10 Play To Earn Games to Watch in April – Play to Earn

April showers us with quite a few events and releases in the play to earn, blockchain gaming world. We have launches, mints, alphas, and even an IDO! Read on for more info and important dates in this April 2022 edition of games to watch!

2021 saw a significant rise in the gaming scene and an explosion of speculation, much of which pushed gaming tokens and NFTs to all-time highs last spring. But much of that hopeful adulation, has died down, as most of these games have had not much to show and even less to actually play. But that is about to change in a significant way in 2022. And April is just a sign of what’s to come. We have a lot to cover, so let’s get too it!

Axie Infinity Origin Launch

Long the biggest name in blockchain gaming, and play to earn in particular, Axie is near to releasing a major overhaul of their game. Known as Origin, this release brings a slew of new abilities, a revamped combat system, and a new free to play system.

Delayed due to a recent hack on their Ronin chain, expect to be able to play Axie Origin on April 7th.
Read more about the Axie Inifinty Origin launch week here.

Drunk Robots IDO

Though IDOs seem to have fallen off in popularity, here’s you chance to join one for Drunk Robots. The primary currency for Drunk Robots, $METAL, goes up for IDO sale on April 7th. Three launchpads, Liquidifty, Gamefi, and Trustpad will all provide opportunities for users to get in on the initial token price of $0.01. Drunk Robots and its tokens live on the Binance Chain.

Read more about the Drunk Robots IDO here.

Sunflower Land Launch

Notorious for bringing the Polygon network to a crawl, Sunflower Farmers is relaunching and rebranding as Sunflower Land. Their contracts have all been rewritten to close coding loopholes and try and discourage botting. The new game will begin with a slow rollout, adding new features over time. Expect to see the initial launch on April 7th.

Read more about Sunflower Land here.

Ascenders Demo and Combat Challenge

Offering a pretty sweet incentive to get involved with the Avalanche blockchain, Ascenders, an action RPG, launches a free to play version alongside a one month challenge for over one million $AGC token in prizes. Players can download the demo game and try out the combat challenge. Those with the top 100 high scores at the end of the month with $AGC, governance tokens for Ascenders.

Learn more about Ascenders and their Combat Challenge here.

Metashooter Early Alpha

Hunt virtual animals for fun and profit in Metashooter! Running on the Cardano blockchain, Metashooter features its own token, NFTs, and land ownership. Get ready to try out this hunt to earn game as they bring us a first look and early alpha sometime in April.

Genesis Worlds Mint

Genesis Worlds brings us their next set of Mining Claims. Each Mining Claim issues daily GENESIS tokens and runs on a bonding curve, meaning that cost for new Claims…