5 December 2025 | Weekly news roundup

Sony's stablecoin plans, Fableborne Season 4, EVE Frontier's free week, and Footium's $600,000 funding.

• [0:32] Sony looks like it's going to be launching a stablecoin in the US.
• [1:09] It's an extension of the trend that's seen PayPal, Stripe and Klarna also announcing stablecoins.
• [2:00] Sony has set up a US bank, which is applying for a federal license, required for stablecoins.
• [4:44] One key reason is companies pay up to 2% of transactions as fees to Visa and Mastercard.
• [6:30] Sony could save up to $20 million for each $1 billion of spending it moves to its stablecoin.
• [8:55] Do other gaming platforms such as Steam start adopting stablecoins too?
• [10:43] Mobile RPG Fableborne has launched its Season 4, including guilds for the first time.
• [13:07] It's one of the last of a long line of play-to-earn games. Interesting to see how it goes.
• [14:43] Fableborne is on Ronin, which now has a bunch of live and liveish games.
• [15:35] Also on Ronin, Craft World has a new collab with Fishing
• [20:26] Immutable has launched an new AI-based marketing platform.
• [21:16] New mobile/PC action-RPG Myths will launch in 2026, using the Mythical Market for NFTs.
• [28:00] EVE Frontier is free for everyone until Tuesday 9th December; the end of Cycle 3.
• [34:44] UK studio Footium has raised $600,000 for its own-IP soccer management game.
• [36:25] Trying to create your own brands for clubs and players in a sports game is a hard sell.