20 June 2025 | Weekly news roundup

Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the week's news including:[0:10] Glad Midsommar - happy midsummer to all our Scandis listeners.[0:20] Playful Studios (Wildcard) has raised $6.5 million and hopes to get in another $2.5 million.[1:28] It previously raised $46 million, announced in June 2022.[5:35] Wildcard will be out on Steam early access soon and Thousands is in regular play testing. [8:31] MapleStory N continues to grow; its most expensive NFT sold for $18,617.[12:40] If people aren't complaining about your game (within reason) there's probably something wrong with it. [16:40] Tokens are important but how you launch them, use them and talk about their value is more important.[17:48] Project Voyager / Craft World's play-to-airdrop event is already very popular and competitive.[23:51] What's going on with Gunzilla, Off The Grid and Gunz's mainnet launch?[25:50] Jon is very confused about the length of time it's taking to migrate players to mainnet.[30:48] This is compounded as Gunzilla hasn't given out any official figures about the playerbase.[36:07] First impressions of FIFA Rivals - hard PVP learning curve & "clever" fuel-for-NFTs mechanic.[41:11] It's "clever" because it stops pay-to-win and the inflation of NFT assets over time.[45:10] Pixels is launching its third 24 hour Shorelime event today (20th June).[46:14] The strategy for the PIXEL token is becoming an ecosystem token for many web3 games.