24 April 2026 Weekly news roundup

FIFA Rivals moving to Pulse market, Verse8 x YGG hackathon results and Hytopia's worrying pause. [00:16] Mythical Games is migrating FIFA Rivals to the new Pulse marketplace. [02:46] But there's been some sort of delay. FIFA Rivals is the last of Mythical's games to migrate. [04:19] The significant change with Pulse is it uses the USDC stablecoin. [05:51] Why in-game item markets should use stablecoins, not volatile tokens. [07:20] With Pulse, you can sign in with email and/or external wallets like MetaMask. [09:54] Mythical Games has learned some hard lessons to get to this point. [15:44] Verse8 and YGG Play announce its Buidl Hack winners. [16:40] What Verse8’s AI game-making platform actually does. [20:00] Bank or Plank — the winning pirate board game is pretty good. [22:22] Roblox-on-blockchain platform Hytopia has paused operations while awaiting a tax refund. [28:00] Server costs, lost momentum and the blockchain game funding problem. [32:36] Why sustainable blockchain games need to start out with leaner teams. [35:16] Parallel Studios launches its trading card game on mobile app stores.

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24 April 2026 Weekly news roundup is an episode from Blockchain Gaming World by jon jordan.

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