This Week in Crypto Video games: B3's Self-Destruct PC, Avalanche Battle Go – Decrypt

It is robust to maintain tabs on the ever-changing crypto gaming house, because of the fixed circulate of reports: every little thing from large sport launches and enjoyable degen experiments to token worth swings and occasional challenge collapses. It is so much to comply with.

Fortunately, we’re plugged in at Decrypt‘s GG. We cowl the most important happenings all through the week, after which this weekly roundup supplies a fast technique to catch up, in addition to discover a bunch of different little bits of reports from all through the week.

Prime tales

Self-destruct crypto PC: B3, a layer-3 gaming protocol constructed on Ethereum’s Base community by former Coinbase workers, has acquired gaming PC producer Andromeda Insights to broaden into {hardware}. The acquisition permits B3 to manage your complete gaming stack—protocol, video games, and {hardware}—whereas giving Andromeda extra sources.

Their first joint product, the B3PC, is a crypto-focused gaming PC that includes distinctive safety capabilities. Most notably, it features a self-destruct storage drive that may be immediately wiped through safe digital deletion or bodily destruction of NAND flash chips by means of a high-voltage shock. The PC additionally integrates a {hardware} pockets, encryption, on-chain sport assist, and offline transaction modes.

B3 co-founder Daryl Xu emphasised that high-performance gaming more and more calls for real-time rendering and AI integration, positioning the {hardware} as purpose-built for crypto and AI gaming futures. The B3PC is out there for preorder with a $200 deposit and anticipated Q1 2026 supply. B3’s protocol helps 80+ video games, and launched its native token in February.

Avalanche battle go: Avalanche has launched a free-to-mint NFT known as the Avalanche Battle Go to unite its gaming ecosystem and reward cross-game participation. Created by Ava Labs and Playfull, the go is out there by means of Magic Eden market and follows the favored “battle go” format pioneered by video games like Fortnite. (Solana launched its personal related Sport Go in April.)

Gamers mint the NFT, register it on Playfull’s web site, after which earn rewards like in-game NFTs and AVAX tokens by taking part in partnered video games. The go helps over a dozen video games together with Off the Grid, MapleStory N, Spellborne, and DeFi Kingdoms.

Ava Labs Gaming Lead Parker Heath describes it as an “on-chain watering gap” that connects fragmented gaming communities throughout Avalanche L1 chains. Regardless of broader blockchain gaming challenges of late, Heath highlighted sturdy consumer numbers, with Off the Grid attracting 300,000+ each day customers and MapleStory N reaching 770,000+ customers since its Might launch.

ICYMI

• Pudgy Penguins sport Pengu Conflict launched on Telegram final week.
• Avalanche sport Forgotten Playland carried out in-game NFT assist final week as a part of its greatest replace but.

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