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MetaKing Ships a BLOCKLORDS Animated Series Just Weeks After Pulling the Plug on the Game
MetaKing Studios has released the first chapter of an animated series titled "The Approaching Storm" for their recently shut-down game BLOCKLORDS. The studio pivoted to its AI generation canvas, BLOCKLORE, for production after announcing the game's closure just weeks prior. The game, which launched on Steam in March 2026 after over seven years of development and a $15 million raise, received "Mostly Negative" reviews before its shutdown.
Anichess Kicks Off Base Return With M8 Points Opt-In
Anichess has initiated the return to its 'Base' ecosystem by allowing players to opt-in to migrate their accumulated M8 points. These points are crucial for competitive modes and are earned through standard matches or staking the $CHECK token. This migration marks the first step in reintegrating the game's on-chain economy.
Chainlink Becomes NUVA’s Sole Data Provider as HELOC-Backed nvPRIME Goes First
NUVA, a real-world asset marketplace co-created by Animoca Brands and Nuva Labs, has appointed Chainlink as its exclusive data infrastructure provider. The partnership aims to bring institutional real-world assets to decentralized finance, with the first asset, nvPRIME, offering exposure to short-term financing backed by U.S. residential housing loans and HELOCs. Chainlink's oracle network will provide the necessary on-chain data to value and price these assets as collateral within DeFi protocols.
GAMEE Marks a Decade on Telegram With $1M Gold Fest Season 2 and a Brand-New Digging Game
GAMEE has launched Gold Fest Season 2 on Telegram, featuring a $1 million prize pool in nGRND Gold Protocol tokens and a new digging game, Gold Fest: The Game, built on the TON Blockchain. This event marks GAMEE's tenth anniversary on Telegram and aims to onboard users into web3 gaming with accessible gameplay and gold-backed rewards.
GAMEE Drops New Telegram App With What It Calls Its Largest-Ever Prize Pool
GAMEE has launched a new app on Telegram, featuring what the company claims is its largest prize pool to date. While specific details on the prize pool size and app name were not disclosed, the company highlighted previous success with its 'Gold Fest' event, which offered $500,000 in gold-backed tokens and attracted over 549,000 players. The company also announced a new season of 'Gold Fest: The Game' and a standalone Gold Fest app for Q3.
Yield Guild Games switches on YGG 3.0, recasting the guild as an AI labor layer
Yield Guild Games (YGG) has launched YGG 3.0, transitioning from a Web3 gaming guild to a sector-agnostic infrastructure layer focused on AI. The Guild Protocol will now facilitate human-in-the-loop intelligence, data verification, and model alignment for AI development. This strategic shift follows the shutdown of its publishing arm, YGG Play, and job cuts, with the company aiming to leverage its network for AI economy operations.
No Downloads Needed: Five Browser-Based Blockchain Games For 2026
Five browser-based blockchain games are highlighted for their accessibility and variety in 2026: Footium (football management), Gigaverse (rogue-lite RPG), Anichess (chess variant), Cambria (MMORPG), and Craft World (idle crafting). These titles showcase the growing diversity and ease of entry in the web3 gaming sector, with some requiring no crypto wallet to play.
Tomoland’s AI “Intern” Is Learning From Every Move Players Make In Its App
Tomoland's AI companion, referred to as an 'intern,' is actively learning from player actions within the studio's mobile app. The Singapore-based UGC platform, which recently secured $2 million in funding, allows users to create AI partners without coding. This AI training is part of Tomoland's broader strategy to bridge Web2 and Web3, though some players have expressed concerns about the AI's development and data usage.
Idle Tactics: Ascension takes top prize in YGG’s debut VibeBlitz game jam
Idle Tactics: Ascension, an idle auto-battler, won the inaugural VibeBlitz game jam hosted by vibecode.game and Minds by Animoca Brands. The four-week virtual event saw over 250 participants submit 72 games, with community voting and a judging panel selecting the top five. The jam focused on utilizing AI-powered design tools to streamline game development.
Portal opens Shop, letting Shards buy game top-ups and gift cards
Portal has launched the Portal Shop, a new storefront where users can spend 'Shards,' the platform's reward currency, on game top-ups and gift cards. The shop aims to incentivize creation within Portal's ecosystem of AI-native game development tools. Purchases can be made using Shards or a payment card, with Shards offering better value, and the shop supports a wide range of regions including the U.S., U.K., Europe, Japan, and Southeast Asia.
Chess With Bombs Hits Twitch: Anichess Books Four Streamers for Sunday Pengu Blast Arena
Anichess is hosting a two-hour "Pengu Blast Arena" event on Twitch this Sunday at 17:00 UTC, featuring streamers Anna-Maja Kazarian, Lile Koridze, ToshQueen, and Afrchess. The event will showcase the "Pengu Blast" spell, which drops up to three bombs across ranks three through six, clearing pieces after three turns. This spell originated from the Pudgy Penguins takeover of Anichess.
Portal opens Gen8 early access to 20 hand-picked creators
Portal is launching an early access program for its Gen8 game engine, inviting 20 creators to develop games alongside the team and help refine the tools. Gen8 is the third product in Portal's 2.0 roadmap, following Studio and Nexus, and aims to allow users to describe a game and have the engine orchestrate its creation. The company, led by CEO Benjamin Charbit, is backed by Animoca Brands Corporation Ltd.
Anichess Runs a Nightly $CHECK Tournament All Week, With Four Free Entries
Anichess is hosting daily chess tournaments throughout the week, with four of them offering free entry. The spell format varies each night, ranging from three spells to randomized spells, and a single spell for the entire game on Sunday. The platform, a subsidiary of Animoca Brands and partner of Chess.com, has surpassed 1 million players and features prize money for top performers.
Portal launches Nexus, the model-routing API powering its AI game-dev stack
Portal has launched Nexus, a unified API designed to streamline AI model routing for game development. Nexus directs prompts to specialized models for code, sprites, and audio, simplifying workflows by eliminating the need for individual vendor API keys. This release is the second of four products on Portal's 2.0 roadmap, following Portal Studio and preceding GameGen and GameHub.
Sébastien Borget Launches Creative Minds Jam #1 in Hong Kong with The Sandbox and Animoca’s Minds
The Sandbox co-founder Sébastien Borget has launched Creative Minds Jam #1 in Hong Kong, a hackathon organized in partnership with The Sandbox and Animoca Brands' Minds platform. Borget will serve as a judge for the event, which aims to bring together creators, builders, students, and innovators to explore new ideas. This initiative aims to broaden the presence of both The Sandbox and Minds within the Hong Kong creative community.
Treeverse Launches In-Game Shop, Offering $END-Priced Cosmetics at 25% Off
Treeverse has launched its in-game store, offering exclusive cosmetic items like skins, emotes, pets, and mounts for purchase using the $END cryptocurrency token. All items are discounted by 25% when bought with $END and will transfer to the game's official release. The store's launch integrates the $END token, issued by Endless Clouds Foundation, as the primary currency for cosmetic transactions.
Upland rolls out driveways in its Core Decor Catalog
Upland has introduced driveways as a new customization option within its Core Decor Catalog, offering players three initial styles to enhance their virtual properties. This feature is part of a broader visual update that began in December 2025 with the addition of roads and weather effects. The company plans to release more foundational decor items, such as pathways and pergolas, in the future.
Immortal Rising 2’s July patch launches Guild War sign-ups and pushes the stage limit to 4,000
Immortal Rising 2 has released its July update, introducing pre-registration for the Guild War mode, expanding the stage limit to 4,000, and adding the Divine Beast Cradle and Equipment Auto-Forge systems. Developed by Bad Beans and published by Planetarium Labs, the update aims to enhance the core progression and guild-based gameplay of the free-to-play idle RPG.
The Sandbox Teams Up With Anichess to Mark International Chess Day With a Voxel Giveaway
The Sandbox has partnered with Anichess to celebrate International Chess Day by offering exclusive voxel chess assets. Players can claim a voxel chess board, pieces, and background by registering on Anichess between July 24 and July 27. This collaboration aims to connect chess fans with The Sandbox's creator community.
Nine Chronicles’ v200460 update launches the Bifrost Reforged event dungeon
Planetarium Labs has launched the Bifrost Reforged event dungeon for its decentralized MMORPG, Nine Chronicles, with update v200460. The event, running from July 21 to August 23, introduces 13 new collections and a 3x Mileage Event, building upon previous Hard Mode content. The game utilizes the Nine Chronicles Gold (NCG) token for in-game purchases and governance.
