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This Week in Crypto Gaming: Trump Tribute in ‘Hamster Kombat,’ Pixelverse Token, Ubisoft NFTs
Encryption and NFT The gaming space is busier than ever lately, with major games starting to launch, token airdrops piling up, and a seemingly constant stream of other things happening all the time. It’s a lot to take in!
Happily, DecipherGG is everywhere. And if you need a quick way to stay up to date with the latest news surrounding crypto games, we’re happy to introduce This Week in Crypto Games.
Our weekend roundup brings you the biggest news stories from the past week, along with some other information you may have missed. We also showcase some of our original stories from the week.
Biggest news
Hamster Kombat + Trump: Viral Clicker Game Hamster Combat served as a reference to last weekend failed assassination attempt against Donald Trump. The game’s new special card “Fight fight fight” reimagines the iconic photo of a bloodied Trump raising his fist defiantly, albeit with smiling cartoon hamsters.
It is a recreation of the instantly iconic photo captured by Pulitzer Prize-winning Associated Press photographer Evan Vucci at Trump’s Philadelphia rally. Trump’s surrogate is still bleeding from his ear and raising his fist, Secret Service guards are holding him back, and the American flag has been replaced with one showing the game’s logo.
Pixelverse Token + Airdrop: On Thursday, crypto gaming franchise Pixelverse released its PIXFI Token about Ethereumalthough a future release in The Open Network (TON) is also expected. The crypto gaming project, which quickly rose to prominence in part due to the success of its PixelTap game on Telegram, has revealed plans to rewarding players with an airdrop.
Pixel Touch players and users of Pixelverse panel will receive NFTs from “common” to “legendary” based on their engagement levels. So, holders of rare NFTs NFTs and above will receive tokens via airdrop. Those who choose to immediately withdraw their PIXFI tokens will only receive 10% of the total share, with 90% being recycled into the ecosystem. Meanwhile, continued gameplay and engagement will increase the value claimed by players.
Advantages of Notcoin: The game that started the Cryptogames Telegram mania, Non-currency (NOT) is now joining rising games in the scene it created – and Notcoin players who have reached a certain account level can get exclusive benefits.
Pixelverse’s PixelTap and the Elon Musk theme Musk Empire Both announced partnerships with Notcoin on Wednesday. Pixelverse will offer staking rewards to NOT token holders, along with Pixelverse-themed missions. Meanwhile, Musk Empire is offering special missions for Notcoin players, particularly those with Gold or Platinum tiers.
Free Mint from Ubisoft: Ubisoft, the renowned video game publisher behind the Assassin’s Creed and Just Dance franchises, released a free NFT last week for its first original blockchain-based game, Champion Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles.
Launched in OasisA gaming-centric network, Mint let players collect a total of 75,000 in-game champion figurines. The collection was minted amid anticipation for the game’s upcoming release.
In case you missed it
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Here are some of our original stories from last week that we think are worth reading over the weekend:
Edited by Andrew Hayward