New Apeiron token, new Planet Mojo game, and the value of meme coins
Blockchain Gaming roundup 8th March
In a bull market there are products whose actual value we’re quick to question. In our digital era this has become even more tangible. But whether it’s little plastic toys with just the right branding or silly animal jpegs, what even is actual value if not a social construction?
On this note, we kick off this week’s roundup circling back to a great conversation Jon has had with Animoca Brands chairman Yat Siu, of which one of the highlights is Yat jumping into a philosophical defence of meme coins. Indeed, this interview/podcast has so many highlights you best just go and read/listen to it yourself.
Following this, we look at Apeiron’s announced APRS token launch on Ronin, which also marks the first token sale on the network. There are currently three third-party games with tokens on Ronin, including Pixels‘ PIXEL and CyberKongz‘ BANANA, aside from Sky Mavis’ own AXS and SPL tokens. The forthcoming sale is aimed at Apeiron NFT holders as well as the wider Ronin community.
Talking of Ronin, Pixels remained the most popular blockchain game in February. This week it also reached a new high of 1.1 million players of all time, followed by an ATH of daily active players exceeding 350,000.
Another game reporting new highs is 2024 mobile web3 hit Heroes of Mavia, which announced 2.6 million MAU earlier in the week, and later on claimed breaking 3 million app stores downloads.
This week, Jenny gets an opportunity to feature the Mojo Melee cap due to indie developer Mystic Moose announcing a new game title, endless runner GoGo Mojo, as well as minting out its first ETH collection, War Banner, on Magic Eden, and launching new season The DAO of War. Go Mojo, or GoGo, rather.
Aurory’s production team has taken to X to announce it’s shutting down Aurory Tactics due to widespread cheating and matchmaking. In fact, it’s gotten to the point where it’s become a hindrance for Aurory’s other title, RPG Seekers of Tokane, which will now get a chance to grow in areas where it’s been banned before. However, despite cancelling Tactics for now, the team remains open to rebooting the game in a 2.0 version sometime in the future.
In closing, Jon gives us an overview of one of our most anticipated fully onchain games, Soccerverse, which has launched open beta. This vast soccer game certainly contains some complex management and economic sim aspects worth looking more in-depth at. Its open beta will be the last ahead of the game’s full launch in summer 2024.
Finally, don’t forget to check out our Game of the Week: Axie Champions.
Additional news
Following our much appreciated PG Connects London in January, we’re quickly approaching PG Connects San Francisco on 18-19 March. Check out the tracks, speakers and side events, and secure your ticket today on the PG Connects website.