ChainCatcher message, according to BlockchainGamer, Sky Mavis has launched a new service aimed at attracting new players to its flagship game Axie Infinity. The new Axie Adoption Center serves as an entry point for players without any Axies, allowing users to obtain delegated Axies that can be used in the game. By completing a certain number of tasks within 30 days to earn points, players can exchange these points for Axies. Users who refer friends to the Axie Adoption Center, facilitating actual delegations, will receive a 0.5 AXS reward.It is important to note that to join the Axie Adoption Center and receive delegated Axies, users must first create a wallet on Ronin and connect to the game's Discord. Only accounts without any Axies are eligible to use this service.

ChainCatcher news, the blockchain game Axie Infinity's developer Sky Mavis announced a 21% layoff. Given that its global team consists of about 250 people, this decision will affect around 50 employees.The company's co-founder Nguyen Thanh Trung stated that this move is part of a refocus on core products and long-term strategy. Trung emphasized that financial constraints were not the reason for this decision, and affected employees will receive severance pay and employment placement support. (TechinAsia)

ChainCatcher news, the blockchain game Axie Infinity has announced that Origins Season 9 is now live, with key points including:AXS leaderboard prize pool of up to 24,300 tokens;The Trials mode of the Epic Era will open on July 1. Enter the Trials and earn SLP rewards; the Trials will be open for a limited time;A new arcade mode has been added, where players can win summer ticket rewards. Tickets can be used in the summer shop to purchase limited-time frames, avatars, runes, and charms.

ChainCatcher message, the blockchain game Axie Infinity stated on the X platform that the voting rights snapshot has been completed. If everything goes as planned, voting will begin in 5 hours and 50 minutes and will last for a week. Users' voting rights depend on their Axie scores and AXS staking.Steps: The voting portal page will display the proposals available for voting. Click the "View Details" button to see more information about a specific proposal, and after reviewing the proposal, you can vote by clicking the "Vote" button.

ChainCatcher news, a16z investor Robin Guo posted on social media: "This chart shocked me today. The MAU of Web3 games is 3.3 million, far exceeding the previous peak created by Axie. If the data hasn't been cleaned, I'm sure many of them are bots, but the recent growth led by Pixels is still impressive. It feels like this has really been overlooked."

ChainCatcher news, Axie Infinity official announced that Axie Classic Competitive Season 2 is now live. The Axie Classic Competitive Circuit will offer a prize pool of 57,000 AXS tokens.

ChainCatcher message, Axie Infinity co-founder Jihoz.ron stated on the X platform that the RNS domain "Jihoz.ron" is still reserved, but do not send anything to that domain. Currently, some users are sending tokens to impersonators.

ChainCatcher news, the blockchain game Axie Infinity announced on social media that it has reached a strategic partnership with the Philippine payment platform Gcash. Filipinos can now access AXS and SLP through GCash's GCrypto feature. Currently, about 80 million (80% of the total population) internet users in the Philippines use GCash for financial services such as transfers, bill payments, or online shopping.

ChainCatcher news, the blockchain game Axie Infinity released its 2023 data on the X platform: the annual active users are 662,647; the monthly active users have an average annual growth of 170%; AXS treasury revenue is 3.4 million USD.

ChainCatcher news, Axie Infinity co-founder Jihoz.ron posted on the X platform that currently, 62% of RON tokens are staked.

ChainCatcher news, Axie Infinity posted on the X platform that it will collaborate with the Philippine ride-hailing app Grab to provide additional benefits for users in the Philippines.Players can access the Merch Store through the Grab app to earn Grab points, and they will also be able to purchase discount codes for certain items from the Merch Store.

According to ChainCatcher news, monitored by The Data Nerd, Hashed CEO Simon Kim's address received 416,600 AXS (approximately $2.49 million) from the Axie team 3 hours ago.Since December 2022, the address has received a total of 1,250,000 AXS (worth approximately $8.19 million) and currently holds 546,700 AXS (worth $3.20 million).

ChainCatcher news, according to Token Unlock, at 21:10 tonight, Axie Infinity will unlock 15.13 million AXS, worth approximately 63.5 million dollars, accounting for about 11.5% of the circulating supply.

ChainCatcher news, Axie Infinity co-founder Aleksander Leonard Larsen stated in an interview that the "AAA game" label has become a "marketing gimmick" for Web3 game projects. The team has not proven themselves through work, but instead focuses on metrics such as the floor price of NFTs or the number of developers they have.In addition, regarding discussions about whether the team is large enough or experienced enough to actually create the games they promised, Larsen said: "Too many cooks spoil the broth, especially when they are borrowed from other studios. Industry insiders know how difficult long-term collaboration can be."