With popular games starting to come out, key airdrops accumulating, and a seemingly regular stream of other things happening at all times, the blockchain and NFT gambling space is busier than ever since. It’s a lot to get in!
Alas, ‘s GG is all over it. And we’re happy to present This Week in Crypto Games if you need a fast way to stay informed about the most recent developments in crypto picture games.
The biggest news from the previous year is included in our weekend collection, along with a few other interesting details you might not have known about. Additionally, we highlight a few of our stand-out reports from the week.
Biggest information
Following a statement claiming the dealer is considering investing in Cryptocurrency, as well as other cryptocurrencies, GameStop saw its GME property increase from$ 26 to practically$ 31 on Thursday. Stores did not reply to Decrypt’s request for comment.
The merchant recently made a significant step into the Web3 world by launching an NFT platform and related crypto wallet, aligning with the game network Immutable and various industry partners in the process. However, the business finally shut down the NFT market in earlier 2024. We may see GameStop rethink its crypto enterprises now that the governmental outlook in the United States looks brighter following President Donald Trump‘s opening, if the report is accurate.
Artificial agent game friend: Always feel unhappy while playing a video game? There’s an Artificial adviser for that. Balance. Fun has expanded into the E-Pal system, becoming the house for AI agent game companions that will guide and assist you via a chatbox while you play your favorite video game. This is done in preparation for the project’s launch of an Ethereum token, which is scheduled for late Q1 2025.
When creating an AI agent on Balance. fun, the user can customize their personality by assigning it hobbies, jobs, and other traits, as well as select the character’s appearance. The agents learn through reinforcement learning, which entails considering the reward or punishment that follows an action. Therefore, if your companion is watching you play League of Legends, they may notice patterns in your gameplay that frequently lead to bad outcomes and alert you to flaws in your game.
By comparison, E-Pal offers human companions that can queue up with you, critique your gameplay, or just chat. AI agents lack the emotional component of humans, but they can be helpful when seeking gameplay advice based on raw data.
Ronin opens up: After four years of restricting who could build on the gaming network, Ethereum gaming network Ronin has officially gone permissionless—allowing anyone to build on the blockchain. With this action, Ronin creator Sky Mavis has made the Ronin Developer Console available as a resource for network builders. It lets developers offer sponsored transactions ( so users dodge gas fees ),  , provides smart contract templates, and more
” Today marks the dawn of Ronin’s golden age”, Sky Mavis CEO and co-founder Trung Nguyen said, in a statement. ” With Open Ronin, we’re accelerating our growth—unlocking more games, DeFi applications, and dApps than ever before. I think people will be studying this situation for years to come.
Proof of Play, a developer for Pirate Nation, announced that the game is changing from Arbitrum to Ronin, and that a Ronin NFT mint is planned for the future.
ICYMI
As part of its plan to expand its blockchain operations, mobile game developer Gumi Inc. is gearing up to acquire$ 6.58 million in Bitcoin ( BTC ).
- A new experience is coming to Yuga Labs metaverse Otherside, called Bathroom Blitz.
- NRN Agents started its reinforcement learning agent experiment, which it believes will bring “new levels of immersion” to gaming soon
- The PIRATE token can now be obtained by completing in-game quests, according to Pirate Nation.
- Popular metaverse Roblox is part of an “active investigation” by the SEC, due to alleged lax safety measures for children.
- The official design of crypto handheld console the revealed-for-2025-release” data-wpel-link=”internal”>SuiPlay0X1 was revealed—and it looks sleek.
- B3, an ecosystem token for the Ethereum layer-3 gaming network of the same name, climbed to a new all-time high on Tuesday
- Telegram game Zoo Family released its tokenomics, ahead of its ZOO token launch and airdrop.
- Off the Grid surpassed 13 million unique players, according to Routescan data of the GUNZ testnet, with over 450, 000 daily active addresses.
- What Is This Sorcery, a crypto trading card game, blew past its Kickstarter goal by drawing twice as many cards as needed to make physical cards for the game.
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