B3’s Self-Destruct PC, Avalanche Battle Pass

It is robust to maintain tabs on the ever-changing crypto gaming area, due to the fixed movement of reports: every part from huge recreation launches and enjoyable degen experiments to token value swings and occasional venture collapses. It is quite a bit to observe.

Fortunately, we’re plugged in at Decrypt‘s GG. We cowl the largest happenings all through the week, after which this weekly roundup supplies a fast approach to catch up, in addition to discover a bunch of different little bits of reports from all through the week.

High tales

Self-destruct crypto PC: B3, a layer-3 gaming protocol constructed on Ethereum’s Base community by former Coinbase workers, has acquired gaming PC producer Andromeda Insights to increase into {hardware}. The acquisition permits B3 to manage your entire gaming stack—protocol, video games, and {hardware}—whereas giving Andromeda extra sources.

Their first joint product, the B3PC, is a crypto-focused gaming PC that includes distinctive safety capabilities. Most notably, it features a self-destruct storage drive that may be immediately wiped through safe digital deletion or bodily destruction of NAND flash chips by means of a high-voltage shock. The PC additionally integrates a {hardware} pockets, encryption, on-chain recreation assist, and offline transaction modes.

B3 co-founder Daryl Xu emphasised that high-performance gaming more and more calls for real-time rendering and AI integration, positioning the {hardware} as purpose-built for crypto and AI gaming futures. The B3PC is obtainable for preorder with a $200 deposit and anticipated Q1 2026 supply. B3’s protocol helps 80+ video games, and launched its native token in February.

Avalanche battle move: Avalanche has launched a free-to-mint NFT known as the Avalanche Battle Move to unite its gaming ecosystem and reward cross-game participation. Created by Ava Labs and Playfull, the move is obtainable by means of Magic Eden market and follows the favored “battle move” format pioneered by video games like Fortnite. (Solana launched its personal comparable Sport Move in April.)

Gamers mint the NFT, register it on Playfull’s web site, after which earn rewards like in-game NFTs and AVAX tokens by taking part in partnered video games. The move helps over a dozen video games together with Off the Grid, MapleStory N, Spellborne, and DeFi Kingdoms.

Ava Labs Gaming Lead Parker Heath describes it as an “on-chain watering gap” that connects fragmented gaming communities throughout Avalanche L1 chains. Regardless of broader blockchain gaming challenges of late, Heath highlighted robust consumer numbers, with Off the Grid attracting 300,000+ day by day customers and MapleStory N reaching 770,000+ customers since its Could launch.

ICYMI

• Pudgy Penguins recreation Pengu Conflict launched on Telegram final week.
• Avalanche recreation Forgotten Playland carried out in-game NFT assist final week as a part of its greatest replace but.

• Revolving Video games will launch its RCADE token on July 9.
• There is a free NFT mint on OpenSea tied to Avalanche recreation BloodLoop. Mint the AVAX NFT and you can unlock an unique in-game pores and skin when it launches on Monday (June 23).
• The makers of RavenQuest will launch the idle recreation RavenIdle on July 4, working on Immutable.
• Sq. Enix launched the ultimate season of its NFT recreation Symbiogenesis, which is able to conclude on July 15.

• Esports org Workforce Heretics has built-in the Chiliz pockets and workforce fan token inside its official retailer.
• Saga token stakers can now declare rewards from the twelfth airdrop within the Energy Degree Over 9,000 marketing campaign.
• Animoca Manufacturers has entered a strategic partnership with the creators of card battler Cross the Ages, with plans to assist the upcoming Come up recreation launch and purchase CTA tokens from the open market.

• The Somnia community reached a milestone of 1 billion testnet transactions, pushed by absolutely on-chain Minecraft clone Chunked.
• Ronin recreation The Machines Enviornment revealed a trailer for its “greatest replace but.”

• Immutable has launched IMX staking on its zkEVM community as a part of the upcoming community merger.
• Decentraland held a Sport Evening occasion final week with aggressive social gathering video games.

Weekend reads