22 August 2025 | Weekly news roundup

Jon Jordan and Jenny Jordan talk through the week's news including:

• [0:35] Proof of Play is shutting down fully onchain game Pirate Nation.
• [3:08] As well as combat, it had a deep crafting system but never attracted enough players.
• [4:00] Its play-to-airdrop seasons artificially boosted audience but not revenues.
• [6:06] The main reason it shut was it cost $150,000 a month to run the underlying blockchains.
• [7:45] The PVE mode from the game is now available to play on the Abstract blockchain.
• [8:40] NFT holders will get a final airdrop of PIRATE tokens.
• [9:00] Proof of Play will continue to operate, focusing on "profitable business operations".
• [14:30] Ronin strategy game Wild Forest is rebooting, including a new PVE campaign.
• [18:45] The WF token is up 400% but still down 80% from its original launch.
• [21:26] South Korean game item marketplace Overtake has raised $7 million.
• [24:52] It's a web3 project based on existing web2 markets ItemBay and ItemMania.
• [25:33] Splinterlands has launched its cheeky $500,000 Crypto Game Recovery Fund.
• [27:35] It's giving assets to holders of NFTs from games which have shut down.
• [32:53] TGC Project O has been announced for Immutable.