### A sword you can sell — and a game that can still close
NFT gaming promises something ordinary games never offered: an item you earn or buy in a game that you can sell to another player, outside the game, for real value. The idea is simple. The reality, as October 2026 showed, is messier. In a single month, Blur — once the dominant NFT marketplace — announced it will shut...
What happenedWeb3 gaming closed October 2026 going in two directions at once. On one side, Gigaverse announced a major consolidation: its new flagship Ethereum-based NFT collection, Giga Legends, will become the single banner for its whole ecosystem. On the other side, established Web3 games kept shutting down, with Meta Racing telling players to withdraw their assets by November 15, 2026, and...
