encryption and She denied The gaming space has become busier than ever lately, with notable games starting to release, token drops piling up, and a seemingly constant array of other things happening at all times. It's a lot to take in!

Fortunately, DecryptionGG is all over. And if you need a quick way to catch up on the latest movements around crypto video games, we're happy to bring you This Week in Crypto Games.

Our Weekend Roundup presents the top stories from the past week — plus — this is an expanded edition due to the holidays — along with some other tidbits you might have missed.

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Hamster Combat Ton Layer 2: after The fourth largest gaming token launch of 2024The makers of Telegram's click-for-money game, Hamster Kombat, have revealed plans to create a second-layer network on top of... Open network (tons).

This came after A Independent decentralized organization (Dow) vote Overwhelmingly They voted in favor of the move, with a nominal voting power of 1.1 billion HMSTR in favor and only 104,368 against. However, it is worth noting that The top two voters They hold over 88% of the total voting power as of this writing, giving the two whales enormous influence.

Before that, it was developers Announce Hamster Kombat's highly-anticipated (and much-delayed) second season will be "more than just a game", with three games now in the pipeline to become the core of the entertainment ecosystem with the IP. Named HamsterVerseis currently in a closed beta for 30,000 community members.

Off the grid standing tall: As the end of the year dawns, Avalanche-Based on Shooter Off the grid He won some media awards. And it wasn't just about winning GG Game of the Yearbut the battle royale shooter also won Games 3 Game of the year The award went to A Rolling Stone List of year-end games.

Gunzilla Games has shared its plans for 2025 with Decryption Along with GOTY honors. Notably, this includes an estimated date of Q1 2025 GUNZ network to enter the main network, Which would enable its GUN token to be traded freely. Before that, the studio wants to launch ranked and solo queue modes, unlocking the remaining 80% of the map while the game's story unfolds.

Next, Gunzilla will look to bring third-party developers into the GUNZ network, and even look to the possibility Telegram mini app For the ecosystem. It should be a big year for one of the biggest cryptocurrency gaming success stories to date.

Eluvium's next steps: Illuvium crypto gaming franchise Announce How will it move forward in the new year? Project previously She released three titles that feed into each other, whether through shared resources or through the narrative loop – but focusing on the three titles was extremely difficult. From now on, the team will prioritize its efforts one game at a time, starting with the Illuvium Arena.

The lengthy blog post also touches on plans to reduce microtransactions, add more content, and raise more funding. Perhaps most importantly, the publication is considering the possibility of temporarily shutting down the main title Illuvium Overworld until it becomes a "fully realized experience." But come 2025, improving the Overworld MMO experience is said to be the way to go Eluvium The team's "top priority".

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• Telegram game Catizen Distribute rewards to Airdrop ticket holders Fridayfor which owners receive three different codes.
• Famous gaming brand Atari open New portable console,My hallways."
• Zoo, the booming Telegram game with over 12 million players, certain That its mining phase will end on January 31st and that the in-game ZOO token will be equal to one on-chain token in the future.
  
• Sonic SVM He confirmed that the players are from TikTok Click to win game You will receive a Sonic airdrop on Solana blockchain.

• Crypto trading card game Parallel It has exceeded 6 million games played in the history of its existence with the developers claim It currently averages 200,000 games per week.
• Telegram game Gold mine cat It announced that its token will be listed on Bitget, Gate, MEXC and other exchanges on Thursday, January 9.
• Someone has turned the popular first-person shooter Doom into a Doom game CAPTCHA human verification challenge.

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Here are some of our original stories from the past two weeks that we think are worth reading this weekend:

Modified by Andrew Hayward