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 breaks down the top stories from the past week, along with some other tidbits you might have missed. We also feature some of our original stories from the week.

Biggest news

Airdrop for TikTok: Sonic SVMIt launched a second-tier game series based on Solana, its SONIC token, on Tuesday. The symbol peaked at A $443 million market value But it has since dropped to $277 million. With this, players of the Sonic January 30.

The game followed the simple tap-and-click premise that most games within the genre do, but was innovative by launching the game via TikTok instead of Telegram. This project has helped reach more than two million players, which Sonic SVM said has proven successful. Now, Sonic SVM wants to bring on board outside projects to follow in its footsteps.

Call of Duty Meme Coin: 360nscope420blazeit (MLG) by 5,200% in just six days Thanks to the nostalgia of the Call of Duty theme. the Solana The meme harks back to the perceived golden age of Call of Duty — before “all-out action” and overly complex kill attacks, or the deluge of microtransactions and goofy skins. And it's not just about emotes: they've launched dedicated online servers for classic Call of Duty games to attract a community of cryptocurrency players.

This approach quickly attracted a following, but when members of the popular eSports team FaZe Clan started selling the token, it became a struggle. Richard “FaZe Banks” Bengtson believed in the iconic symbol so much that he got a tattoo of the original MLG logo, i.e. Major League Gaming, an organization that was at the heart of the Call of Duty esports scene.

The MLG code isn't an official offering of the Activision-owned tournament organizer, of course, but that hasn't stopped it from making huge gains. MLG has peaked at a price of approximately $0.178 as of this writing, putting it at a peak market cap of about $177 million on Saturday. It's down about 30% since then.

Machine Arena on Steam and PS5: Ethereum Hero shooter Machinery yard- which runs on the Ronin Games Network - is coming to new platforms, and will be released on leading PC marketplace Steam as well as the PlayStation 5 console. However, since both platforms have restrictive encryption policies, these versions of the game will not contain No encryption features or may be limited.

On Steam, there won't be any encryption features at all. However, for PlayStation 5 He releasessaid Guiding Game Design Director David Gracia Decryption The company is still in discussions with Sony about how to implement the encryption elements. This is something to keep an eye on, as we have yet to see a game successfully implement live crypto features on PlayStation (Off the Grid, in Early Access, has a blockchain testnest At the back end But there are no current on-chain player facing features).

ICYMI

• Telegram game Trump's empire claims to have overtaken Total 4 million players.
• A Obese penguins The game is under development by playeris scheduled to begin operation a summary.
• Transak went live on the Ethereum gaming network Ronin With its own infrastructure from fiat currencies to crypto.
• Contact the AI ​​agent To Jay—Based on Axie Infinity co-founder Jeff "deviceZirlin - launched on Ronin thanks to the Virtuals protocol.
• PIXEL, the icon associated with the social farming game pixelis set to Get staking almost.

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Here are some of our original stories from last week that we think are worth reading this weekend:

Modified by Andrew Hayward