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Splinterlands Launches Its First Escalation Conflict: 30-Day Staking Wars and an Exclusive Archon on the Line
Splinterlands has activated its first-ever Escalation Conflict, a 30-day staking event where players deploy Mage Wagons, stake cards and packs, and compete for the inaugural Escalation Archon card while helping to shrink the DEC and SPS supply.
SPS$0.0043+3.6%Editorial·XOCIETY Wraps Its Biggest-Ever Playtest With a $100K Prize Pool, Adidas NFTs, and 36K Wallets
XOCIETY's largest playtest to date ran May 15 to 23 on the Epic Games Store, combining a $100,000 prize pool with a concurrent Adidas mystery box NFT drop on Sui, and pulled in retention numbers that rival mainstream shooters.
Fantasy Top Is Shutting Down: Two Years, $20M Paid Out, and a Brutal Lesson About Crypto TCGs
Fantasy Top, the Ethereum influencer fantasy card game that paid out over $20 million to players, is shutting down at the end of June after two years, with the team admitting the trading card model was never the right fit for crypto.
Tomoland Raises $2M to Bring AI-Powered UGC to Web3 Gaming, Sells Out Founder Passes in 2 Hours
Tomoland has closed a $2M seed round led by Sky9 Capital to build an AI-powered user-generated content platform that bridges mobile gaming with web3 ownership, selling out all 2,222 Blueprint Founder Passes in under two hours.
Boyaa Interactive's Bitcoin Bet Meets a Hard Q1 2026: What It Means for Web3 Gaming's MicroStrategy Model
Hong Kong's largest card game publisher is doubling down on Bitcoin as the backbone of its web3 gaming empire, but Q1 2026 losses up 110 to 120 percent YoY and shares off 42 percent are raising hard questions about whether the strategy can hold.
Ronin Network in 2026: L2 Migration Complete, Axie Reshuffled, and a Stack of Live Games
Ronin spent the first half of 2026 completing its Ethereum L2 migration, sunsetting Axie Infinity Classic, and growing a slate of live games led by Axie, Pixels, and Fishing Frenzy. Here's the full ecosystem status, with links to our coverage of every major move.
AXS$1.17-6.3%Editorial·What Happened to These 2022 P2E Games: 2026 Status Check on Gunfire Polygon, FantaVerse, and CryptoGodz
Three of the most-searched P2E games from the 2021 to 2022 cycle have gone fully dormant: Gunfire Polygon shut down in June 2023, FantaVerse went silent in 2023, and CryptoGodz stopped posting in late 2022. Here's the 2026 status on all three, with token data and what holders should know.
Ubisoft Kills Champions Tactics NFTs as Free Steam Version Goes Live
Ubisoft launched a fully web2 version of Champions Tactics on Steam on May 19 while confirming that all blockchain features in the original Grimoria Chronicles will be permanently removed on May 27.
CryptoGodz in 2026: GODZ Token Status, Dead BSC Game Postmortem
Is CryptoGodz still active in 2026? Short answer: no. The BSC RPG with arena battles and dual GODZ/SOUL tokens has been dormant since late 2022, GODZ trades at fractions of a cent with no daily volume, and no revival is in motion. Full status, token answer, and lessons below.
Footium Season 19 Kicks Off with Stadium Customization and Multi-Tier Auctions on Arbitrum
Footium's Season 19 went live on Arbitrum on May 19, bringing full stadium customization, daily FC token claiming, and a tiered auction system across Bronze, Silver, and Gold reward pools.
Legend of YMIR Launches Character NFT Trading: Sell Your Grind on WEMIX
Wemade's Norse mythology MMORPG now lets Level 60+ players mint their characters as NFTs and sell them on WEMIX PLAY Marketplace, alongside a Transcendence System and new Clan Annihilation Battle mode.
FoodTruckFi Pairs With NOLAN to Wire AI MemeFi Tools Into Its Idle Food Truck Game
FoodTruckFi, the pixel idle food truck simulation game on BNB Chain, announced a partnership with NOLAN (NolanDevQ) covering AI market intelligence, meme launchpad access, and shared community activations. The deal sits inside a broader trend of GameFi projects plugging into MemeFi infrastructure rather than building their own.
My Pet Hooligan Ships First $HOOLI Airdrop With Registration Still Open
My Pet Hooligan landed the first $HOOLI airdrop for users who registered in the prior 24 hours, with allocations now sitting in eligible MFN wallets. Registration remains open at airdrop.mypethooligan.com for NFT holders who have not yet submitted a Solana wallet.
CLARITY Act Clears Senate Committee: What It Means for Your Blockchain Gaming Tokens
The U.S. Senate Banking Committee passed the CLARITY Act 15-9 on May 14, creating the clearest path yet to a federal legal framework for crypto. For blockchain game token holders, the bill's commodity classification could remove years of regulatory uncertainty.
MapleStory Universe Turns One: 150 Million On-Chain Transactions and MSU 2.0 Announced
Nexon's MapleStory Universe crossed 150 million on-chain transactions and 3.82 million registered accounts in its first year, then announced MSU 2.0, a major expansion bringing AI-powered IP tools and a new builder economy to the Henesys chain.
Nakamoto Games Takes NAKA to Roblox with Siam Playground Beta Launch
Nakamoto Games launched the Siam Playground beta on Roblox on May 13, putting a Thai-themed multiplayer village in front of Roblox's massive audience as the first live product of its Web2-first strategy.
NAKA$0.0486-0.6%Editorial·Fishing Frenzy Chapter 3 Goes Live on Ronin: Boss Fish, Guild Wars, and Quality Tiers
Fishing Frenzy dropped its biggest update yet today, bringing boss fish endgame content, competitive Guild Wars, and a fish quality tier system to its one-million-player base on Ronin.
What Is XOOB Network: Chromia ImpactFi Platform, Genesis NFT, and the My Neighbor Alice Campaign
XOOB Network is a Chromia-based ImpactFi platform that pays creators in USDC based on verifiable on-chain conversions, not reach. It runs on Chromia mainnet, raised $1.6M in 2024, and just opened a 5-day creator campaign with My Neighbor Alice and a $5,000 USDC reward pool. Full breakdown below.
ALICE$0.1235-2.1%Editorial·My Neighbor Alice (ALICE) News: Toy Collection Raffle Awards a Rare Pink Traveler
My Neighbor Alice (ALICE) news update: the Chromia-based Web3 farming game has opened a new Toy Collection with a weekend raffle, awarding a rare pink Traveler NFT to every player who buys at least one ticket through Sunday. The drop continues the studio's in-game-driven NFT cadence after the Chapter One launch.
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