This Week in Crypto Games: ‘Pixels’ Season 2, Konami on Avalanche, Telegram Gaming Boom

This Week in Crypto Games: 'Pixels' Season 2, Konami on Avalanche, Telegram Gaming Boom



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

Pixels Chapter 2: Based on Ronin Farming Game Pixels It has now launched its biggest phase 2 update, which will see the implementation of new systems to help improve it The durability of the game. The team says the update isn't a completely new skin and requires the player to “peel back the layers” to get a “completely new game.”

Chapter 2 looks at changes to resource gathering and crafting, and introduces a new resource rating system. Also, similar to Minecraft, tools have different levels and lose strength overtime. The free-to-play land has also received a small rework aimed at helping non-paying players progress more easily.

We spoke with Pixels founder Luke Barwikowski about the intentions behind the update and how his studio faced a brief identity crisis following the game's phenomenal success, ultimately fighting the urge to “professionalize” and go slow.

Konami NFT Platform: Konami Digital Entertainment—TThe Japanese gamer behind franchises like Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill and Castlevania — announced Thursday. Launch the NFT platform It is called Resella Avalanche blockchain.

This platform aims to enable companies to integrate blockchain technology and issue NFTs, both for games and other types of applications. According to Konami, Resella requires users to open an external crypto wallet or hold cryptocurrency altogether. It is aimed at Japanese domestic users, but plans to accommodate international users.

Telegram Boom: If you've been following our coverage lately, you've noticed that Telegram-based games are attracting millions of players with rapidly growing token rewards. It was launched by Notcoin earlier this year, but the latest game, Hamster Kombat, is said to have reached over 150 million players—and many more games are on the way.

We're starting to expand our coverage to some of those topics, including Pixelverse's PixelTap, Yescoin, TapSwap, and Catizen, along with more of those games and other upcoming crypto topics on Telegram.

Open season air drop The creators of the Fortnite-like Ethereum game OpenSeason have launched their Simulation air drop last week. At the moment, the fractional rebellion studios needed to play the game started receiving tokens on NFT holders Tuesday afternoon.

The FU token (short for FU Money) is on. DecisionEthereum Layer-2 Skating Network is now valued at over $11 million in market capitalization. CoinGecko. Through the airdrop, 10% of the token's total supply was sent directly to NFT holders based on previous ownership snapshots.

ICMI

Farworld Labs, a protocol build on Farcaster; 1.75 million dollars were collected For the Web3 mobile gaming ecosystem.
Ethereum mech shooter Metalcore He announced that he will start MCG token via Bybit.
Time. FunAn interesting play on SocialFi that started last week is to invest time with influencers.
Heroes of Mavia, the Clash of Clans clone, has announced its intention to merge. MAVIA token In its gameplay loop A set of new features.
Ethereum sidechain Ronin announced That gives developers the ability to deploy separate Layer-2 chains.

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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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