Author: Sam

A US district court dismissed the lawsuit filed by Ethereum software giant Consensys against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday, September 20th, due to a lack of “final” relevant actions by the regulator. Texas federal court Judge Reed O’Connor declared that Consensys “has not identified final agency action that would render the claim fit for judicial review and because withholding consideration subjects Plaintiff to scant, if any, hardship, the claim lacks a ripe case or controversy,.” This is the latest turn of events in a legal battle that has been going on since April when Consensys filed a lawsuit against…

Animoca Brands’ Mocaverse is collaborating with web3 gaming platform Nifty Island to launch Round 2 of their $MOCA play to airdrop campaign. The next Moca Odyssey Missions take place on Mocaverse Island; a multi-verse experience built by Nifty Island for Moca holders to explore. Players can earn Realm Points (RP) by completing missions in and around Mocaverse Island. RP determine the amount of $MOCA allocated to them during the upcoming airdrop. While earning RP, players can collect airdrop points for the next $ISLAND airdrop – Nifty Island’s native token. What is Nifty Island? Nifty Island is a free-to-play community-driven web3…

The open beta for Ubisoft’s competitive web3 RPG Champions Tactics Grimoria Chronicles went live yesterday, September 18th, at 3pm UTC and will end at 6am UTC on September 23rd. To get involved in this short beta season and playtest the tactical turn-based PvP features, players must own at least one Champion NFT. At the time of writing, the cheapest Champion NFT is going for 278 $OAS ($10.72) on the Champions Tactics marketplace. Along with a Champion NFT players need a Ubisoft Connect account and a wallet to access the beta – WalletConnect, Brave Wallet, MetaMask and Ronin Wallet are all…

Yuga Labs, creators of the Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT collection, launch their highly anticipated infinite runner NFT game Dookey Dash: Unclogged today, September 19th. Yuga Labs has partnered with web3 game studio Faraway to launch Dookey Dash: Unclogged. This is a sequel to the original Dookey Dash game that launched last year and led to Fortnite YouTuber Kyle Jackson, aka Mongraal, winning the competition and taking home $1.63 mill worth of Ethereum. The latest iteration of the game that launches today offers a $1 million prize pool and, unlike the original, does not require players to hold a Bored…

Minting begins for web3 MMORPG Ember Sword’s Origins Collection today, September 18th, at 1pm UTC on the Rarible NFT marketplace. This limited edition collection includes exclusive cosmetic skins, animated emotes, $EMBER tokens and other valuable in-game assets that come in an Origins Collection Chest NFT. Priced at 0.023 ETH (approx. $54), there are 2,500 Origins Collection Chests NFTs available to mint until September 29th, or until all the chests sell out. What is Ember Sword? Developed by Bright Star Studios, Ember Sword is a free-to-play, cross-platform web3 sandbox MMORPG set in the fantasy world of Thanabus. Ember sword combines the…

Web3 multiplayer builder game My Neighbor Alice has announced its first airdrop campaign, the $ALICE Airdrop Party, that will give away $25,000 worth of $ALICE tokens to players, along with other exclusive rewards. The event is launching in the lead up to My Neighbor Alice’s second beta season which is going live on September 24th. The $ALICE Airdrop Party will run for nine weeks. To be in with a chance of winning a share of the $25,000 prize pool players must climb the Rewards Board by completing quests – the top 100 players will win the majority of the prize pool.…

Flappy Bird officially returned yesterday, September 16th, as a mini app on the Telegram messenger platform 10 years after it was removed from all mobile devices. Flappy Bird relaunched with the “Flap-a-TON,” flap-to-earn event; “a free mining event, blending the fun of Flappy Bird’s classic gameplay with the innovation of web3.” Flappy Bird’s return has been facilitated by Notcoin, Telegram’s first and most popular tap-to-earn game, who are being advertised as the “strategic publishing partner” for Telegram’s version of the game. There are also rumours that a Flappy Bird $FLAP token on The Open Network is being worked on. What to…

Immutable has partnered with web3 game developers SunSpear Games to bring their highly anticipated, real-time strategy game IMMORTAL: Gates of Pyre onto the Immutable zkEVM chain. In IMMORTAL: Gates of Pyre, players take on the role of god-generals leading great armies into battle against rival factions, destroying enemy bases and conquering their territory. Bringing the game onto Immutable zkEVM chain will allow IMMORTAL players to buy, trade and own their in-game assets. “Developing our first RTS game has been a dream of ours,” said Kevin Wagner, CEO and Co-Chairman of SunSpear Games. “This partnership will allow interested players to enjoy…

Pluto Studios the developers of Telegram-based web3 game Catizen are facing backlash after reducing the community’s allocation of $CATI token ahead of its upcoming airdrop on The Open Network. The $CATI airdrop was initially planned for mid-July, but following subsequent delays, the Catizen community were doubtful as to whether an airdrop was ever going to materialise. In late August, Catizen partnered with Hong Kong-based digital asset firm HashKey Group to help bring about the airdrop for the 26 million-strong Catizen community. The airdrop has now been scheduled for September 20th, but despite this, many Catizen players are frustrated. This is…

AI-powered social simulation game, Today, has announced its free Mythic Seed Event is coming in Q3 this year. Mythic Seeds are rare in-game items that grant players access to exclusive gameplay features in the Today ecosystem. There will be 5,555 Mythic Seeds available to mint on Ethereum and players can earn a spot on the allowlist by being active members of the Today community, entering raffles and by holding an Ancient Seed. Today’s Ancient Seeds successfully minted in a similar format back in April this year. The Ancient Seeds are currently available on secondary market place like OpenSea and, at the…