25 October 2024 | Weekly news roundup

Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the news for the week ending 25th October 2024, including:

• [0:35] Ubisoft's Champions Tactics is now live, including via the Ultra platform.
• [2:04] The Big Blockchain Game Report for Q3 2024 went live this week - "another difficult quarter"!
• [3:52] Most big game tokens are down in price during 2024 but BEAM, PRIME and SUPER are up.
• [5:28] Also, most game tokens were down in their general crypto ranking, relative to other cryptos.
• [8:01] Investment into the blockchain game sector is down; currently down 31% compared to 2023
• [10:05] Key ecosystem trend has been the explosion of Telegram mini-games with TON integration
• [14:42] Now we're seeing Telegraph mini-apps linking to other blockchains like Ronin and Immutable.
• [16:40] Will Telegram mini-games be a successful strategy for all crypto games or just a few?
• [17:54] Should game developers always be pivoting to the next "new thing"?
• [19:17] In a surprising move, MetalCore is migrating from Immutable to Solana.
• [23:29] Mobile party game Party Icons has announced a $9 million investment led by Bitkraft.

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