Web3 collapse accelerates as eight games fail this year
Eight web3 games have either shuttered, paused operations, or pivoted back to web2 this year as major funding dries up.
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Mempool Space Invaders will give you $7 if you move 10,000 BTC
The quirky BTC-themed Space Invaders clone is offering 10,000 Satoshis (worth $7) to whoever can get 10,000 points. It ain't easy.
Revolving Games CEO accused of breaking $100K investor refund promise
Ammar Zaeem has been branded a “fraudster” by a Revolving Games investor who claims he reneged on his promise to refund a $100K investment.
Founder of ‘AI-slop’ game Catly has NFT history
Catly founder Kevin Yeung previously planned to launch two blockchain games and sunk $2.5M into a cat-themed project called Alien Meow.
Hamster Kombat loses another 18 million players since November
Telegram game Hamster Kombat has lost 277 million players since July and has failed to release Season 2 in line with its roadmap.
Hamster Kombat loses 86% of its users but gains 3,720% in volume
The volume of Hamster Kombat's token rose from $39M to almost $1.5B in the space of two days despite a 260M player drop.
Ubisoft’s new Champions Tactics NFT game was unplayable this weekend
Champions Tactics came under fire after a bug meant that just two players won every matchmaked game before they could be played.
Hamster Kombat loses nearly 260 million players in just three months
Telegram’s CEO described Hamster Kombat as the world's “fastest-growing digital service,” and said it would "bring blockchain to the masses."
Otherside got $450M from Yuga Labs but its latest game is ‘virtually unplayable’
Project Dragon, a third-person shooter hosted in the Otherside ‘metaverse,’ launched on Saturday and has been described as ‘buggy chaos.'
Hamster Kombat players are exploiting the game with massage guns
Their popularity among Hamster Kombat players means that massage gun sellers are advertising them as a way to quickly mine coins.