Welcome to the 224th edition of the Play to Earn newsletter!

Bitcoin halving is upon us, and with it comes two new promo cards from Splinterlands, each with the ultra-rare Halving ability. The sale is only open for a limited time, so grab your cards while you can!

Pixels, a top-down, pixellated, browser-based farming game, has managed to capture the attention of the web3 playerbase, claiming their spot at the top of the charts with over 750k unique users per week!! We have an interview from Milk Road Radio where they sit down with Pixels CEO, Luke Barwikowski, and discussed the evolution of this increasingly popular game.

Meanwhile, don’t forget to get ready for play and airdrop opportunities from Honeyland and Illuvium, both of which are free to play! Honeyland gives us a chance to manage our own bee colony on our favorite mobile device, while the next Illuvium beta brings new, interconnectivity between their suite of games.

In other news, Yuga Labs announced a surprise sale of the HV-MTL and Otherside IPs, to Faraway, a game development company that had recently built the latest version of Dookey Dash. The playerbase seems both annoyed that Yuga Labs never followed through on their promises, and hopeful that Faraway will turn things around. Faraway has already proven that they can develop and release games, so I’m looking forward to seeing what they do with these franchises.

This week we say farewell another web3 game, as Eternal Dragons announces a complete shutdown of their game and website. However, they do say that they will buy back NFTs from players. Keep an eye on their Twitter account for more news on this.

To keep up with all of the latest headlines, make sure to check in on the Play to Earn website regularly. In the meantime, have fun, stay safe, and see you guys in the metaverse!

Mobile gaming and play to airdrop — what better combination could there be!? Well as luck would have it, Honeyland has both of those things for you. In fact, if you start playing now, you can earn points multipliers to help you climb the airdrop leaderboards which will open in May! — Read more

Illuvium Beta 4 and Token Airdrop

Play to airdrop has been a hot buzzword this year, but Illuvium is prepared to outdo all of the others with a token airdrop worth over $23 million dollars! This windfall not only goes to players in their upcoming beta release, but also whose who have participated in the Illuvium ecosystem. — Read More

IS CRYPTO GAMING GOING TO ONBOARD 1B PEOPLE ONCHAIN? 🎮

In March, crypto gaming traffic reached all-time highs. The leading game? Pixels.

This game is one of the biggest opportunities out there for web3 gaming enthusiasts like you.

Tune into Milk Road Radio as they sit down with Pixels CEO, Luke Barwikowski to find out how he and his team have built the largest crypto game out there.

Great alpha in there 👀

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New Promo Cards in Splinterlands Halving Event

Bitcoin halving is upon us! And in honor of this event, Splinterlands launched two new promotional cards, available only for a limited time. Each promo card will have the Halving ability, which is currently only available on two other cards in the entire Splinterlands collection! — Read more

Yuga Sells HV-MTL and Otherside to Faraway

In a surprise announcement this week, Yuga Labs announced that HV-MTL and the Otherside brands have both been sold to Faraway. Faraway now owns the IPs and most of the associated NFT collections, promising to push forward with game development. — Read more

Farewell to Eternal Dragons

It turns out that the Eternal Dragons were not so eternal after all! After nearly a year and a half since delivering their first alpha, the Eternal Dragons team announces that they are shutting down the game. — Read more

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