Author: John

Popular metaverse platform Decentraland celebrated its 5th birthday on February 20, 2025 with a range of community giveaways, activities, and challenges. The centrepiece of the celebrations was the Official 5th Birthday Party, held at Decentraland’s Orbit Stage by the development team. Other activities including giveaways of exclusive wearables, trivia challenges, social contests to win the ecosystem token $MANA, and many more. In reaching its 5th birthday, Decentraland confirms its place as the longest-running metaverse platform in the Web3 ecosystem, pre-dating the launch of its biggest rival The Sandbox by almost two years. What is Decentraland? Decentraland is a multiplayer metaverse…

Upcoming idle RPG Onchain Heroes have held the mint for their 10,000-piece Genesis Heroes NFT collection – the second NFT collection for the game so far. Taking place across four phases that began on February 19 at 15 UTC, and opened to the public on February 20 at 18 UTC, these Genesis Heroes will be the “main characters” of the Onchain Heroes game, and are minted on Abstract. Though these NFTs are now in the hands of holders, they will not be revealed until the holder takes part in 1 battle in the Onchain Heroes game – which is set…

In the latest blow to the recently-launched Ethereum Layer-2 blockchain, Abstract-based trading card game Cardex has suffered a major exploit, leading to “approximately $400,000” in lost user funds. This “isolated security failure” – which was on the part of Cardex itself, and not a vulnerability in the wider Abstract Global Wallet or Abstract Chain – has resulted in much outrage amongst the community, with many users claiming to have lost thousands of dollars in the saga which lasted over 3 hours and 30 minutes. Abstract have confirmed that the exploit was caused when one of the Cardex team “inadvertently exposed…

Hardcore space survival MMO EVE Frontier has opened up to players in its Remnant Access closed alpha test, available until February 24. Players have the opportunity to explore the game’s massive universe, salvaging wreckages to collect resources and either teaming with or fighting against other players in the perpetual battle for survival amongst the stars. Strategy, trading, tactics – players must master them all to achieve glory. Exact details on the EVE Frontier Remnant Access test are scarce, as all participants must agree to and sign an NDA to take part – though it is anticipated that this will be…

Popular metaverse platform The Sandbox has pushed Update 0.11 for both its Game Client and Game Maker services, introducing a wide array of new features and improvements. Amongst the highlights of Update 0.11, players can now enjoy an updated camera, player animations and in-game movement tweaks. Graphical and quality-of-life improvements have also been added that serve to make The Sandbox more enjoyable than ever, with a better map carousel and improved anti-cheat services to boot. This follows a stellar period for The Sandbox, with the game having a big presence at major industry event NFT Paris 2025, and renewed interest…

Popular NFT collection Goblintown has revealed Really Hard Driving Game, an action driving title that will launch on PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store in 2025. Despite being a product of the Goblintown NFT collection, the game will not feature any crypto or Web3 elements, with Alex Taub, co-founder and CEO of developers Truth Arts, confirming that “the game is a straight Web2 game using our IP and world.” Although Goblintown: Really Hard Driving Game will have no Web3 features, the game is set to be connected to Abstract Chain – the consumer-focused Ethereum Layer-2 network built by…

Controversy has exploded across the Web3 community over alleged KYC requirements for a future OpenSea airdrop – though co-founder and CEO Devin Finzer has clarified these as “false rumours”. On February 10, a test website for the OpenSea Foundation was briefly made public. The website appeared to suggest that KYC was mandatory in order to receive an airdrop of OpenSea tokens, and that U.S. users would be unable to take part due to strict geo-blocking. This was quickly picked up by the Web3 community on X, with dozens of high-profile accounts spreading the supposed news. Finzer would reply to one…

The Game7 DAO have revealed the tokenomics for their upcoming $G7 token, scheduled to launch later in 2025. $G7 will be the native currency of the G7 Network – the Arbitrum-based Ethereum Layer-2 blockchain of the Game7 ecosystem which held its mainnet launch last week. The token will serve to uplift, incentivize and reward members of their growing ecosystem – which already encompasses over 600,000 blockchain gaming enthusiasts. The main highlight of this reveal is that the Game7 DAO has confirmed that a whopping 60% of the 10 billion $G7 token pool is to be allocated to the community -…

With Pudgy Penguins, Igloo Inc. have built one of the world’s most popular NFT collections. With mainstream attention firmly in their hands, they’ve turned their attention to building a world-beating blockchain. That blockchain is Abstract Chain. Abstract is an Ethereum Layer-2 blockchain that promises to revolutionise consumer-focused Web3 – with Luca Netz of Pudgy Penguins stating that it will “change the dynamic of how users interact with blockchain technology and easily merge both the real and digital worlds.” After months of hype, the launch of Abstract saw mixed reactions – but it has since doubled-down on efforts to build community interest, with…

Web3 TCG What Is This Sorcery has revealed a Kickstarter campaign, looking to raise $20,000 to further the development of their hybrid physical, digital and on-chain trading card game. Reward tiers start at a $30 USD donation, with lower tier rewards including the likes of physical starter packs, starter decks and game mats, and higher tier incentives including such perks as the ability to create your own character, beta access, and premium membership to card grading service CGC. As of writing, What Is This Sorcery has rocketed past its $20,000 USD donation goal with over 27 days remaining. The donation…