Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan talk through the news for the week ending 25th October 2024, including: [0:35] Ubisoft's Champions Tactics is now live, including via the Ultra platform. [2:04] The Big Blockchain Game Report for Q3 2024 went live this week - "another difficult quarter"! [3:52] Most big game tokens are down in price during 2024 but BEAM, PRIME and SUPER are up. [5:28] Also, most game tokens were down in their general crypto ranking, relative to other cryptos. [8:01] Investment into the blockchain game sector is down; currently down 31% compared to 2023 [10:05] Key ecosystem trend has been the explosion of Telegram mini-games with TON integration [14:42] Now we're seeing Telegraph mini-apps linking to other blockchains like Ronin and Immutable. [16:40] Will Telegram mini-games be a successful strategy for all crypto games or just a few? [17:54] Should game developers always be pivoting to the next "new thing"? [19:17] In a surprising move, MetalCore is migrating from Immutable to Solana. [23:29] Mobile party game Party Icons has announced a $9 million investment led by Bitkraft. ends