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Origins TCG is building its collectible and trading ecosystem around Steam's Marketplace infrastructure, the studio confirmed. A Steam demo with limited demo-only collectibles and treasure hunt mechanics arrives in the coming months. Early collectibles will be instantly tradable between players. Early access and full launch are both planned later this year.

World of Dypians has gone live with a new Great Collection Event built around a partnership with AI investment platform AlloX. Players can track progress, finish missions, and earn rewards inside the MMORPG's open world. The event ties the AI-powered onchain title deeper into its AlloX collaboration. Here is how the latest collection campaign works.

Ubisoft's Champions Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles is winding down its Web3 functionality, the studio confirmed in an official announcement. A player inventory snapshot is set for May 27, the same day the Forge and Marketplace permanently close. Players keep their champions, VIP status, and perks in-game after the blockchain shuts down. Here is the full transition timeline.

Debellum Arena has opened the gates to its closed beta test, bringing its top-down arena combat to mobile players. Selected testers can access the build through TestFlight on iOS or directly via the Google Play Store on Android. The closed test invites players to jump into the arena and help shape the game ahead of a wider release.

Legend of YMIR opens its Character NFT system in the May 19 update, letting players turn fully developed characters into tradable assets on the WEMIX PLAY Marketplace. The patch also brings a Transcendence System for summon growth and a weekly Clan Annihilation Battle. The Norse MMORPG continues to expand its Web3 economy across PC and mobile.

CHAMPZ has officially launched Phase 1 of Legends of Champz on Base, opening early access to waitlist players ahead of the broader public launch next week. The new title lets players roll a unique Legend, battle for leaderboard dominance, compete for the Guardian throne, and earn weekly rewards. Built natively on Base and accessible through base.app, Legends of Champz extends the CHAMPZ ecosystem's reach from its origins on Ethereum and Immutable zkEVM into Coinbase's growing consumer Web3 layer.

Fishing Frenzy has officially launched Chapter 3, described by the studio as the biggest update in the game's history. Guilds of up to 10 players are now active, the new Fish Quality system spans five tiers from D to S with S-rank catches granting 7x the standard EXP, and Boss Fish encounters can be summoned by sacrificing an S-rank fish and 1,000 gold. The cozy mobile fishing RPG is now playable directly from a mobile browser with no pop-ups and no crypto knowledge required. Karma has been corrected and redistributed, Chapter 2 Dive tickets have been refunded, and Premium Dive has been switched to USDC.

The Solana Foundation and Google Cloud have jointly launched Pay.sh, a pay-as-you-go payment gateway that lets AI agents discover, access, and pay for APIs using stablecoins on Solana. Agents tap services like Gemini, BigQuery, Vertex AI, and over 50 community API providers per request without accounts, subscriptions, or API keys. The system runs on the x402 protocol and Machine Payments Protocol (MPP), with payment itself acting as the credential. Pay.sh is live now, fully open source, and integrates with Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, Openclaw, and Hermes.

Sleepagotchi has launched a new Loyalty Program at hub.sleepagotchi.com ahead of its long-awaited Token Generation Event. Users can now earn Sleep Points to become eligible for the upcoming airdrop, with the studio framing the launch as a structured countdown to TGE. The Sleep-to-Earn mobile app combines sleep tracking with idle RPG mechanics, and the new Hub gives players a centralized destination to convert engagement into airdrop allocation ahead of the $SHEEP token launch.

Looking for play to earn games 2026 that don't burn out before your second login? These five idle and AFK blockchain games are still running in May 2026. Set them up, walk away, and come back to progress that actually accumulated. From cyberpunk mining sims to dark fantasy auto-battlers and move-to-earn step trackers, this lineup of crypto games spans browser, mobile, and a stack of chains. Every pick is verified active on PlayToEarn.com, with the latest dev update from each project covered.