about EVE Frontier? [12:43] Pudgy Penguins announces its PENGU token, what's the background? [19:40] NFL Rivals has surpassed $10 million in lifetime NFT trading volume. [24:15] This is also part of Mythical's attempt to build out a multi-game marketplace for NFTs. [25:43] Sky Mavis has announced free Axie NFTs via its new 30-day adoption program. [30:04] Pixels has announced its second Guild Wars event, which is backed by $4 million of PIXEL. [32:42] Rough House Games is merging with Overworld to form Reach Labs.

Limit Break is expanding its protocol for NFT creator royalties across all EVM chains, which sparks a debate on pricing features. The India-based guild KGeN has raised $10 million, boosting its total funding to $30 million. YGG is launching its Onchain Guilds protocol on the growing Base blockchain. Nine Chronicles M has seen a rise in monthly active users but faces token price challenges. Meanwhile, Fableborne unveils Season 3 with a new power token, pushing for wider engagement with players.

Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the news for the week ending 15th November 2024, including: [0:31] It's been a year since Pixels went live on Ronin - one of 2024's success stories. [2:10] Why so many games have moved from Polygon. [3:10] Reasons to study Pixels' success. [4:27] Pirate Nation has launched its Season 3 rewards program. [12:16] Off The Grid has launched a competition giving out $3,000 per day. [17:03] Fableborne has moved from Avalanche to Ronin. [21:45] Game7 has already published its 2024 Web3 Gaming report. [32:10] Team Liquid has launched its fan rewards platform MyBlue on the Sui blockchain.

Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the news for the week ending 8th November 2024, including: [7:12] Delabs has announced it will be launching Ragnarok and Boxing Star on Telegram in 2025. [14:40] Nine Chronicles M has been out for almost a year and has seen good growth. [21:30] Hunters On-Chain is giving away $1M of BOOM via its Season 2 through Game7. [26:51] Immutable has integrated its Passport wallet with Telegram. [29:34] Off The Grid is now the most popular blockchain game in terms of daily activity. [36:19] Why Pixels' focus now less on headline user numbers and more on generating revenue. [40:53] Why Wild Forest is one to watch.

Jon Jordan talks to Gunzilla Games' director of web3 Theodore Arganat and Ava Labs head of gaming marketing Andrew 'Coop' Cooper about the launch of Off The Grid, the first blockchain-enable console game. [4:49] Early reaction to Off The Grid's launch. [6:19] It's been interesting you haven't focused much on the crypto aspects of the game... [6:43] "For us, it's about using the best technologies to create the best UX." [10:40] The strategy behind the launch marketing campaign with streamers like Ninja and Shroud. [12:59] Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 launch hasn't impacted Off The Grid activity - 3 million tx/day. [14:02] Currently only 20% of Off The Grid's full game has been released. [15:55] Everyone who plays Off The Grid gets a wallet seemlessly created for them in the background. [19:14] What's the roadmap for the campaign mode? [20:44] The background lore of the game from Richard Morgan and Neil Blomkamp. [22:38] What's Avalanche9000? [27:17] Why did Gunzilla choose Avalanche and what are its plans for the Gunz blockchain? [29:47] What's the roadmap for the Gunz blockchain to launch its mainnet? ends

Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the news for the week ending 1st November 2024, including: [0:35] Pudgy Party mobile social game is announced for 2025. [4:03] Blankos NFTs are now live for trading on Polkadot via the Mythical Market. [6:35] Blankos as an example of how blockchain assets can encourage project longevity. [10:16] Mythical Games is also launching various MYTH airdrops, including for Blankos holders [12:06] Immutable has received a Wells notice from the SEC. [13:43] This makes Immutable and the SEC feel important, albeit for opposing reasons. [18:02] Shodown Samurai R is the latest game announced for the Sui blockchain. [20:10] The Sandbox's Alpha 4 event is going well with over 276,000 players. [23:39] Delabs is pivoting to developing midcore games for Telegram and TON. [25:59] Why are so many blockchain games companies adopting Telegram?

In episode 184, Jon Jordan talks to TonTon Games' CEO Daniil Shcherbakov about the opportunity Telegram creates for successfully launching blockchain games. [2:40] Daniil's career to-date as an startup entrepreneur. [5:42] The opportunity for Telegram gaming is similar to that arising from app stores in 2008. [8:15] How can Telegram games expand beyond the current simple clicker experiences? [11:09] How TonTon's DRFT Party will leverage its forthcoming NFT collection. [13:27] We will not push all our games to have a token. You don't need tokens for the sake of it. [17:37] How important is Telegram's Star payment system for generating revenue? [22:05] How is TonTon's operating as a publisher of games in terms of selecting games? [25:54] Why it's looking for genres such as tower defense and mafia wars. [28:15] Are there particular countries with strong audiences for these games? [30:06] What's the UA situation like on Telegram for marketing games? [35:04] What's the plan for TonTon Games in the remainder of 2024? [37:12] What sort of retention metrics can Telegram games generate?

Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the news for the week ending 25th October 2024, including: [0:35] Ubisoft's Champions Tactics is now live, including via the Ultra platform. [2:04] The Big Blockchain Game Report for Q3 2024 went live this week - "another difficult quarter"! [3:52] Most big game tokens are down in price during 2024 but BEAM, PRIME and SUPER are up. [5:28] Also, most game tokens were down in their general crypto ranking, relative to other cryptos. [8:01] Investment into the blockchain game sector is down; currently down 31% compared to 2023 [10:05] Key ecosystem trend has been the explosion of Telegram mini-games with TON integration [14:42] Now we're seeing Telegraph mini-apps linking to other blockchains like Ronin and Immutable. [16:40] Will Telegram mini-games be a successful strategy for all crypto games or just a few? [17:54] Should game developers always be pivoting to the next "new thing"? [19:17] In a surprising move, MetalCore is migrating from Immutable to Solana. [23:29] Mobile party game Party Icons has announced a $9 million investment led by Bitkraft. ends

⁠Jon Jordan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BlockchainGamer.biz editor⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Jenny Jordan talk through the news for the week ending 18th October 2024 including: Off The Grid has gone into early access and gotten everyone talking about it. [0:30] There's been 6 million wallets created on its Gunz testnet. [3:10] Twitch stats are down at lot from weekend peak of 160,000 viewers/hour. [4:05] Should we view Off The Grid as triple-A console shooter or a gaming blockchain platform? [8:35] Azra Games announced its $42.7 million Series A funding. [10:05] Faraway Games has announced its own Avalanche-based L1 gaming chain called FCHAIN. [18:21] Avalanche is gaining momentum - Off The Grid, Shrapnel, DeFi Kingdoms, MapleStory etc. [22:04] Talking to Sky Mavis' Jeff Zirlin about the rise of Ronin. [23:40] Dragginz is launching its early access on ICP in November. [29:14] Oxalis has raised $2 million for launching farming sim Moonfrost. [32:50] Investment into blockchain gaming in Q3 2024 was $128 million, down 57% from Q2. [35:59] ends