Axie Infinity teases new Web3 game as NFT outlook turns positive

Non-fungible token (NFT) gaming task Axie Infinity released a caller trailer for an upcoming video game, Atia’s Legacy, a massively multiplayer online (MMO) crippled acceptable successful the Axie universe. 

On Nov. 25, Axie Infinity developer Sky Mavis announced its plans to merchandise a caller crippled acceptable successful the satellite of Axie Infinity. The announcement came amid institution layoffs that freed up resources for respective projects going into 2025. Sky Mavis co-founder and CEO Trung Nguyen said 1 of the projects was the “new Axie game.”

On March 6, Sky Mavis released the crippled trailer, giving a sneak peek astatine Atia’s Legacy. Sky Mavis says the crippled is “the adjacent chapter” successful the Axie universe. The squad highlighted that Axie Infinity continues to “empower players with existent plus ownership.” 

The trailer shows improvements to its archetypal iteration that featured two-dimensional Axies performing turn-based combat. It displays improved elements, specified arsenic 3D combat, mini-games similar solving puzzles and catching food and its ain farming simulator. 

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Sky Mavis launches referral rewards successful AXS

Sky Mavis said they’ve enactment everything learned implicit the past 7 years of gathering and powering Web3 games into the project. The squad said that if things spell arsenic planned, it volition unfastened up “play-tests” wherever users tin trial the crippled successful 2025. 

The institution besides deployed a referral programme to pull players. Sky Mavis said users who successfully notation their friends to play would person the game’s autochthonal tokens, Axie Infinity (AXS), arsenic a reward. “AXS volition beryllium paid retired for palmy referrals with much tokens unlocked arsenic the fig of onboarded gamers climbs higher,” Sky Mavis said. 

Sky Mavis said it would vessel a playable minimum viable merchandise that features squad-based combat, unified progression, player-versus-environment, assets and crafting and societal interactions. However, the institution did not supply a circumstantial timeline for shipping the game. 

Blockchain gaming develops amid affirmative NFT outlook

Apart from Sky Mavis, Gunzilla Games’ blockchain shooter Off The Grid dropped a important update for 1 of its large maps connected Feb. 28. It integrated gameplay improvements similar jetpack upgrades and rotational purpose assist. 

These blockchain gaming developments came arsenic the US has begun to displacement its attack toward NFTs. On Feb. 22, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) dropped its investigation connected the NFT marketplace OpenSea. 

On March 3, the securities regulator closed its probe into the NFT institution Yuga Labs. The institution said this was a “huge win” and added, “NFTs are not securities.” 

In addition, a institution connected to US President Donald Trump wants Trump trademarks for a metaverse and an NFT marketplace. On Feb. 28, Trump-owned institution DTTM Operations filed trademark applications for the connection “TRUMP” successful narration to an NFT marketplace and a metaverse. 

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