Blockchain Gaming World

Sorare's new funding round, Animoca's Nasdaq listing pause and EVE Frontier Cycle 7.
[00:25] Animoca has called off its reverse Nasdaq listing via a merger with Currenc Group.
[02:00] Its situation is particularly complex as Animoca was previously listed in Australia.
[03:51] Animoca still plans to list on a major exchange at some point in the future.
[04:46] One key issue appears to be the time taken to audit Animoca's past accounts.
[05:24] Dealing with crypto within standard accountancy rules is always very complex.
[07:05] It was taking so long, it made little sense for either company to keep this deal in place.
[08:26] Animoca is now an AI and stablecoin company so this also changes its positioning.
[11:06] Sorare has raised another investment round - an undisclosed eight-figure sum.
[12:00] Sorare raised a lot of money in 2021, but most of it was spent getting sport licenses.
[13:21] Some of Sorare's original investors continue to have confidence in the company.
[13:49] Sorare's new Arcade has been successful, with +$15 million revenue projected for 2026.
[14:48] Sorare now expects to be profitable by the end of 2027.
[18:00] Prior to TGE, Cambria has hit $40 million of volume for its Genesis event.
[21:10] EVE Frontier is launching Cycle 7 on 29th September.
[22:15] The big change is full freedom controls for the space ships, requiring player skill.
[24:00] This is different to EVE Online's simple control method - spreadsheets in space!

Risk/reward pixel games Cambria and Gigaverse are going all MMORPG.
[01:20] Pixelmon has stopped all game development.
[02:02] The original Pixelmon NFT mint was peak 2022-era degen disaster.
[02:32] Green goggle-eyed zombie Kevin became a wider crypto gaming meme.
[04:09] A new team attempted a reboot, launching various games but to little avail.
[07:50] There are currently two models for making blockchain games.
[08:05] MapleStory Universe and EVE Frontier are $100 million-scale projects.
[09:10] They are from experienced teams who know what they are building and for whom.
[14:52] When it comes to indie games, the examples are Cambria and Gigaverse.
[18:20]Cambria is moving from a seasonal approach to a persistent degen game.
[19:22] This transition will also see the launch of the RSGP token.
[22:20] Long-term success likely only comes with a focus on in-game status, not rewards.
[23:40] Gigaverse is less regen but also moving towards persistence with Gigaverse Online
[27:14] Also worth noting, MapleStory Universe and Axie both have AI hackathons ongoing.

MapleStory Universe announces its financials, Yuga talks Otherside resources, Colony: Survival is live via app stores.
[00:15] MapleStory Universe has announced its H1 2026 financials.
[02:22] Q1 had revenue of 14.4 M NXPC vs 13.2M NXPC given away in rewards.
[03:55] Q2 was 16.6M in revenue vs 14.9M in rewards.
[04:11] However, the NXPC price continues to drop; down 69% in the past 12 months.
[04:38] Total H1 2026 revenue for MapleStory Universe was $9.9M.
[05:00] Trading volume on the NFT marketplace was $10.4M.
[05:36] MapleStory also burned $2M of NXPC as part of its quarterly burn process.
[09:08] Yuga Labs has announced more details of Otherside's resource economy.
[12:28] Parallel Studios has launched 4X strategy game Colony: Survival via app stores.
[14:01] Animoca and AWS' Agentic Football Cup is now live.
[16:03] Axie Infinity’s Vibeathon is live and submissions close on 21st September.
[16:35] Axie and Onchain Heroes launch degen dungeon crawler Den of Mysteries 2.0.

Sky Mavis announces its AI-based Axie Vibeathon, while Animoca and AWS launch their Agentic Football Cup.
[00:43] Sky Mavis announces Axie Vibeathon - using AI to make Axie Core games.
[01:54] Registration is available until Monday 7th September. Submissions close by 21st.
[03:10] You have to provide your own AI.
[04:42] Sky Mavis provides a Builder Resource Kit that includes art assets and APIs.
[05:35] The best 8 projects will get $250 of AI to build further, ending on 31st October.
[07:08] Total prize pool is 20,000 bAXS, with the winner getting 9,000 bAXS ($8,500).
[09:56] Animoca and AWS are launching Agentic Football Cup - Virtual League.
[12:08] The 10 winners of the competition go to the AWS Re:invent conference in Las Vegas.
[12:45] It's free to enter. You build/prompt a five-player AI football team.
[14:08] There's also the ability to give live instructions during matches.
[15:05] From 11th September, you play 10 games each weekend for 7 weeks.
[16:05] All blockchain games should be running this type of AI hackathon.
[17:12] Blockchain games are particularly suited for this sort of AI creation.

The newly open-sourced Pixels has launched its community hub, including voting, curated tools, apps, mini-games, and Pixels-as-service hosting.
[00:27] Wemix has opened pre-registrations for mobile roguelike Hellsquad Rrrush!: Stone Rush.
[02:30] Pixels open-sources its frontend, backend and launches its community hub.
[04:35] Pixels has also added community voting, which is now live.
[05:47] Cambria is approaching its RSGP token launch; likely in September.
[07:36] The TGE event has generated $27 million in volume; c.$500k in revenue for the dev.
[08:20] But from a small user base - 2,427 wallets in the past week.
[09:08] Talking to CEO Robby Yung about the AI vision for The Sandbox.
[10:13] Sandbox Studio adds AI for pro developers to publish games across multiple platforms.
[11:14] The vision is to be able to use multiple platforms as a revenue multipler for a single title.