Four companies sit behind almost everything still being built in Web3 gaming in 2026: Igloo Inc. with the Pudgy Penguins, Animoca Brands out of Hong Kong, Yuga Labs with the Bored Ape Yacht Club and Sky Mavis with Axie Infinity. Three of them have switched something off or handed something over this year, and one has set a date that concerns you if you hold a balance on the Abstract chain: it ends there on December 15, 2026.
This article works through the four companies one by one. What is still running, what has been discontinued, which token hangs on what, and how much of it a holder in Europe can actually get at. To see what became of the games themselves, the review of Illuvium, Axie and Sandbox is in our Web3 Gaming in 2026 piece. This one is about the companies behind them.
Web3 Gaming in 2026: These Four Companies Still Decide What Gets Built
Web3 gaming describes games whose items, currencies or plots of land sit on a blockchain as tokens, so that players can trade them outside the game. The sector has narrowed sharply since the boom of 2021. What is left is a handful of houses that run a brand, the...
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