Pudgy Party, Immutable vs SEC, & devs shaking up gaming on Telegram
Blockchain gaming roundup, 1st November
While Jon has kept occupied tracking floor prices and buying (too many) Blankos NFTs on Mythical Games’ marketplace, and neatly listed the prices on his Blankos spreadsheet dating back to 2022, Mythical revealed the title of its forthcoming mobile game based on the Pudgy Penguins IP. Called Pudgy Party, the game is described as a fun social royale including obstacle courses, PvP, and customization features. Slated to release sometime in 2025, Mythical is also busy rebooting its OG PC party game Blankos Block Party for mobile, which is also expected to drop sometime next year.
In other news, Immutable has become the first web3 game-centric company targeted by the SEC. Saying it’s received a Wells notice about a pre-launch investment into its IMX token in 2021, Immutable does not seem too worried about it, instead stating it’s “ready to join the companies fighting for crypto, and defend digital ownership in gaming.” Even for the SEC, the case is odd as it hasn’t anything to do with the US directly either, as the deal highlighted by SEC is between Chinese company Huobi, and Immutable, which is Australian.
Enhancing its image as a gaming-friendly blockchain, Sui has announced another title coming to its handheld gaming device SuiPlay0X1. Mobile MMORPG Shodown Samurai R – initially launched in 1993 by SNK and relaunched in 2019 – is now being rebooted by Korean studio LumiWave to launch on Sui sometime in 2025.
The Sandbox is on a roll to hit new highs following the launch of Alpha Season 4. Already garnering over 276,000 unique players, Sebastien Borget sees it as an indication that the metaverse is “alive and well”. With 30,000 alpha passes sold as part of its battle pass system, the big driver of the growth could be due to the generous SAND token rewards this season offers. For instance, having an alpha pass allows for x13 more SAND rewards compared to non-holders.
Another web3 game developer has made the leap to Telegram and TON, with South Korean outfit Delabs Games announcing its pivot to the messenger platform. Backed by fresh funding from TON Foundation, it looks to follow in the footsteps of parent company 4:33 Creative Labs and release mid-to-hardcore games, moving beyond the hypercasual mini-games currently dominating the ecosystem. Changing distribution strategy also means the development of Delabs’ two titles Space Frontier and Metabolts will be halted.
And talking of Telegram, another company hoping to bring Telegram gaming beyond its current frame of mind is Telegram game publisher TonTon Games. This week Jon had an insightful podcast conversation with its CEO, and startup enthusiast, Daniil Shcherbakov about the prospect of deeper web3 games on Telegram, that don’t necessarily require tokens to scale.
Additional news
Off The Grid launches its battle pass via OTG Pro subscription
Helika CEO Umnov rebuts claims that Telegram players are just bots
Lamborghini and Motorverse hub Fast ForWorld coming to Base on 7th November
81Ravens secures $4.5 million in seed funding as it plans to launch esports 3v3 arena shooter Paravox on Solana
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