Blockchain Gaming World

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 to list on a major exchange at some point in the future. [04:46] One key issue appears to be the time taken to audit Animoca's past accounts. [05:24] Dealing with crypto within standard accountancy rules is always very complex. [07:05] It was taking so long, it made little sense for either company to keep this deal in place. [08:26] Animoca is now an AI and stablecoin company so this also changes its positioning. [11:06] Sorare has raised another investment round - an undisclosed eight-figure sum.[12:00] Sorare raised a lot of money in 2021, but most of it was spent getting sport licenses. [13:21] Some of Sorare's original investors continue to have confidence in the company.[13:49] Sorare's new Arcade has been successful, with +$15 million revenue projected for 2026.[14:48] Sorare now expects to be profitable by the end of 2027. [18:00] Prior to TGE, Cambria has hit $40 million of volume for its Genesis event. [21:10] EVE Frontier is launching Cycle 7 on 29th September. [22:15] The big change is full freedom controls for the space ships, requiring player skill.[24:00] This is different to EVE Online's simple control method - spreadsheets in space!

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 reboot, launching various games but to little avail. [07:50] There are currently two models for making blockchain games. [08:05] MapleStory Universe and EVE Frontier are $100 million-scale projects. [09:10] They are from experienced teams who know what they are building and for whom. [14:52] When it comes to indie games, the examples are Cambria and Gigaverse. [18:20]Cambria is moving from a seasonal approach to a persistent degen game. [19:22] This transition will also see the launch of the RSGP token.[22:20] Long-term success likely only comes with a focus on in-game status, not rewards. [23:40] Gigaverse is less regen but also moving towards persistence with Gigaverse Online[27:14] Also worth noting, MapleStory Universe and Axie both have AI hackathons ongoing.

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 14.9M in rewards. [04:11] However, the NXPC price continues to drop; down 69% in the past 12 months. [04:38] Total H1 2026 revenue for MapleStory Universe was $9.9M.[05:00] Trading volume on the NFT marketplace was $10.4M.[05:36] MapleStory also burned $2M of NXPC as part of its quarterly burn process. [09:08] Yuga Labs has announced more details of Otherside's resource economy. [12:28] Parallel Studios has launched 4X strategy game Colony: Survival via app stores. [14:01] Animoca and AWS' Agentic Football Cup is now live.[16:03] Axie Infinity’s Vibeathon is live and submissions close on 21st September. [16:35] Axie and Onchain Heroes launch degen dungeon crawler Den of Mysteries 2.0.

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 provide your own AI.[04:42] Sky Mavis provides a Builder Resource Kit that includes art assets and APIs. [05:35] The best 8 projects will get $250 of AI to build further, ending on 31st October. [07:08] Total prize pool is 20,000 bAXS, with the winner getting 9,000 bAXS ($8,500). [09:56] Animoca and AWS are launching Agentic Football Cup - Virtual League. [12:08] The 10 winners of the competition go to the AWS Re:invent conference in Las Vegas. [12:45] It's free to enter. You build/prompt a five-player AI football team.[14:08] There's also the ability to give live instructions during matches. [15:05] From 11th September, you play 10 games each weekend for 7 weeks. [16:05] All blockchain games should be running this type of AI hackathon. [17:12] Blockchain games are particularly suited for this sort of AI creation.

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 launches its community hub.[04:35] Pixels has also added community voting, which is now live. [05:47] Cambria is approaching its RSGP token launch; likely in September. [07:36] The TGE event has generated $27 million in volume; c.$500k in revenue for the dev. [08:20] But from a small user base - 2,427 wallets in the past week. [09:08] Talking to CEO Robby Yung about the AI vision for The Sandbox.[10:13] Sandbox Studio adds AI for pro developers to publish games across multiple platforms.[11:14] The vision is to be able to use multiple platforms as a revenue multipler for a single title.