28 November 2025 | Weekly news roundup

Xociety and Arise release their first public playables, MapleStory burns $1.7 million tokens and we talk generative AI.

• [0:30] Ndus has raised $1.6 million for its pop extractor shooter Xociety, which hits also early access.
• [10:00] Cross The Ages has launched its PC RPG Arise into open alpha.
• [18:54] "It's like juggling an elephant and a crocodile. If it works, absolutely amazing."
• [21:36] Nexpace will burn $1.7 million NXPC in the first of its planned quarterly token burns.
• [27:32] Hytopia has had 1 million downloads on Google Play store.
• [29:47] JC Kim was on the podcast talking about genAI game-making platform Verse8.
• [37:10] Should games be hand-built like luxury shoes or watches? Rant over.