Pudgy Penguins token, EVE Frontier alpha, & NFL Rivals hits $10 million
Blockchain gaming roundup, 6th December
For the first time, Bitcoin hit $100,000 this week. A huge milestone for sure, but not an unpredicted one. Market trends have pointed to this moment for some time, and the US presidential election was the final nail, turning matters from if to when.
Pudgy Penguins launches PENGU token
Similarly, it’s no big surprise that Pudgy Penguins headco Igloo announced its plans to launch Pudgy Penguins ecosystem token PENGU sometime in the coming three and a half weeks remaining of 2024. Obviously in the pipeline for months if not years, if one were to launch a token in 2024, this would be the ultimate time.
EVE Frontier closed alpha
In good time for the winter holidays, CCP Games has also announced its fully onchain sandbox game EVE Frontier enters closed alpha on 10th December. Building on hardcore PC MMOG EVE Online, it will eventually be free-to-play, but participants looking to join the closed playtest require a founder pack which is for sale via the EVE Frontier website.
NFL Rivals hit $10 million trading volume
A good prediction one might say, in January 2024 we named Mythical Games the top blockchain game company in our Top 50, so it’s good to see the developer performing well in terms of onchain trading volume. Our latest tracking reports its mobile-based American football game NFL Rivals, arguably one of the most successful web3 games to date, hit $10 million in lifetime NFT trading volume in November. With FIFA Rivals, Blankos mobile, and Pudgy Party all in the making, Mythical is set for another top year as we approach 2025.
Adopt an axie news
Growing from 15,000 daily active users at the start of 2024, to currently around 100,000, Sky Mavis’ Axie Infinity has launched a new service called Axie Adoption Center. A way to bring new players onboard, it enables delegation of axie NFTs to new users who don’t hold any axies, with the eventual opportunity to earn said axies by accumulating enough points within a 30-day period.
Pixels Guild Wars #2
Continuing on the theme of successful games, 2024’s most popular web3 game by active user wallets, Pixels, has unveiled Guild Wars #2. With a prize pool of $4 million worth of PIXEL, game CEO Luke Barwikowski is as determined as ever to prove play-to-earn can work, commenting “With this event, we’re experimenting to find out what’s possible in web3 gaming and laying the groundwork for regular large-scale competitions that will create a positive outcome for the ecosystem.”
Overworld+Rough House=Reach Labs
On a different mission, more particularly to address web3 game marketing virality, Overworld and Rough House Games have joined forces to launch a new publishing platform and entity called Reach Labs.
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