The crypto and NFT The gaming space is busier than ever, with popular games starting to release, token airdrops piling up, and other things that seem to be happening all the time. There is a lot to enter!
fortunately, DecryptThe GG is above all. And if you need a quick way to catch up on the latest activity around crypto video games, we're happy to feature this week in Crypto Games.
Our weekend roundup features the biggest news from the past week, along with a few other news you may have missed. We'll also feature a few of our top stories of the week.
The big news
Tons more Telegram games: As Telegram-based games Notcoin and Hamster Kombat dominate the crypto gaming world, two new challengers enter the chatroom. Tapswap and Yescoin They are two simple games played with small applications on the Telegram messaging platform, and now both are planning to launch tokens on the Open Network (TON). And yes, before you ask, they both repeat or riff on the click concept.
Tapswap, which claims about 50 million players, previously offered Solana wallet integration, but said Thursday that Finally start on TON Instead. Yescoin, which sees a slight variation on the clicker genre where you swipe instead of tap, has announced that it will release a ton of tokens after a draw. 18 million users A little over a month.
Parallels on Epic: A competitive card game parallel It now faces 75 million monthly active users. Launch on the Epic Games Store. GG‘S The best game of the year 2023 After entering open beta earlier this year, it launched on the popular PC gaming market last week.
A competitive trading card game built around Ethereum and NFTs. Layer-2 Measurement Network BaseAlthough it does include in-game cards that don't have tokens. Players who download the free-to-play game on the Epic Games Store can unlock five additional “Apparition Packs” with non-NFT cards.
The game symbols are bad: While the crypto market is bleeding, the gaming segment has suffered some. Those who were seriously injured last week. Gaming tokens, like meme coins, tend to be highly volatile, in part because the crypto gaming market is still relatively nascent. And last week, major brands tied to gaming projects took the biggest hit of any. With popular projects like Guild of Guardians (GOG), Parallel (PRIME) and Xai (XAI) they have seen significant price cuts.
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Open network Ton has reached an all-time high As of late Friday of $ 8.25 Notcoin‘s not token lasts for the time of need Hamster KombatToken coming soon.
Speaking of which, the NotCoin Weather early players quiz ends today! Oh, and Hamster Kombat said Friday that it has 150 million players ahead of its token launch.
Digital avatar launch Ready Player I is bringing avatars to Ubisoft's Just Dance VR. However, it's unclear whether or not NFTs will be included, and Ubisoft and RPM have yet to confirm either way.
High-seas adventure RPG Pirate Nation launched its pirate token on Ethereum last week, and is trading on Coinbase.
Hamster Kombat may be teasing a pre-marketing feature ahead of its planned demo launch. July. The game has added a special pre-market trading card to the alternate CEO simulation game, but it's not yet clear if the actual feature will follow.
Uniswap Labs Crypto: Got the Game Before the third season.
Another Telegram game Katzen said last week. He beat 15 million players.
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Here are a few of our early stories from this past week that we think are good weekend reads:
Edited by Andrew Hayward.
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