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This is a segment from The Drop newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. SEGA’s Code of Joker game series is coming to the gaming-focused L1 blockchain Sui via a new game. SEGA licensed the IP to the third-party firm Jokers, Inc., which is developing the upcoming title. The new game based on the Japanese anime-style arcade IP is called Code of Joker: Evolutions. Players will be able to open card packs and collect cards onchain as Sui NFTs. “We knew that we wanted to match the physical feeling of opening a new card pack,” Takashi “Gin” Mizouka, cofounder of Jokers…

Parasol, the gaming infrastructure subsidiary of Sui network contributor Mysten Labs, announced Friday that the upcoming trading card game Code of Joker: Evolutions—based on a licensed IP from gaming giant Sega—will launch on Sui. The digital trading card game, developed by Jokers Inc., represents the revival of a series first launched by Sega in 2013. The original Code of Joker game was built for arcades, but this version will be playable via web browsers and mobile devices. Code of Joker: Evolutions will bring its digital trading cards onto the Sui blockchain, allowing players to prove ownership, trade, and showcase collections.…

Following the studio’s recent closure, disgruntled fans of the discontinued shooter game Deadrop have started claiming refunds for early access passes through their banks and credit card providers. Players have mobilized in game studio Midnight Society’s abandoned Discord server to spread information on how to successfully chargeback their purchases. Deadrop was the vertical extraction shooter developed by Midnight Society, co-founded by controversial streamer Dr. Disrespect—who was later kicked out of the company due to allegations of inappropriate conversations with minors. PSA: For anyone who purchased a Drivers Key Package from Midnight Society in 2023 for @DEADROP – You can charge…

The Karrat Foundation, which is linked to the battle royale game My Pet Hooligan, announced Thursday that it is collaborating with the Arbitrum Foundation to launch a gaming-focused chain called Studio Chain, which is aimed at fostering Web3-native capabilities in entertainment and video games. The collaboration places the KARRAT token at the forefront of the chain built with Arbitrum’s Ethereum layer-2 scaling tech, and makes My Pet Hooligan (MPH)—which is available via the Epic Games Store—the flagship game of the budding ecosystem. “Studio Chain and the My Pet Hooligan franchise bring with them a rich source of content and culture…

This is a segment from The Drop newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. Another blockchain gaming studio is shutting down — Battlebound is closing its doors. The studio was overseeing two games, including the metaverse game Evaverse with an EVA token and an in-development RPG dubbed Anterris. The Evaverse token is down over 99% from its all-time high. Battlebound previously raised $4.8 million in seed funding back in 2022 from investors including a16z and Dapper Labs. It gained another $3 million by selling NFTs. The company had the budget for what’s often called an “AA game” or the equivalent of…

The Layer 2 blockchain solution, Arbitrum, has integrated with Rarible which operates as one of the prominent non-fungible token (NFT) marketplaces. The Rarible platform now allows its users to explore Arbitrum NFTs alongside trading them directly through the platform and creating new Arbitrum-based NFTs. The joint solution brings improved NFT trading by providing decreased costs together with speedier transactions and superior market functionality for both traders and NFT producers. 🔹 Arbitrum is now live on Rarible! 🔹You can now trade and explore @arbitrum NFTs directly on Rarible with full support for creator royalties. Speed, low fees, and a thriving community,…

Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. Web3 gaming is fast, chaotic, and full of adrenaline—quick wins, viral mints, and meme battles. It thrives on hype cycles that come and go in an instant. But once the excitement fades, what’s left? If all web3 gaming has to offer is short-lived thrills, it’s running on borrowed time. You might also like: The web3 gaming knowledge gap and how to bridge it | Opinion It’s time to go back to the basics. Web3 gaming isn’t just…

Fortnite, the massively popular battle royale game, continues to push its crypto-themed storyline forward this season—and the latest narrative twist, served to tens of millions of social media followers this weekend, helped a Solana meme coin briefly skyrocket in value. Dill Bits (DB), an unofficial Solana token inspired by the game’s own fictional “crypto coin,” spiked from a market cap of about $107,000 to a short-lived peak of $4.75 million on Saturday—or $0.00475 per coin. That’s a more than 4,300% spike in a matter of minutes. That peak nearly matched the previous high of about $0.0048 per coin set in…

Tech giant Sony is commemorating 25 years since the launch of Aibo, its companion robot dog, with an officially licensed soulbound NFT collection called “Entertainment Robot Aibo” on the Soneium blockchain. The collection, which cannot be traded or transferred thanks to its soulbound nature, can be minted for free on OpenSea’s NFT marketplace, with users required only to pay a small gas fee to initiate the transaction. In its official Discord community, Soneium’s team wrote that Aibo’s return as a soulbound token on the Ethereum layer-2 chain—which Sony’s Block Solutions Labs subsidiary co-created with Startale Group—reflects the nature of the…

SFT Protocol is excited to announce its strategic partnership with Funton.ai, a groundbreaking move in Web3 gaming. This alliance is a remarkable step forward in enabling players to create blockchain gaming that is more engaging, profitable, and accessible. 🔹 Exciting Partnership Announcement! 🔹 We’re thrilled to team up with @funton_ai—a modular multi-game platform on Telegram & LINE, revolutionizing Web3 gaming with T2E Mini-App Games and GameFi-as-a-Service (GaaS)! 🎮✨ 🚀 Why https://t.co/MYc2nQ0abZ? ✅ Trusted by… pic.twitter.com/R9MUWhTBMb — SFT Protocol (@SFTProtocol) March 10, 2025 SFT Protocol, a blockchain gaming infrastructure provider, has witnessed this collaboration through its official X account. The other…