11 October 2024 | Weekly news roundup

⁠Jon Jordan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BlockchainGamer.biz editor⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Jenny Jordan talk through the news for the week ending 11th October 2024 including:

• Gunzilla has released Off The Grid, the first blockchain game on consoles for PC and PS5 [1:08];
• Off The Grid is the only triple-A blockchain game, at least in terms of its $100 million budget [2:09],
• Good for the industry to see some of these big games finally being released [7:44];
• But we should also be aware that many new games - esp. shooters - fail for different reasons [8:20];
• Ubisoft's Captain Laserhawk will be minting its NFTs on Magic Eden [9:54];
• Ubisoft's Champions Tactics is going live on 23rd October [11:31];
• Guild of Guardians is dropping its biggest content update yet on 16th October [14:30];
• The Sandbox has launched its 10-week Alpha 4 season, also giving away $2.5 million in SAND [20:50];
• Our game of the week is Tatsumeeko's Telegram mini-game Lumina Hunt [25:55];
• PC game Shardbound is now out in open beta and we've been talking to CEO Bo Daly [31:47];

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