This Week in Crypto Games: ‘Off the Grid’ Coming to Steam, Ethereum’s ‘Ember Sword’ Shuts Down

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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Off The Grid NFT -Sales, Steam plans: Avalanche-driven Battle Royale Shooter game of the grid has gradually switched his players from Testnet to the Gunz Mairnet, making real cryptocurrency trade from in-game items for weapon chefs possible. Currently, only about 0.13% of the 16.5 million players of the game have access to the Manetet marketplace, but high-quality transactions are already ahead.

Remarkable recent sales include a joke -made tactical vest for $ 2,393, a Zippermouth mask for $ 1,100, and various other rare items that produce hundreds to thousands of dollars. The most coveted items are Ultra-Shalling Pioneer and Legacy weapons, which holds collectors to the expectation of future updates that can stimulate the sale of five digits.

From the grid is planning to expand to Steam in June, despite the Ban van Steam 2021 on blockchain games. Gunzilla Games still has to explain how this will work, although the game is also available on PlayStation and Xbox, which limits crypto functions in the same way.

Ember Sword ends: Ember Sword, an Ethereum-based MMORPG, is closed due to lack of financing. Developer Bright Star Studios, despite attracting prominent investors and veterans in the gaming industry as advisers, said that it could not protect continuous financing in the current market climate.

The game was launched during the Metaverse tree of 2021 and attracted nearly 35,000 players who promised $ 203 million for his land sale, although the actual increased amount apparently was much less than that striking figure. The competition was confronted with disappointing reception when the beta closed in July 2024, and Embertoken has now crashed more than 99% of peak levels.

This closure reflects a wider trend from Crypto game closures, with recent victims, including Nyan Heroes, Blast Royale and Tatsumeko that all close within the same period, plus other prominent 2025 closures, including Deadrop and the Mystery Society. The Gulf of closures emphasizes the financing challenges with which blockchain gaming projects are confronted in the current market environment.

ICYMI

• Ubisoft has Released champions tactics on steam As a champion tactics: Reforged, which misses the NFT marketplace and benefits for holders. Decrypt Looking for further clarification about the changes.
• Proceeds guild games launched LOL Land, an experience inspired by Bord Game of the new publication division, on Ethereum Layer-2 Network Abstract.
• Mythical Games’ Upcoming Mobile Blockchain -Football game FIFA Rivals has Opening pre-registrations In the Android Play Store of Google.