17 April 2026 | Weekly news roundup

EVE Frontier's hackathon deconstructed, Limit Break's first game, Xociety pauses, SANDchain completes testnet phase 1.

• [00:15] Deconstructing EVE Frontier x Sui $80,000 hackathon
• [03:19] There were 123 submissions. Largest categories were bounty boards, insurance, gate tolls.
• [07:20] Data was another key theme - escrow-style systems for buying and selling information.
• [10:05] 25% of submissions were sketchy, either weak, irrelevant, or unserious.
• [17:49] Limit Break has announced DigiDaigaku-themed mobile match game Puzzle Panic.
• [28:06] It's seems like a Trojan horse for Limit Break's deeper web3 NFT and token stack.
• [30:21] PC web3 shooter Xociety has halted development.
• [35:15] The team is attempting to restructure with a more web2 focus using the Xociety IP.
• [38:03] Sandbox’s ZK-based SANDchain L2 has completed its first testnet phase.