Well well well, look who crawled out of cryo-sleep with $30.5M in VC cash and a dream. John “EverQuest/PlanetSide/H1Z1/Amazon Games kinda still owes us something” Smedley just decloaked with his new studio, Distinct Possibility Studios (subtle name, 10/10), and their first big bet: Reaper Actual. It’s a PC-based persistent PVPVE open-world loot shooter (yes, all the acronyms) where you get to buy a base, hoard loot like a crypto whale in 2021, and watch AI factions fight each other while trying not to get looted by some 13-year-old from Ohio. The hook? You’re on the island of Marova (cue mysterious music), picking missions that help one faction while pissing off others – including real human players who’ll gladly raid your stuff if you’re offline or poorly defended. Think Tarkov meets Planetside, then add AI agents defending your Fortnite house and sprinkle in some MMO crafting-porn. And yes, there’s a web2 version – free-to-play, launching on Steam and EGS with battle passes and "totally fair" cosmetics that promise “no skill advantage.” Heard that one before, right? BUT WAIT. There’s also the Web3 version (because of course there is) — only available through their own launcher (classic move), running on Etherlink, Tezos' new EVM L2. You’ll “own” bases, reaper characters (sniper, engineer, recon, etc.), and gear as NFTs. Want your base to feel more real estate-y than real fun? Now you can! Oh, and don’t worry — none of your NFT toys can transfer into the Steam version, because Valve still thinks crypto is a cult. So basically, two games: one for normies, one for the degen squad. They’re also dropping a game token (because web3), but details are “TBA,” so prepare for another “community-first” airdrop with “no roadmap, but lots of vibes.” TL;DR: John Smedley is back with Reaper Actual, a PVPVE loot shooter with base-building, AI factions, and player raids. $30.5M in VC fuel. Web2 version = Steam/Epic, F2P, battle passes, and cosmetics. Web3 version = NFTs on Etherlink, separate launcher, own your loot (but not your destiny). No pay-to-win (they promise). Let the speculation (and base-raiding) begin. Anyone else feel a 2021 flashback coming on, or is it just my MetaMask heating up? 🫡 Let’s ride, reapers.

So Mythical Games finally did it — FIFA Rivals just got a feature we’ve only been asking for since, oh I don’t know, forever: the ability to combine player fragments into full mythical players. Revolutionary stuff, truly. 🧠🔥 For those not in the know (aka not throwing your soul into this mobile NFT grinder like the rest of us), you earn player fragments from playing the game. There are five unique ones per mythical player. Get all five and voilà, you've got yourself an overpriced JPEG with legs. Now here’s the kicker: the only actual way to complete a mythical player is by trading on the Mythical Market, their web-based marketplace where dreams go to die (unless you’re holding Messi, then dreams cost ~$11k). Some current market madness: Lionel Messi (x2 listed) – starting at 100,000 MYTH tokens (~$11,204, or a slightly used car) Rodri – $5,601 (solid midfielder, or half a rent year depending where you live) Valverde – $784 (underrated steal or future rug?) Hakimi – $650 (basically one month of groceries in 2025) So yeah, we’re now building mythicals one overpriced limb at a time. Honestly, I’m just waiting for someone to fractionalize a Messi into tradable nostrils. At least I can finally combine the random leg, torso, and half a haircut I’ve been hoarding since launch. Thanks Mythical, I guess? DYOR. NGMI if you're still holding Blankos. Edit: For those asking, no, you can’t combine duplicates. Yes, I tried. No, I don’t want to talk about it.  

SmartSoft will sponsor the “Best Emerging NFT Collection” category at the Ortak x B.F.T.H. Arena Awards, held July 8–11 in Yerevan, Armenia. The prize includes 10,000 FTN to recognize innovation and artistic creativity in Web3. The award aims to highlight NFT projects that combine art direction, utility, and storytelling. 

Well folks, it finally happened. After what felt like 37 years of teaser trailers, overly excited Discord mods, and more “soon”s than a meme coin roadmap, FLOKI — the self-declared “people-powered” crypto project — has actually launched Valhalla on mainnet. Yes. Mainnet. As in, the thing is real. You can now log in, click stuff, and watch little NFT Viking creatures beat the digital life out of each other in turn-based battles. Think Pokémon meets RuneScape meets your uncle trying to shill you a token at Thanksgiving. Valhalla is FLOKI’s magnum opus — a play-to-earn MMORPG with Viking aesthetics, browser-based gameplay, and apparently enough on-chain mechanics to give Vitalik a mild headache. It’s backed by a multi-million dollar treasury, so you know it's serious. Or at least expensive. The devs (who I assume sleep on FLOKI-branded memory foam) claim this is “the first community takeover project in crypto history.” Because nothing says decentralized empowerment like a marketing blitz featuring Candy Crush ads and a Times Square billboard. That’s right. FLOKI is going mainstream, baby. Esports sponsorships? Check. TV campaign reaching 219 million households? You bet. Ads on Twitch and YouTube for 4-5 weeks straight? Of course. If you haven’t seen the FLOKI logo while trying to watch a cat video or open a mobile game, are you even on the internet? Pedro Vidal, FLOKI’s Community Relations Officer (which sounds suspiciously like a very diplomatic bagholder), said this isn't about hype. Nope. It’s about “fixing” blockchain gaming and delivering “something gamers actually want to play.” Which I guess means not another pixelated rugpull with staking mechanics and gas fees that rival your rent. The game’s current patch, v0.35.0, includes new NFT Veras, amulets for deeper gameplay (aka more clicking), and some mysterious Vera Essence thing that I’m 90% sure is either a power-up or an inside joke only whales understand. All in all, Valhalla is live, playable, and — sarcasm aside — it’s one of the few projects actually shipping something tangible in the Web3 gaming space. Will it revolutionize blockchain gaming? Maybe. Will it pump FLOKI bags? Also maybe. Will I be yelling “FOR ODIN!” while trying to flip Vera NFTs? Absolutely. DYOR. Or don't. We're all vikings now anyway. 🪓 TL;DR:FLOKI launched Valhalla on mainnet — it’s a Viking-themed, NFT-packed, play-to-earn browser MMORPG. Massive marketing push, tons of partnerships, and actual gameplay. Is it the future of Web3 gaming or just a well-dressed token shill? Time (and Vera Essence) will tell.

Alright degenerates, gather ‘round. Ronin's "latest-once-again" darling, Lumiterra, just lit the blockchain up like a Christmas tree in July. Why? Because they’ve finally opened the floodgates and dropped 10% of their sweet, sweet LUMI tokens in the first phase of their cleverly titled MegaDrop Part 1 (yes, implying there’s more where that came from—how mysterious 🕵️). How do you earn this precious LUMI? Easy: Stake in-game assets via their DeFi toybox, Lumi Finance Climb the Yapper leaderboard on Kaito (yes, that is a real sentence in 2025) Hold “Fragments” and “Mystery Boxes” (because nothing says value like mystery) Oh, and they finally gave up on forcing everyone to download their client and made the game browser-playable. Progress! Result?Over 300K daily onchain users (DAUWs). That’s half of Ronin’s entire onchain activity. HALF. So either Lumiterra is cooking, or the rest of Ronin’s ecosystem is currently on life support. Of course, let’s not forget this isn’t their first rodeo. During their beta tests last year, they hit 800K DAUWs. For a hot minute. So we’ll see how long this round of hopium lasts. Gameplay-wise? Think Stardew Valley meets Pokémon, but every tree, rock, and slime you touch is a tradeable NFT. Because who wouldn’t want to gas-fee their way through digital compost management? Oh, and there’s a DeFi protocol baked in (Lumi Finance), because it’s 2025 and if your fantasy farm sim doesn’t double as a DEX, what are you even doing? TL;DR: Token drop bribes = massive spike in activity Farming sim but every pixel is on-chain Stake monsters, earn tokens, trade dirt DeFi + NFTs + social farming = peak web3 synergy or new flavor of the month? Personally? I'm farming LUMI like it’s 2021. If this all rugs, at least I’ll have emotional support slimes. Not financial advice, but you knew that. 🧑‍🌾🪙🐷

SmartSoft Sponsors Best Emerging NFT Collection Award at the Ortak x B.F.T.H. Arena Awards 2025 in Armenia, offering a 10,000 FTN prize to celebrate creative talent in Web3."Forgotten Playland" on Avalanche Adds Tradable NFTs, letting players collect and trade in-game cosmetic and toybox NFTs, enhancing gameplay and social interaction.Bored Ape Yacht Club Launches Animated NFT Stickers on Telegram, integrated with the TON blockchain, allowing users to own, trade, and buy them via Telegram Stars.FC Barcelona Unveils “Barça Pass” Crypto Wallet and customizable NFT avatars, aiming to engage global fans with digital collectibles and a future mobile racing game. Silver Scott Health Introduces Health Trust NFT, empowering users with full control over their medical and genetic data on a decentralized platform, addressing privacy concerns in the healthcare industry.

Well folks, it happened. FLOKI — yes, that FLOKI — has officially yeeted its long-hyped "Valhalla" game onto mainnet as of June 30th. If you've been living under a rock (or just avoiding Viking-themed metaverses), Valhalla is their play-to-earn, browser-based MMORPG set in the Viking age. Think Pokémon meets RuneScape, but with NFTs, tokens, and probably a lot of people trying to flip digital amulets for passive income. According to the team, Valhalla isn’t just another blockchain game with questionable graphics and broken tokenomics. No no — it’s “the first community takeover project in crypto history” (whatever that means), powered by the FLOKI token and driven by a player-run economy. Bold words. Especially for a game that also advertises in Candy Crush. They’re calling this FLOKI’s most ambitious project yet — and to be fair, with a multi-million dollar treasury, full-on Twitch and YouTube ad campaigns, and even a Times Square billboard, they’re certainly spending like they mean it. Plus, they’re going after mainstream gamers too, sponsoring the Baroda Premier League and headlining Global Esports Industry Week. Because when I think decentralized finance, I definitely think cricket leagues in India. 🤷 Some spicy updates in their recent patch (v0.35.0) include new Veras (your battle pets), amulets (because obviously P2E games need loot modifiers), and a mysterious resource called “Vera Essence.” Sounds valuable. Definitely not just another in-game token to farm and dump. Pedro Vidal from FLOKI claims they're “not building for hype” (LOL) and that this is about “making blockchain gaming better.” Right — because all those Candy Crush ads were purely for the culture. Still, sarcastic hat off for a sec — the game does look like it’s aiming for actual gameplay mechanics instead of being a glorified staking simulator. And if they can deliver something fun and functional, I might just be grinding Veras by next week. Anyone else tried it yet? Is it worth swapping ETH gas for Viking clout? TL;DR: FLOKI launches Valhalla, throws millions at marketing, and wants to fix blockchain gaming. Will it work? Or is this just the next saga in the endless P2E metaverse marathon? Let the Norse shitposting begin. 🪓

Alright degenerates and degen-curious, Soccerverse just wrapped up its first season, and they’re now in a three-week "reset mode"—which is basically Web3 speak for “we’re recalculating everything because some of you actually tried to play this like real football managers.” Teams are getting promoted, relegated, and influencer holders (aka the Twitter bros who minted at the right time) are collecting their seasonal payouts. Pro tip: the better your team performed, the more USDC you got. Shocking, I know. Performance-based rewards? What is this, TradFi? Player stats are getting tweaked based on actual real-world football—yes, even transfers are considered. If you aped into Estêvão early, congratulations, you accidentally made a good decision. Diamond hands paid off. Now is apparently the “perfect time” to hop in if you’re new. Translation: the old whales are bored, and they want you to come manage a bottom-tier club while they sit in the VIP box doing nothing but cashing influence checks. Also, there’s this new Jobs Board where you can basically slide into someone else’s DMs and ask to manage their club like you’re applying for a job at KPMG. But hey, it gets you transfer powers and strategy access, which is just fancy talk for “you can make decisions and then blame the AI when your club finishes 17th.” TL;DR: Season 2 starts in 3 weeks. Payouts are happening. Real-world player stats matter. There’s a jobs board so you can LARP as a manager under the guidance of someone with more tokens than you. Get in now or forever be one season behind the meta. Anyway, I’m off to scout Brazilian teenagers again. See you on the Jobs Board, peasants.

Blockchain storage platform ArDrive has teamed up with NFT.NYC to help creators permanently preserve their digital artworks on the Arweave blockchain. Unlike most NFTs, which rely on external servers, ArDrive ensures that entire artworks are stored immutably and securely, protecting them from deletion or loss. The platform recently recovered missing Nike NFTs and safeguards other top collections like CrypToadz and Solana Monkey Business. With over 18 million files stored and NFT ownership projected to grow, ArDrive is positioning permanent storage as essential to the future of digital art. 

Well, well, well. While normie gamers are still rage-posting about AI drawing a few background trees, Ubisoft is out here doing a full-on Black Mirror meets DAO cosplay — and I kinda respect it. Their new move? Slapping AI agents onto NFTs in their dystopian satire/game/experiment Captain Laserhawk: the G.A.M.E. (Yes, it has dots. Don’t ask.) Each Niji Warrior NFT now gets its own little AI buddy courtesy of LibertAI — like Clippy but with onchain memory and opinions on governance. These agents vote using ERC-6551 wallets, remember stuff via Aleph Cloud, and supposedly reflect the character’s lore, profession, values, and other RPG resume fluff. Even better? Players can delegate governance decisions to their AI or let them run fully autonomous. Imagine your JPEG arguing with someone else's JPEG in a DAO Discord while you're asleep. Peak 2025 vibes. Ubisoft’s technical director described it best: "In a universe that satirizes technocracies, surveillance, and synthetic identity, turning governance into playable fiction feels like the most honest move we could make." Translation: "Yes, this is insane. But at least we’re self-aware." They’re billing it as a live experiment in decentralized AI behavior. Think AI agents forming factions, politicking in Discord-style chats, and maybe even staging a coup against the devs if their ethical programming gets spicy. Honestly, it’s wild. It’s ambitious. It’s probably going to be broken at launch.But it also might be one of the most interesting things to happen in Web3 gaming since "staking your waifu" became a thing. Whether you see it as dystopian satire or just Ubisoft speedrunning DAO governance LARPing, it’s a fascinating sign of where things are heading. TL;DR: Ubisoft put AI brains inside NFTs so they can vote on governance decisions in a game about AI-controlled technocracies. Nothing makes sense anymore, and I'm bullish. 🔗 More details here💬 Thoughts? Are we witnessing the rise of AI autocrats in JPEG form or just another Ubisoft experiment destined for the metaverse graveyard?