Crypto Gaming Heats Up: B3’s Self-Destruct PC & Avalanche’s Battle Pass Take Center Stage

Gamers and degens collide as blockchain gaming pushes new frontiers—with hardware that literally burns out and play-to-earn mechanics that might just outlast your altbag.

B3's kamikaze rig: A gaming PC that self-destructs after minting rare NFTs—because nothing says 'bullish' like planned obsolescence meets digital scarcity.

Avalanche's new playbook: Their battle pass system turns grinding into yield farming—finally, an ROI justification for those 14-hour gaming marathons.

Meanwhile, traditional finance bros still think 'crypto games' means trading Coinbase stock options. Bless their hearts.

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B3, a layer-3 gaming protocol built on Ethereum's Base network by former Coinbase employees, has acquired gaming PC manufacturer Andromeda Insights to expand into hardware. The acquisition enables B3 to control the entire gaming stack—protocol, games, and hardware—while giving Andromeda additional resources.

Their first joint product, the B3PC, is a crypto-focused gaming PC featuring unique security capabilities. Most notably, it includes a self-destruct storage drive that can be instantly wiped via secure digital deletion or physical destruction of NAND flash chips through a high-voltage shock. The PC also integrates a hardware wallet, encryption, on-chain game support, and offline transaction modes.

B3 co-founder Daryl Xu emphasized that high-performance gaming increasingly demands real-time rendering and AI integration, positioning the hardware as purpose-built for crypto and AI gaming futures. The B3PC is available for preorder with a $200 deposit and expected Q1 2026 delivery. B3's protocol supports 80+ games, and launched its native token in February.

Avalanche has launched a free-to-mint NFT called the Avalanche Battle Pass to unite its gaming ecosystem and reward cross-game participation. Created by Ava Labs and Playfull, the pass is available through Magic Eden marketplace and follows the popular "battle pass" format pioneered by games like Fortnite. (Solana launched its own similar Game Pass in April.)

Players mint the NFT, register it on Playfull's website, and then earn rewards like in-game NFTs and AVAX tokens by playing partnered games. The pass supports over a dozen games including Off the Grid, MapleStory N, Spellborne, and DeFi Kingdoms.

Ava Labs Gaming Lead Parker Heath describes it as an "on-chain watering hole" that connects fragmented gaming communities across Avalanche L1 chains. Despite broader blockchain gaming challenges of late, Heath highlighted strong user numbers, with Off the Grid attracting 300,000+ daily users and MapleStory N reaching 770,000+ users since its May launch.

ICYMI

• Pudgy Penguins game Pengu Clash launched on Telegram last week.
• Avalanche game Forgotten Playland implemented in-game NFT support last week as part of its biggest update yet.

• Revolving Games will launch its RCADE token on July 9.
• There's a free NFT mint on OpenSea tied to Avalanche game BloodLoop. Mint the AVAX NFT and you'll be able to unlock an exclusive in-game skin when it launches on Monday (June 23).
• The makers of RavenQuest will launch the idle game RavenIdle on July 4, running on Immutable.
• Square Enix launched the final season of its NFT game Symbiogenesis, which will conclude on July 15.

◤ ◢◤ ◢◤ ◢◤ ◢◤ ◢◤ ◢#SYMBIOGENESIS
FINAL SEASON - Chapter 6 -
Begins Now!
◤ ◢◤ ◢◤ ◢◤ ◢◤ ◢◤ ◢

The Final Season Chapter 6 has finally begun...!
🔗 https://t.co/YDJF9aVDjC

"The world ends... and everything begins anew."
Witness the conclusion of the story—… pic.twitter.com/d6Ks4Hkv9Y

— 【EN_Official】SYMBIOGENESIS | SQUARE ENIX (@symbiogenesisEN) June 20, 2025

• Esports org Team Heretics has integrated the Chiliz wallet and team fan token within its official store.
• Saga token stakers can now claim rewards from the 12th airdrop in the Power Level Over 9,000 campaign.
• Animoca Brands has entered a strategic partnership with the creators of card battler Cross the Ages, with plans to support the upcoming Arise game launch and buy CTA tokens from the open market.

We are entering into a strategic partnership with @CrossTheAges, a fantasy and sci-fi based transmedia ecosystem leveraging blockchain technology.

Through this partnership, we will support Cross the Ages' ecosystem and its upcoming official launch of Arise, a free-to-play… pic.twitter.com/uZtoaqTTEU

— Animoca Brands (@animocabrands) June 20, 2025

• The Somnia network reached a milestone of 1 billion testnet transactions, driven by fully on-chain Minecraft clone Chunked.
• Ronin game The Machines Arena revealed a trailer for its "biggest update yet."

Open Beta Season 3 Preview Trailer: a look at what’s coming in our biggest TMA update yet.

We've been quiet. That's on us. Time to change that. pic.twitter.com/7KITE3NXKM

— The Machines Arena (@themachinesgame) June 18, 2025

• Immutable has launched IMX staking on its zkEVM network as part of the upcoming network merger.
• Decentraland held a Game Night event last week with competitive party games.

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