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The crypto and NFT gaming space is busier than ever lately, what with prominent games starting to release, token airdrops piling up, and a seemingly constant array of other things happening at all times. It’s a lot to take in! Luckily, Decrypt’s GG is all over it. And if you need a quick way to get caught up on the latest moves around crypto video games, we’re happy to present This Week in Crypto Games. Our weekend roundup serves up the biggest news from the past week, along with a few other tidbits you might have missed. We also showcase a few of our original stories from the week. Biggest news The Lost Glitches open beta: Ethereum layer-3 network Xai’s trading card game The Lost Glitches entered open beta on Thursday, available for download on the Epic Games Store. The game mixes in role-playing game (RPG) elements to layer in depth for players. As they complete tasks and quests, they are able to build out a skill tree, which will then influence the way they build their decks. Head of publishing and marketing for Lost Glitches publisher Mimunga, Franco De Cesare, told Decrypt‘s GG that the game’s vibrant artistic style was “critically important.” Its something that the company sees as lacking in the latest crop of huge AAA games, plus it helps set the game apart from the likes of Hearthstone and Parallel. A new layer-3 network: Pixelcraft Studios, the company behind the crypto game Aavegotchi, announced Thursday that it plans to launch a “members only” Ethereum layer-3 gaming blockchain called Geist. Like Ronin and Xai, rival Ethereum gaming networks, Geist will be permissioned—which means the developers can determine which teams can build on the chain. Powered by multiple Ethereum scaling technologies, including Base and Arbitrum, Geist is designed to…

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