The recent news about the conflict in Ukraine shocked us all. Of course it had a big impact on the markets, but now is not the time to worry about that. We should all stay united as a worldwide community and express all our support to our friends affected directly or indirectly by the ongoing events. We are all citizen of the world… and the metaverse. So if you feel down or worried, why not jump in a virtual world for a bit and forget about all the sad news we keep hearing. It will help us to cope and to keep our spirits up in these difficult times.

Here are the top play-to-earn news that you might have missed this week. If you can, turn off the world news, pick a game, and take some time to escape and enjoy yourself!

Stay safe, and see you in the metaverse! ☮️

Axie Infinity Origin Alpha to Start in March 2022

Sky Mavis confirmed their intention to release the first alpha of Axie Infinity Origin, the new, revamped version of Axie Infinity, in March 2022. The Alpha will only serve as a testing ground, and all items and rewards earned while playing it won’t be kept in the official release. — Read more

FTX US to Launch A New Gaming Division – FTX Gaming

FTX US, a US-regulated cryptocurrency exchange, plans to launch its gaming unit to encourage more and more game publishers to include Blockchain Network, Cryptocurrencies, and NFTs in their games. The gaming unit comes with a “crypto-as-a-service” platform allowing publishers to launch tokens and offer support for NFTs. — Read more

Chainmonsters Beta Video Review

Chainmonsters launched their first beta in December and recently released iOS and Android version. We sent our host Bruno on a mission to review the Chainmonsters beta and catch all the Mons coming his way. Watch the video to see his first adventures in the Chainmonsters world. — Watch it here

A First Look at Champions: Ascension

By the time you read this, it may be to late to get on the whitelist for the first NFT drop of Champions: Ascension, but there will still be an opportunity in the public sale. These first NFTs, known as Prime Eternals, are considered Founder’s NFTs and expected to provide ongoing benefits to holders. So let’s take a first look at Champions: Ascension, an MMO / gladiatorial combat game in early development on the Ethereum blockchain. — Read more

NFT Worlds Tops the OpenSea Virtual Worlds Chart

The value of $WRLD after the release of the first live server for NFT Worlds shed light on the game, and thousands of players and guilds joined in by purchasing NFT Worlds NFTs. NFT Worlds land plots are now the most traded virtual worlds assets on Open Sea. — Read more

Build to Earn in Sandbox Game Maker and VoxEdit Contests

Sandbox recently ran one of their first play to earn events with their Alpha experience. But for quite a while, Sandbox has also been hosting build to earn contests with Game Maker, and Voxedit, the recommended object editing tool. Events for both of these tools offer tangible rewards in the form of SAND tokens and NFTs! — Read more

Kongregate Enters the Web 3 World With Immutable X

After announcing its partnership with GameStop, Immutable partners with Kongregate, another giant of the gaming industry. With this strategic partnership, Kongregate joins the web 3 world and opens a whole new world of possibilities to its existing and future titles. — Read more here

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