This Week in Crypto Games: Dr. Disrespect Dumped, Pixelverse and Catizen Tokens,
Notcoin '
Fresh Start'
This Week in Crypto Games: Dr. Disrespect Dumped, Pixelverse and Catizen
Tokens, Notcoin 'Fresh Start'
Catch up on this week’s biggest crypto and NFT• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » NFT - невзаимозаменяемый токен gaming news and find some
weekend reads in our latest roundup.
By Ryan S. Gladwin
Jun 30, 2024 Jun 30, 2024
5 min read
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The crypto and NFT• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » NFT - невзаимозаменяемый токен gaming space is busier than ever lately, what with
prominent games starting to release, token airdrops piling up, and a seemingly
constant array of other things happening at all times. It’s a lot to take in!
Luckily, Decrypt ’s GG is all over it. And if you need a quick way to get
caught up on the latest moves around crypto video games, we’re happy to
present This Week in Crypto Games.
Our weekend roundup serves up the biggest news from the past week, along with
a few other tidbits you might have missed. We also showcase a few of our
original stories from the week.
Biggest news
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Dr. Disrespect: Midnight Society, the studio building the first-person shooter
game Deadrop , announced Monday that it dropped co-founder and popular
streamer Dr. Disrespect (aka Guy Beahm) following tweeted allegations over why
he had been banned from streaming platform Twitch. Beahm later admitted to
having conversations with a minor that “leaned too much in the direction of
being inappropriate,” although he claimed that “nothing illegal happened.”
The studio's move led fans to speculate over the future of Midnight
Society and Deadrop . Some immediately suggested that the game was now “dead
in the water,” while others believe the game can survive if it continues to
focus on expanding and upgrading the core game loop. Speculation continues to
grow with little word from the Midnight Society camp.
More Telegram tokens: Telegram-based games are the biggest thing happening in
crypto gaming right now, and two more notable games made their token plans
clearer last week. Pixelverse, a cyberpunk-themed gaming ecosystem that has a
rising Telegram combat game called PixelTap, announced Friday that it will
launch its token on The Open Network (TON)—the same network as Notcoin and the
upcoming Hamster Kombat token.
Meanwhile, another hot Telegram game called Catizen —a puzzle• Образование » Математическое образование » Математические головоломки и досуг » Головоломки matching game
with cartoon cats—announced over the weekend that its TON token drop is
planned for July . That's right around the corner!
Notcoin fresh start: Viral Telegram game Notcoin has teased a “fresh start”
amid a campaign that will see approximately $8 million worth of NOT tokens
either burned or given out to the community. On Tuesday, $3 million worth of
unclaimed NOT tokens were burned, with an additional $5 million to be
distributed as “bonuses” to the community.
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Soon after, some type of new beginning was teased in the official Notcoin
Telegram channel. While everything is still unclear, it appears to relate to
TON NFT collection• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » NFT - невзаимозаменяемый токен Lost Dogs Co, after following breadcrumbs left by the
Notcoin team. This may have something to do with Notcoin’s goal of becoming
“the Netflix of social, viral games.”
MetalCore token: Studio369, the developer behind the sci-fi mech shooter
MetalCore , launched its Ethereum• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Ethereum token this week alongside the third phase of
its closed beta, introducing new gameplay modes and economic features to the
blockchain• Информационные технологии » Информационно-коммуникационные технологии » Информационные технологии и телекоммуникации » Базы данных » Публичная база транзакций » Блокчейн
• Высокие технологии » Информационные технологии и телекоммуникации » Базы данных » Публичная база транзакций » Блокчейн-based game.
On Thursday, MetalCore’s Closed Beta 3 (CB3) started featuring session-based
PvP esports competitions, including Domination, Capture the Flag• Информационные технологии » Информатика » Защита информации » Компьютерная безопасность
• Безопасность » Компьютерная безопасность, and
High-Value Target modes. Then on Friday, Studio369 conducted the token
generation event for its MCG token across Ethereum• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Ethereum’s mainnet and Immutable
zkEVM , the layer-2 scaling network that MetalCore is being built on.
Worldwide Webb rebrands: Worldwide Webb , a retro-style Ethereum• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Ethereum NFT• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » NFT - невзаимозаменяемый токен game,
announced last week that it is rebranding to Soulbound as it embraces a new
sci-fi narrative path forward. Soulbound is a roguelite game that challenges
players to clear dungeons full of enemies while trying different tactics and
character builds.
At the same time, Soulbound announced that it's building the game to be
playable within popular gaming chat app Discord, after winning in the Discord
App Pitches 2024 competition.
"We see Discord as the future for gamers, so we needed a brand name that
breaks away from the web and launches us into next-gen• Отдых, развлечения » Развлекательные игры » Компьютерная игра » Игровые приставки » История игровых приставок » Седьмое поколение игровых систем platform gaming,"
Soulbound founder and CEO Thomas• Религия » Монотеизм » Христианство » Библеистика » Библия » Библейские Имена » Фома Webb told Decrypt 's GG. "This name
gives us the freedom to build a universe around Soulbound without any
preconceived notions. After years of brainstorming, we finally nailed it."
Introducing Soulbound. pic.twitter.com/ZGQi061wIY
— Worldwide Webb (@Worldwide_WEB3) June 27, 2024
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Hamster Kombat was slammed by the Iranian government as the game purportedly
topped 200 million players.
Avalanche shooter BloodLoop launched its play-to-airdrop campaign via the Epic
Games Store.
Netmarble's Marblex crypto gaming ecosystem is migrating to Immutable
zkEVM , and Marblex and Immutable are launching a joint $20 million dev fund.
Metaverse infrastructure company Futureverse and crypto venture capital firm
Animoca Brands formed a strategic partnership to invest in technology stack
and token ecosystem.
Web gaming ecosystem Game7 announced its partnership with Mantle , bringing a
handful of Mantle’s top games to the Game7 portal.
ð¥ Partnership: @0xMantle X Game7 ð¥
Introducing LootDrop → G7’s newest release!
Over the next 5 weeks, complete quests and climb the ranks to earn a share of
the 2 Million $MNT prize pool!
Be on the lookout for special weekly Lootboxes ð
Participate now:… pic.twitter.com/frHqDIe6Aa
— Game7 DAO (@G7_DAO) June 27, 2024
Kadokawa Corporation, the Japanese parent company behind hit game Elden Ring,
was hit with a ransomware attack .
Roblox opened its virtual IKEA store , with jobs attracting over 178,000
applications.
Dr. Disrespect will be removed from NBA 2K24 in the next patch, following his
admission.
Solana-based cloud gaming network Shaga raised $1 million through an angel
investment round.
MMORPG Lumiterra is migrating to the Ronin network .
GG spotlight
Here are a few of our original stories from this past week that we think are
well worth a weekend read:
Edited by Andrew Hayward
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