13 March 2026 | Weekly news roundup

EVE Frontier's Cycle 5, Night Crows' NFT Crusade, Shrapnel's early access and 1,000th Substacks!

• [0:43] EVE Frontier has launched Cycle 5, which will run for the next 3 months.
• [6:50] Changes include defensive turrets, collaborative options, tweaked ship controls, new ships.
• [8:10] You can also build and optimize Shells, the game's clone characters, for the first time.
• [9:14] Feral AIs are more aggressive in behaviors.
• [10:09] The game is also now using the Sui testnet, and for its $80,000 Hackathon.
• [13:44] Will EVE Frontier be the first successful blockchain game?
• [16:20] Night Crows is launching its NFT Crusade metagame for high-level players.
• [18:50] Wemade is committed, integrating blockchain into many of its MMORPGs.
• [20:27] It's using blockchain to improve its game's long-term engagement and monetization
• [22:06] NFT Crusade rewards players who have collected multiple character NFTs with exclusive gear.
• [28:52] Shrapnel has dropped its early access on Steam. It's a 4v4 team mode.
• [36:22] Jon published his 1,000th Substack about blockchain games. What has he learned?