27 March 2026 | Weekly news roundup

[0:17] Jon wants everyone to know that he has a new GamesTX hat.

[1:23] Pixels has launched Stacked, which is a P2E rewards platform (or engine!) for web2/3 games.

[3:42] Effectively, Stacked is a productized version of the P2E layer in Pixels.

[8:36] Stacked currently supports Pixels and Pixel Dungeons and will support Ronin and Sleepagotchi.

[9:05] Rewards include PIXEL and will include gift cards and PayPal.

[12:10] Pixels currently has a Return on Reward Spend of 3 -- $3 of spend per $1 of rewards.

[13:34] AI game-creation platform Verse8 has raised $5 million in seed funding.

[14:40] There's consumer version and also a pro version for game studios. Delabs is using it.

[15:50] Verse8 has been used to make 25,000 games from 5,000 creators and 3.5 million MAUs.

[18:33] The Sandbox's has launched the first playtest for its NEXT mobile battle royale game.

[19:57] Wildcard has launched its WC token; currently priced a FDV of $600,000.

[23:08] What are the key metrics for a sustainable blockchain game in 2026?