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Gigaverse is the latest web3 game to launch a hackathon; GIGATHON #1 now live
Gigaverse has launched GIGATHON #1, its first official hackathon, encouraging developers and community members to build new tools and experiences around the onchain…
Pudgy Penguins winds down Pudgy Party to go all-in on Pudgy World
Pudgy Penguins has announced it is winding down Pudgy Party, halting further development of its mobile game with Mythical Games. Instead, it's shifting its gaming…
Fishing Frenzy shuts as developer Uncharted also closes down
Web3 game dev Uncharted has announced it is shutting down both the company and its flagship game Fishing Frenzy, after concluding it could not find a viable path…
YGG Play releases Planetarium’s AI-developed Ragnarok Breaker
YGG Play, the publishing arm of Yield Guild Games, has launched Ragnarok Breaker, a web-based roguelike auto-shooter set in the Nine Chronicles universe.
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The Sandbox goes AI, announcing Studio creation platform
Following the lead of Roblox, which has been rapidly integrating AI into its creation tools, The Sandbox has announced The Sandbox Studio, positioning it as a…
Nexpace’s Sunyoung Hwang on how MapleStory moves from an ownership economy to a…
One year into MapleStory Universe's journey, developer Nexpace is now laser-focused on moving from making a popular game - PC MMORPG MapleStory N - to encouraging…
EVE Frontier’s visceral, deadly, endless ambition
As I write, EVE Fanfest 2026 prepares to reach its climax in the Party at the End of the World — its own private Ragnarok. It’s an appropriate context to attempt to…
MapleStory Universe and Verse8 launch $60,000 AI UGC Vibe Camp, starting 8th June
MapleStory Universe developer Nexpace and AI game creation platform Verse8 are launching Vibe Camp, a collaboration that provides one of the clearest examples of…
As World Cup 2026 approaches, FIFA Rivals tops 2.5 million downloads
FIFA has unveiled a significantly expanded digital football strategy ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, moving away from a single-game approach and towards a broader…
Saga sells its blockchain, pivots to AI agents
Saga has become the latest blockchain company to reframe itself around AI, selling operational stewardship of its crypto network to Alapin Holdings, part of the…
Pixels reduces headcount to extend runway and maintain optionality
As announced on X, Pixels is reducing its headcount in what CEO Luke Barwikowski calls "not the happiest day internally".
For, after years of being one of the…
How Sony is using AI and stablecoins to turn payments into a billion-dollar growth engine
Sony has been hitting the headlines, detailing how it's using AI to improve the efficiency of its game-making.
But the most effective way it's already making --…
Where does Pixels go next?
There's good news and there's others news from CEO Luke Barwikowski’s latest State of Pixels update.
Thankfully, given current trends, it's not a shutdown…
Animoca’s AI agent bet gets more concrete with $1 million trading investment
The language around Animoca's Minds platform is expansive. It is Minds as companions, coordinators, personal assistants, even the basis for new civilizations in an…
Alpha Compute completes GAMEE acquisition from Animoca
Animoca Brands’ sale of its majority stake in GAMEE to Nasdaq-listed Alpha Compute (Nasdaq: ALP) has now been completed.
The acquisition of the 60% controlling…