

Blockchain Gaming World
jon jordan
Everything you need to know about Blockchain Gaming.
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Oct 11, 2024 • 39min
11 October 2024 | Weekly news roundup
Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the news for the week ending 11th October 2024 including:
Gunzilla has released Off The Grid, the first blockchain game on consoles for PC and PS5 [1:08];
Off The Grid is the only triple-A blockchain game, at least in terms of its $100 million budget [2:09],
Good for the industry to see some of these big games finally being released [7:44];
But we should also be aware that many new games - esp. shooters - fail for different reasons [8:20];
Ubisoft's Captain Laserhawk will be minting its NFTs on Magic Eden [9:54];
Ubisoft's Champions Tactics is going live on 23rd October [11:31];
Guild of Guardians is dropping its biggest content update yet on 16th October [14:30];
The Sandbox has launched its 10-week Alpha 4 season, also giving away $2.5 million in SAND [20:50];
Our game of the week is Tatsumeeko's Telegram mini-game Lumina Hunt [25:55];
PC game Shardbound is now out in open beta and we've been talking to CEO Bo Daly [31:47];
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Oct 10, 2024 • 31min
182 | How Shardbound onboards gamers to web3
In Blockchain Gaming World episode 182, Jon Jordan talks to Bazooka Tango's Bo Daly about deck-building turn-based tactics game Shardbound, which is now live in open beta on Steam and Epic Games Store.
Find out more at https://www.shardbound.com/

Oct 5, 2024 • 40min
4 October 2024 | Weekly news roundup
Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the news for the week ending 4th October 2024 including:
Fat/Thin Protocol thesis as relating to Ethereum/ETH, Ronin/RON and TON.
Shardbound is going live via Steam and Epic Games Store on 9th October.
Sky Mavis is stopping free gas for Ronin transactions.
Gunzilla's Off The Grid battle royale shooter is now available for testing on Xbox.
Number of TON games up 320% in Q3 2024.
Playful Studios has announced Thousands, its game streaming web3 platform.

Oct 2, 2024 • 42min
181 | Taking onchain games to internet-scale
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In episode 181, Jon Jordan talks to Proof of Play CEO Amitt Mahajan about its fully onchain game Pirate Nation, which has seen its audience grow 100-fold over the past 12 months as it's rolled out new content on a weekly basis, as well as launching its PIRATE token.

Sep 27, 2024 • 27min
27 September 2024 | Weekly news roundup
Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the news for the week ending 27th September 2024 including:
Line is getting blockchain integration.
Ragnarok: Monster World goes live on 1st October.
Why developers should build live.
How to fix The Sandbox.
Axie Pals will get genAI.
TreasureDAO ditches Arbitrum for ZKsync.

Sep 20, 2024 • 40min
20 September 2024 | Weekly news roundup
Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the news for the week ending 20th September 2024 including:
The return of Flappy Bird
New games for Ronin
Are there too many blockchain games?
Ex-Zynga team announce blockchain poker game

Sep 18, 2024 • 36min
180 | Aperion's inspirations and aspirations
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In episode 180, Jon Jordan talks to Foonie Magus CEO Frank Cheng about Apeiron, its hybrid roguelite dungeon crawler with deck elements - out now on PC and coming to mobile in late 2024 - plus a god metagame due in 2025.

Sep 13, 2024 • 29min
13 September 2024 | Weekly news roundup
Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the news for the week ending 13th September 2024 including:
CCP's announcement of blockchain-enabled EVE Frontier
Dookey Dash: Unclogged is live
1 million downloads for Guild of Guardians
Axie Infinity: Origins is 2
Gameloft is making a Claynosaurz mobile game.
Grapes has been bought out

Sep 11, 2024 • 38min
179 | Building fully onchain games with Cartridge
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In episode 179, Jon Jordan talks to Cartridge CEO Tarrence van As about the advantages of building fully onchain games using its Starknet-based development tools.

Sep 6, 2024 • 37min
6 September 2024 | Weekly news roundup
Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the news for the week ending 6th September 2024.


