The crypto and NFT gaming space is busier than ever lately
The crypto and NFT gaming space is busier than ever lately, with prominent games starting to release, token airdrops piling up, and a seemingly constant array of other things happening at all times. It’s a lot to take in!
Luckily, Decrypt’s GG is all over it. And if you need a quick way to get caught up on the latest moves around crypto video games, we’re happy to present This Week in Crypto Games.
Our weekend roundup serves up the biggest news from the past week, along with a few other tidbits you might have missed. We also showcase a few of our original stories from the week.
Biggest news
New Axie Infinity MMO
Sky Mavis, the creator of the seminal play-to-earn game Axie Infinity, announced the franchise’s new massively multiplayer online (MMO) game on Wednesday. Immediately, playtest signups opened, allowing players to potentially earn crypto and NFTs by referring friends, racking up over 1 million prospective users in the time since.
Axie Infinity: Atia’s Legacy is an MMO that sees players lead a team of up to four Axie monsters to farm, fight, and complete quests inside the mythical world of Lunacia. This world has been destroyed following years of war, leaving ancient ruins and mystical secrets for the player to discover.
The game is set to enter its first alpha play test during “summer 2025,” the trailer says, after starting development in May 2024.
Robinhood’s trivia game
Trading platform Robinhood launched its Robinhood Trivia Live game on Wednesday, led by former HQ Trivia host Scott Rogowsky, offering up $1 million worth of Bitcoin prizes—and drawing nearly 400,000 players in the process.
The game, which consisted of 12 multiple choice questions about crypto and finance, began with more than 392,600 players. By the time the final round arrived, only 1,210 users were still in play, angling for a share of the Bitcoin stash.
These players were then asked to identify the largest IPO in 2024 by deal size, with a total of 615 answering correctly to each earn a share worth $1,626.01 in Bitcoin, approximately 0.018 BTC.
On Thursday, Robinhood held another $1 million Bitcoin trivia game exclusively for subscribers to its premium Gold service—and gave a couple dollars’ worth of Dogecoin to all players, as well.
Crypto: The Game is back
Survivor and Squid Game-style virtual competition Crypto: The Game is back for its third season. In previous iterations, players have been assigned to one of 10 tribes, where they’ll compete in a series of daily elimination tasks, with participants being voted out at each stage until there is only one player left. But this time, there will be one key difference.
Eliminated players have one shot to get back into the game through “classic arcade games, digital scavenger hunts, and crypto puzzles”—with one shot at a resurrection. Also, the winner of season three will claim the full prize pool, when previously the developers took a 10% cut of the NFT ticket sales.
ICYMI
Crypto trading card game Parallel hosted its first-ever Parallel League Championship, crowning an esports champion with a $100K grand prize. Parallel Studios also announced during the event that the game is heading to mobile this month.
Ethereum survival game Eve Frontier hired an economist from the Central Bank of Iceland to perfect its virtual economy.
Solana shooter Nyan Heroes revealed its biggest airdrop campaign yet for its next playtest.
Basketball mobile game Rumble Kong League announced that it will launch its FAME token on Ethereum sidechain network Ronin on March 11.
Sol Arena, a mix between classic game snake and in-browser game Agar.io, said it will release its CHILL token at the end of March.
Popular Avalanche battle royale Off the Grid released a temporary solo queue mode.
There are now Pokémon cards inspired by the Milady NFT collection.
We got a sneak peek at the Parallel’s upcoming third-person shooter Parallel Sanctuary.
Avalanche survival strategy game Gold Fever is now available to play, with a bounty mission recently added.
Crypto drag racing game Auto Legends secured strategic investment from Coinbase Ventures as part of a $9 million funding round.
THNDR Games launched a Bitcoin-infused version of blackjack.
The guy who made the flight simulator game fully using AI tools has apparently made $52,000 from it.
Popular Telegram game Farm Frens gave some teases for its second season.
Ethereum creature collecting franchise Kuroro Beasts is launching its 2.0 release on March 17, with new missions, a play-to-airdrop campaign, and more.
An official trading card game for NFT collection Azuki is set to release its alpha starter decks “soon.”
Panzerdogs started its “bootcamp” with $2,500 worth of SUI up for grabs, as well as a number of NFTs.
GG spotlight
Here are a few of our original stories from this past week that we think are well worth a weekend read:
Edited by Andrew Hayward
Editor’s note: This story was updated after publication to correct the launch timeline for Sol Arena’s token.