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Blockchain Gaming World
by jon jordan
Everything you need to know about Blockchain Gaming.
Episodes
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16th October 2026 | Yield Fields' $8 million NFT mint
Cambria, Gigaverse and Yield Fields all make the news. [00:44] What's happening with degen games Onchain Heroes, Gigaverse and Cambria? [02:42] All 3 games are shutting down their Abstract versions and launching new products. [04:20] Gigaverse has completed its 2-month Awakening event. Rewards…
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9th October 2026 | Abstract is shutting down
Byebye Abstract. Cambria's already minting its Genesis NFTs on Ethereum. [00:21] Abstract will shut down on 15th December 2026. [00:50] Pudgy Penguins' Igloo Inc. launched it in January 2025 as a simple, L2 consumer chain. [02:23] But even simple L2s cost millions of dollars to run. Abstract…
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214 | EVE Frontier, AI agents and the future of gaming
Hilmar Veigar Pétursson talks AI, agents, Fenris' DeepMind partnership and EVE Frontier. [02:42] EVE Online as the ultimate boss of all online games - no win conditions, partial data etc. [03:49] You could argue that EVE Online provides the benchmark test for AGI. [04:25] Google DeepMind has its...
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2nd October 2026 | Degens games ➡️ Robinhood Chain
Why are degen games moving from Abstract to Robinhood Chain? [00:42] Cambria, Gigaverse and the momentum of degen blockchain games. [03:35] These games have been running on Abstract, in part because of its XP farming feature. [05:52] Robinhood Chain is the new blockchain attracting degen games....
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25th September 2026 | Sorare's optimism for 2027
Sorare's new funding round, Animoca's Nasdaq listing pause and EVE Frontier Cycle 7. [00:25] Animoca has called off its reverse Nasdaq listing via a merger with Currenc Group. [02:00] Its situation is particularly complex as Animoca was previously listed in Australia. [03:51] Animoca still plans…
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18th September 2026 | Cambria's MMORPG transition
Risk/reward pixel games Cambria and Gigaverse are going all MMORPG. [01:20] Pixelmon has stopped all game development. [02:02] The original Pixelmon NFT mint was peak 2022-era degen disaster. [02:32] Green goggle-eyed zombie Kevin became a wider crypto gaming meme. [04:09] A new team attempted a...
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11th September 2026 | MSU did $10m revenue in H1 2026
MapleStory Universe announces its financials, Yuga talks Otherside resources, Colony: Survival is live via app stores. [00:15] MapleStory Universe has announced its H1 2026 financials. [02:22] Q1 had revenue of 14.4 M NXPC vs 13.2M NXPC given away in rewards. [03:55] Q2 was 16.6M in revenue vs...
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4th September 2026 | Axie Vibeathon announced
Sky Mavis announces its AI-based Axie Vibeathon, while Animoca and AWS launch their Agentic Football Cup. [00:43] Sky Mavis announces Axie Vibeathon - using AI to make Axie Core games. [01:54] Registration is available until Monday 7th September. Submissions close by 21st. [03:10] You have to...
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28th August 2026 | Pixels' community voting
The newly open-sourced Pixels has launched its community hub, including voting, curated tools, apps, mini-games, and Pixels-as-service hosting. [00:27] Wemix has opened pre-registrations for mobile roguelike Hellsquad Rrrush!: Stone Rush. [02:30] Pixels open-sources its frontend, backend and...
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213 | How AI reboots The Sandbox
The Sandbox CEO Robby Yung explains how its new Sandbox Studio AI tools will reboot the blockchain gaming platform. [01:10] How Robby Yung sees the past 12 months in blockchain games. [03:30] How adoption of AI changes game development and distribution. [06:48] One problem for The Sandbox was its...
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21st August 2026 | From Pirate Nation to Booty Wars
Axie Infinity revives AOC NFTs, Pirate Nation's community regroups for Booty Wars and MapleStory Vibe Camp 2 is live. [00:15] Pirate Nation's community is attempting a new risk-to-earn game. [01:40] Booty Wars is not Pirate Nation 2.0. It doesn't use any of the old assets directly. [03:10] There...
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7th August 2026 | The Sandbox reboots LAND for AI publishing
The Sandbox repositions its LAND NFTs for the AI era, Gigaverse Online is announced, Proof of Play shuts down. [00:20] The Sandbox is rebooting functionality for its LAND NFTs. [01:03] The original vision for The Sandbox didn't work due to the friction of mini-game creation. [01:49] It's fixing...
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31st July 2026 | Pixels' open source future
Jon and Jenny talk about Pixels' roadmap for going open source, and Ronin's new Honor Score reputation system. [01:02] Pixels has open-sourced its frontend. [02:40] Why the concept of open source is back for blockchain gaming. [03:55] As well as Pixel, MapleStory Universe and EVE Frontier are…
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17th July 2026 | Pixels goes open source
Pixels goes open source, MapleStory Universe talks Action Modules, and The Sandbox get 12,000 sign-ups for its AI tools. [00:36] The Sandbox is quickly adding AI game creation tools. [02:45] The Sandbox reaches 12,000 sign-ups for its Studio tool. [05:05] YGG launches its first $5,000…
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212 | YGG shuts down YGG Play, pivots to AI gaming data
In episode 212, Jon talks to YGG co-founder Gabby Dizon. [00:48] Casual degen web3 gaming platform YGG Play is shutting down. [02:17] LOL Land launched well but overall revenue peaked in October 2025 at $3 million. [03:40][ Why was the crypto liquidation event on 10th October 2025 significant?...
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3rd July 2026 | MSU's AI Vibe Camp success
MapleStory Universe's Vibe Camp hackathon has closed with over 430 entries. [00:22] MapleStory Universe's Vibe Camp and the rise of web3 game jams in the AI era. [02:10] Why Verse8's AI platform made this hackathon easier to enter - over 430 entries. [02:48] Playing the Vibe Camp games -- many...
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211 | MapleStory moves from monopoly to franchise
Jon Jordan talks to Nexpace COO Keith Kim about MapleStory N's first year, and how AI will power the MapleStory Universe ecosystem in 2026. [01:00] MapleStory N’s first year - $31M revenue, 3.8M accounts, 650K engaged wallets. [02:10] How the profile was different for MapleStory N to traditional...
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19th June 2026 | Sky Mavis relaunches Axie land
Axie: Terrariums goes live, Fishing Frenzy and Pudgy Party close down. [00:42] Sky Mavis is rebooting its vision for Axie land NFTs with Terrariums. [01:25] It builds on the complex learnings of the original Axie land game Homeland. [02:14] Homeland was an attempt to combine land-based gameplay…
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12th June 2026 | The Sandbox goes AI
The Sandbox announces its AI creation and distribution platform The Sandbox Studio. [02:05] The Sandbox announces The Sandbox Studio, its AI-powered creator tools. [03:00] Roblox as the obvious benchmark for AI-powered UGC in games [04:20] Did The Sandbox waste time in H2 2025 on Corners, its...
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5th June 2026 | MapleStory's $60,000 vibe coding event
Nexpace announced a $60,000 Vibe Camp for MapleStory UGC using Verse8 AI tools. [00:32] MapleStory Universe, Verse8 and the $60,000 AI UGC VibeCamp [04:00] Why MapleStory Universe is one of web3 gaming’s serious IP plays [05:03] How Verse8 lets users vibe-code games [06:10] Why AI-generated games...
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29th May 2026 | DAOs, open source and AI agents
Can Aavegotchi DAO takeover the project, the State of Pixels, and the rise of open source in the agentic era. [00:35] Aavegotchi dev Pixelcraft is one of the OG web3 gaming studios. [05:16] It's looking to hand over control of Aavegotchi to the DAO. [06:28] DAOs haven't been successful for…
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22 May 2026 | Weekly news roundup
The big beasts arise as we talk EVE Frontier, MapleStory Universe and how Wemade's approach bests Ubisoft. [00:34] Jon attended EVE Fanfest 2026 in Iceland. What are his takeaways? [02:40] Why EVE Fanfest works beyond being just an event for players. [05:05] EVE Frontier is EVE Online if made…
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210 | How Verse8 's AI smarts empower noobs and pros
Jon Jordan talks to Verse8 CEO Kevin Lee about the challenges and opportunities for the AI game-making platform. [01:09] Kevin Lee’s background at Planetarium doing web3 investing and private equity. [02:56] Verse8 started as a WebGL engine project inside Planetarium. [03:31] We first realized…
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8 May 2026 | Weekly news roundup
The big news this week is CCP Games' MBO, rebranded as Fenris Creations and backed by Google DeepMind. [00:32] Fenris Creations (ex-CCP Games) has gained independence from Pearl Abyss for $120 million. [02:26] Pearl Abyss originally bought the company for $225 million in 2018. [03:26] Why CCP and...
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1 May 2026 | Weekly news roundup
Reaper Actual raises capital, tracking FIFA Rivals NFT sales, and whatever happened to Wildcard's Thousands? [00:25] FIFA Rivals NFTs have finally migrated to the Pulse market. [02:55] Pulse uses USDC stablecoin for all NFT trading, even for in-app trading. [8:11] FIFA Rivals is fairly simple; 90...
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24 April 2026 | Weekly news roundup
FIFA Rivals moving to Pulse market, Verse8 x YGG hackathon results and Hytopia's worrying pause. [00:16] Mythical Games is migrating FIFA Rivals to the new Pulse marketplace. [02:46] But there's been some sort of delay. FIFA Rivals is the last of Mythical's games to migrate. [04:19] The…
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17 April 2026 | Weekly news roundup
EVE Frontier's hackathon deconstructed, Limit Break's first game, Xociety pauses, SANDchain completes testnet phase 1. [00:15] Deconstructing EVE Frontier x Sui $80,000 hackathon [03:19] There were 123 submissions. Largest categories were bounty boards, insurance, gate tolls. [07:20] Data was...
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27 March 2026 | Weekly news roundup
Pixels' Stacked P2E rewards platform is live, Verse8 raised $5M, Wildcard's WC token is live. Jon has a new hat. [0:17] Jon wants everyone to know that he has a new GamesTX hat. [1:23] Pixels has launched Stacked, which is a P2E rewards platform (or engine!) for web2/3 games. [3:42] Effectively,...
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209 | How Stacked reinvents P2E gaming rewards
Jon Jordan talks to Pixels' CEO Luke Barwikowski about Stacked, the company's new P2E rewards platform. [0:56] Introducing Stacked, the new rewards app from Pixels. [2:02] Pixels still believes in play-to-earn for web3 gaming, notably using data-driven rewarded play. [3:44] Stacked is the...
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20 March 2026 | Weekly news roundup
The Sandbox reveals mobile shooter NEXT, Wildcard's WC token goes live on 26 March, AlphaTON buys GAMEE. [2:29] The Sandbox has announced standalone mobile battle royale game NEXT. [2:47] The Sandbox's vision for mobile has never been strong. This is a new start. [4:55] More important than the…
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13 March 2026 | Weekly news roundup
EVE Frontier's Cycle 5, Night Crows' NFT Crusade, Shrapnel's early access and 1,000th Substacks! [0:43] EVE Frontier has launched Cycle 5, which will run for the next 3 months. [6:50] Changes include defensive turrets, collaborative options, tweaked ship controls, new ships. [8:10] You can also...
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6 March 2026 | Weekly news roundup
Thousands' THOU token, Limit Break's testnet, Cambria presells $1M tokens, FIFA/NFL Rivals NFTs moving to stablecoin Pulse Market. [2:29] The Thousands streaming platform has announced THOU token, but not many details. [2:55] This is in addition to Wildcard's WC token. Wildcard is the first game…
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208 | Yat Siu's got an AI agent for that
Jon talks to Yat Siu about how agentic AI gives everyone intelligent assistants, unbundles information, forces onchain reputation and saves governance. [1:23] Why Yat has 9 Animoca Minds agents working for him on different tasks. [2:15] Yat's AI assistant now handles flight tracking, delays…
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27 February 2026 | Weekly news roundup
Featuring Apptokens, bAXS, Fableborne, POWER, in-game ads in Off The Grid and Wildcard Premier League [0:43] Bitkraft has invested $3 million into POWER Protocol, the token used by Fableborne. [3:20] Fableborne is a mobile action RPG that has managed to stay alive through the P2E era. [6:21]…
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20 February 2026 | Weekly news roundup
The Sandbox Season 7 is going live, Gigaverse announces GIGABIT and Portal is rebooting. [0:38] The Sandbox Season 7 is going live on 25th February 2026. [2:22] For the first time, this isn't an Alpha Season. It's just called "Season 7". [5:26] There's a focus on community UGC, not the big…
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13 February 2026 | Weekly news roundup
EVE Frontier's $80,000 hackathon, Alek Larsen leaves Sky Mavis, and AI agent fun with Shaw Walters and Animoca Minds. [0:23] EVE Frontier and Sui are launching an $80,000 hackathon starting on 11th March. [4:50] It will be interesting to see how AI expands the number of people who get involved....
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207 | Shaw on AI agents, building AI RuneScape and P(doom)
Jon talks to Eliza Labs Shaw Walters about his work on AI agent frameworks, and why blockchain games are a focus. [1:00] An introduction to Shaw Walters, the creator of AI agent framework ElizaOS. [3:10] "I see myself as a comedian and performance artist. I love the joke that becomes true."…
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6 February 2026 | Weekly news roundup
Animoca Minds, MapleStory integrates Verse8 AI game-making tools, GOAT Gaming shuts down and Forkast esports prediction market. [1:11] This week has seen an explosion in interest about AI agents, notably Clawbot and Moltbook. [3:10] With ClawBot, you can create an AI assistant with access to your...
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206 | Esports prediction markets
Jon Jordan talks to Forkast CEO Chris Gonsalves and Arbitrum Gaming Ventures Ethan Sy. [1:12] Ethan's history. He was previously at Play Ventures, investing in web2/3 gaming. [3:05] Chris started at Bitcoin Center. Moved to Consensys, then co-founded Community Gaming. [4:26] Esports prediction...
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30 January 2026 | Animoca and The Sandbox
In this episode, we look at the rise of Animoca, and the rise and fall of its metaverse project The Sandbox. [0:24] This week's show focuses on the details arising from Animoca's 2022 financials. [1:11] 2022 was a long time ago, but the report also discloses more recent financial details. [4:00]...
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205 | Skale - a blockchain for games & AI agents
Jon Jordan talks to Skale Labs CEO Jack O’Holleran about how the Ethereum-centric L1 blockchain network is expanding to Base, helping launch mobile game PGA Tour Rise, and preparing for the explosion of onchain AI agents. [1:30] The background to mobile game PGA Tour Rise, which is launching on...
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Top 50 Blockchain Game Companies 2026
Read the full article at https://www.blockchaingamer.biz/features/41347/top-50-blockchain-game-companies-2026/ [6:55] One of the trends is the rise of games with degen mechanics, notably YGG at #3. [8:35] YGG's positioning of LOL Land as a "Casual Degen" game - a casual game with degen rewards....
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16 January 2026 | Weekly news roundup
Polygon buys Sequence, Animoca buys SOMO, Cartridge buys Playmint. Consolidation? [0:28] Today's theme is consolidation. [1:15] Is this the trend for blockchain games companies in 2026 or something more nuanced? [2:00] Why didn't we see more consolidation in 2025? [3:46] Playmint has been bought…
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9 January 2026 | Weekly news roundup
Mythical's new Pulse platform, Boomland shuts and no more SLP rewards. [0:29] BoomLand has announced it's shutting down. [2:35] It never raised much money but it was always very good at building product. [6:50] It's another example of how hard it is to operate in the blockchain game sector.…
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2026 | Predictions
Key trends for blockchain games in 2026? Stablecoins, AI agents, FIFA Rivals, AppTokens. [1:17] You need to know what doesn't work before you can find out what does work. [3:18] We thought the value of a blockchain game would be reflected in its token price. It's not. [7:25] In 2025, we saw...
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2025 | News roundup
[1:58] 2025 was the end of play-to-earn cycle which started in 2021 with Axie Infinity. [3:10] However, crypto had a great year in terms of Tradfi adoption; ETFs, stablecoins, DATs etc. [7:50] Why have crypto incentives not worked for blockchain games? [11:00] Adding real-world value has...
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12 December 2025 | Weekly news roundup
The Sandbox's new Corners platform, MocaProof, Soccerverse's FIFPRO license and BGA 2025 report. [0:37] The Sandbox launched its Corners UGC content-memecoin platform into invite-only beta. [3:00] It's an attempt to inject some dynamism into the SAND token aside from The Sandbox. [4:28] Corners...
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5 December 2025 | Weekly news roundup
Sony's stablecoin plans, Fableborne Season 4, EVE Frontier's free week, and Footium's $600,000 funding. [0:32] Sony looks like it's going to be launching a stablecoin in the US. [1:09] It's an extension of the trend that's seen PayPal, Stripe and Klarna also announcing stablecoins. [2:00] Sony…
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28 November 2025 | Weekly news roundup
Xociety and Arise release their first public playables, MapleStory burns $1.7 million tokens and we talk generative AI. [0:30] Ndus has raised $1.6 million for its pop extractor shooter Xociety, which hits also early access. [10:00] Cross The Ages has launched its PC RPG Arise into open alpha....
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204 | How genAI unlocks web3 gaming's potential
Jon Jordan talk to Verse8 creator JC Kim about the genAI game-making platform, which is now live for professionals and noobs. [3:15] How JC Kim first met Delabs' co-CEO James Joonmo Kwon as a mentor. [6:05] Why JC Kim started work on a generative AI game-making tool, which became Verse8. [7:20]...
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