This week in Crypto Games: Planetside DEVs ‘Reaper Actual’, What’s Next for ‘Maplestory Universe’

It is difficult to keep an eye on the ever-changing crypto-gaming space, thanks to the constant stream of news: everything, from large game launches and fun those experiments to token price fluctuations and incidental project collapses. It is a lot to follow.

Fortunately we are connected to Decrypt‘s Gg. We treat the biggest events during the week, and then this weekly Roundup offers a fast way to catch up, and find a number of other small pieces of news from the entire week.

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Reaper actually revealed: The veteran of the game industry John Smedley has launched various possibility studios with a new blockchain-integrated first-person shooter called Reaper Actual. The PC-based open-world multiplayer game contains what Smedley said that the largest FPS card ever made-four has been larger than Call of Duty: Warzone’s Al Mazrah.

Players are established on the island of Marova, torn by war and become “Reapers” who upgrade and defend bases while they are navigated between five AI-controlled factions by conflicts. The game combines elements of Call of Duty: DMZ, Escape from Tarkov and Rainbow Six Siege, Smedley said Decrypt.

After a $ 30.5 million financing round, the pre-alpha Foundation version will soon be set, so that players have to buy a limited edition as an NFT on Tezos Layer-2 Network Ethherlink or via supporting Web2 platforms. The entire release will arrive at the beginning of next year with a similar access schedule, before he plays for free about six months later. Items can be tradable on both web3 and web2 marketplaces.

“This is the kind of game that millions and millions of people can bring in, if the history of the games I have worked are some proof,” said Smedley. “We can sell Web2 players on this idea of ​​Web3 that has been done well.”

MapLestory is moving forward: MapLestory Universe is the evolution of crypto-driven of the beloved 20-year-old MMORPG-Franchise. The ecosystem revolves around Maplestory N, a PC-based game that is approaching the original side-scrolling experience for its 260 million-strong players’ stock, with in-game items like NFTs on the Avalanche-based Henesys L1 network.

Developer Nexpace plans to release more than a dozen mobile and web experiences by Q1 2026 as a supplement to the core game, Nexpace head of strategy Keith Kim told Decrypt. With these lighter applications, players can grind, rise and improve during the home -working traffic and tackle the reality that the original fan base grew up and has less time for intensive PC gaming.

The vision reflects the ultimate team model from EA FC, where mobile apps support the console gameplay. A web app for item improvement launches at the end of July/August, followed by a character rental system by Q1 2026. Kim said that developers from third parties will help build some of these experiences using API tests, whereby the game will eventually switch to a permissionless system with NXPC token-rewards.

ICYMI

• Ubisoft added AI agents to his arbitrum-based blockchain game captain Laserhawk: the game, in a team-up with developer Libertai. Bound to NFTS, the agents can vote on behalf of players in the governance issues of the game.

• Major Esports Team Ninjas in Pajamas has set up a Bitcoin mining unit and expects to reclaim more than $ 6.5 million in BTC on a monthly basis on the basis of the total hassle.
• Bitcoin Layer-2 Network Botanix launched his mainnet last week, together with an educational game called Bitcoin 2100 who pays real BTC rewards to players.
• Token Yugijo, a gambling game in coins, launched on Ethereum Layer-2 Network Optimism. The game of Bella Protocol contains an AI branch companion.

• Scor On Sweet, a Telegram-Gaming app, has launched Flappy Racquet-a Flappy Bird-inspired tennis game with Real-World tennis stars such as Naomi Osaka and Nick Kyrgios. The score token AirDrop is on the horizon.
• Ronin Game Realms of Alurya is closed forever, just a few weeks after developers said they had lost the financing and were looking for ways to keep building.
• Meme Coin Project Floki launched his long-awaited Valhalla Metaeverse competition last week.

• The upcoming steam launch of Off The Grid starts on the Gunz test network and offers a similar level of blockchain integration behind the scenes as the Xbox and PlayStation versions. Steam, however, has limitations on crypto and NFTs, so Gunzilla says it will be “Work with Valve to meet platform guidelines. “
• Endless Clouds launched his final smoke -Airdrop bound to Treevers, with token claims that open on Friday.
• The Xai gaming network has spent around $ 1.25 million in Xai -tokens to NFT holders.
• The Echelon Foundation burned 11 million Prime (approximately $ 26 million value) to try “to use the prime ecosystem” Prime is the token behind card game parallel.

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