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Ubisoft added AI agents to its Arbitrum-based blockchain game Captain Laserhawk: The G.A.M.E., in a team-up with developer LibertAI. Tied to NFTs, the agents can vote on behalf of players in the game’s governance matters.
Major esports team Ninjas in Pyjamas has established a Bitcoin mining unit, and expects to mine upwards of $6.5 million worth of BTC monthly based on its total hashrate.
Bitcoin layer-2 network Botanix launched its mainnet last week, along with an educational game called Bitcoin 2100 that pays out real BTC rewards to players.
Token Yugijo, a coin-flipping betting game, launched on Ethereum layer-2 network Optimism. Bella Protocol’s game features an AI companion.
Scor on Sweet, a Telegram gaming app, has launched Flappy Racquet—a Flappy Bird-inspired tennis game featuring real-world tennis stars like Naomi Osaka and Nick Kyrgios. The SCOR token airdrop is on the horizon.
Ronin game Realms of Alurya has shut down for good, just weeks after developers said they’d lost funding and were looking for ways to keep building.
Meme coin project Floki launched its long-awaited Valhalla metaverse game last week.
VALHALLA MAINNET IS LIVE! ⚔️@ValhallaP2E, our flagship play-to-earn metaverse game, is officially live on opBNB mainnet!
Backed by a multi-million dollar in-game treasury, Valhalla rewards skill, strategy, and dedication.
🕹️ Explore the open world⚔️ Battle with your Vera🌱… pic.twitter.com/ilG14L3Y6D
— FLOKI (@RealFlokiInu) June 30, 2025
The upcoming Steam launch of Off the Grid will begin on the GUNZ testnet, offering a similar level of behind-the-scenes blockchain integration as the Xbox and PlayStation versions. Steam has limitations on crypto and NFTs, however, so Gunzilla says it will “work with Valve to meet platform guidelines.”
Endless Clouds launched its END token airdrop tied to Treeverse, with token claims opening up Friday.
The Xai gaming network handed out about $1.25 million worth of XAI tokens to NFT holders.
The Echelon Foundation burned 11 million PRIME (about $26 million worth) to try and “right-size the PRIME ecosystem” PRIME is the token behind card game Parallel.
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