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Financial markets are reacting to surging anticipation for Grand Theft Auto 6 (GTA 6), as Take-Two Interactive (TTWO) stock and associated crypto gaming tokens registered gains today. This market activity intensified following a viral May 6, 2025, social media post by Cookie DAO, which spotlighted the 13-year timeframe since the last GTA installment and sparked wider financial discussions. GTA 6? 13 years.You? 13 days to flip the script if you’re running on data. pic.twitter.com/ihnMFq1t3o — Cookie DAO 🍪 (@cookiedotfun) May 6, 2025 Take-Two Interactive, the parent company of GTA developer Rockstar Games, saw its stock climb 1.2% in pre-market trading…

XOCIETY, a pop shooter with role-play gaming progression powered by Sui, is set to team up with German sportswear giant Adidas. XOCIETY announced on May 6 that its partnership with Adidas will introduce exclusive ALTS by Adidas content on the gaming platform. The Sui (SUI)-powered XOCIETY, which is backed by prominent investors including Hashed, Spartan, and KRAFTON, plans to leverage the partnership to enhance digital identity and gameplay interactions across its ecosystem. ALTS by Adidas is an avatar-focused non-fungible token collection that features 20,066 unique digital avatars the company released in March 2023. The company has had notable crypto related…

The crypto gaming space is ever expanding, and with prominent games releasing, token airdrops piling up, and the constant shifting of the markets around them all, it’s a lot to take in. Luckily, we’re all over it here at Decrypt’s GG. And if you’re looking to keep tabs on the latest happenings around crypto video games, this weekly roundup gives you a quick overview of the biggest stories we covered over the past week, along with a smattering of other interesting tidbits from around the space. Top stories Walking Dead, dead soon: Gala Games announced last week that The Walking…

SFT Protocol, a popular platform for Web3 infrastructure, has commenced an exclusive partnership with Papu Games, a prominent Web3 gaming studio. The collaboration aims to boost the Web3 gaming by redefining player engagement with games through decentralized infrastructure. The platform revealed this mutual initiative in a recent post shared on its official X account. 🔥 We’re thrilled to partner with @PapuNextGen — a Web3 gaming platform redefining player engagement with real rewards and immersive gameplay. 🚀Through this collaboration, SFT Protocol brings the power of DePIN into PapuArena, enabling a seamless fusion of decentralized… https://t.co/d1KrNAPrtD — SFT Protocol (@SFTProtocol) May 3,…

Telegram game Notcoin kick-started last year’s tap-to-earn revolution that amassed hundreds of millions of players on the messaging app, but enthusiasm for the model has since dwindled following underwhelming token launches tied to increasingly overcomplicated schemes. Now, a year after Notcoin’s NOT token launch sparked the frenzy, the game’s founders believe that reinventing classic video games via its recently launched Not Games platform will prompt the next Telegram gaming boom. Sasha Plotvinov, co-founder of Notcoin, told Decrypt that he believes that demand for tap-to-earn games did not significantly increase after Notcoin’s release, even though the number of games on offer…

An officially licensed “The Walking Dead” role-playing game based on the popular TV show will be shut down after July 31, according to blockchain game publisher Gala Games. The Walking Dead: Empires, a multiplayer survival game that was built around Ethereum NFTs, was playable in open beta for the last year after first being announced in late 2021. “After careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to sunset The Walking Dead: Empires, with the last playable date set for July 31, 2025,” wrote Gala Games in a statement this week. Available for playtests as early as 2023, the game…

This is a segment from The Drop newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. We now know what’s been hinted at for a while: MapleStory’s crypto spinoff, MapleStory N, is finally launching on May 15. On May 8, players in select countries will be able to pre-download the game. The new game will be a 2D, sidescrolling MMORPG like the original game. MapleStory N is part of MapleStory Universe (MSU), which also includes plans for a mobile game version for players plus MapleStory N SDK and Project ModN (a blockchain game sandbox) for developers. MapleStory N uses its own Avalanche L1…

Claynosaurz, an NFT-driven entertainment brand that first set up shop on Solana, is expanding to a second blockchain: Sui. The announcement came during Token2049’s Sui Basecamp event, where Claynosaurz CEO Andrew Pelekis outlined how the team is setting its sights on a broader frontier for interactive digital IP—starting with a series of upcoming launches tied to collectibles, gaming, and community engagement. The expansion builds on a March reveal that Claynosaurz would use Walrus Protocol—a decentralized storage platform built by core contributors to Sui—as its backend infrastructure of choice. With this foundation in place, Claynosaurz is gearing up to introduce a…

Gaming startup Playtron announced onstage at Sui Basecamp in Dubai that it plans to roll out a stablecoin on Sui that is specifically designed to be used for gaming. Set to launch in Q4 this year, the Game Dollar will be used for purchases, subscriptions, and rewards across the Playtron GameOS ecosystem, including on the upcoming SuiPlay0X1 handheld console. Playtron claims that the stablecoin will be backed by short-term U.S. Treasuries as defined by M0, the platform behind the token. A stablecoin is a crypto token that is pegged to a stable asset, usually fiat currencies like the U.S. dollar.…

Nexpace, a blockchain company backed by South Korean gaming giant Nexon, announced Thursday that its Web3 expansion of the popular MapleStory franchise will launch on May 15. The new game, MapleStory N, will blend the franchise’s traditional 2D side-scrolling gameplay with crypto assets on the Avalanche blockchain, allowing players to own and trade in-game assets on-chain. The studio has launched its own dedicated Avalanche L1 chain called Henesys, which went live in April. “The launch of MapleStory N marks the culmination of years of development, rigorous user testing, and unwavering community support,” said Nexpace CEO Sunyoung Hwang, in a statement.…