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Hamster Kombat Heads to TON, Off the Grid Shines, Illuvium Refocuses

Hamster Kombat is set to make a significant move, with plans to build a layer-2 network on The Open Network (TON). This decision follows an overwhelming DAO vote, though concerns remain about the influence of a few large token holders. Meanwhile, the game’s upcoming second season, “HamsterVerse,” is expanding with three new games and a closed beta for 30,000 community members.

Off the Grid continued its winning streak, claiming Game of the Year awards from GG and Gam3s, and earning recognition from Rolling Stone. Gunzilla Games outlined its 2025 roadmap, including the mainnet launch of its GUN token and the onboarding of third-party developers to the GUNZ network. A potential Telegram mini app for the ecosystem is also under consideration.

Illuvium announced a shift in its development strategy, prioritizing one game at a time, starting with Illuvium Arena. The team aims to reduce microtransactions, add more content, and potentially temporarily shut down Illuvium Overworld to focus on improving the core experience.

January 2025, Cryptoniteuae

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Vaibhavv Ali
Vaibhavv Ali

Vaibhavv Ali is the founder and editor of Cryptonite (cryptonite.ae), an independent digital-asset news and analysis publication with a UAE focus. He covers virtual-asset regulation — VARA, ADGM and the UAE Central Bank — alongside real-world-asset tokenization, stablecoins and agentic AI in finance. Every Cryptonite article is human-edited and its sources are linked. He is also a celebrated speaker and host.

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