Blast Royale, a battle royale game that blended fast-paced multiplayer action with blockchain-based mechanics, officially ended active development on 30th June 2025, just eight months after the game’s native token $NOOB held its initial token generation event (TGE). The abrupt end follows months of uncertainty as the team explored potential ways to keep the project viable.
In an announcement to players, the developers described the closure as a difficult but necessary decision after all other options were exhausted. All in-app payments have been disabled, and remaining $NOOB tokens will be unlocked and distributed to holders. Despite the closure, the game’s Discord server will remain online as a community hub.
Open Source Release Offers New Possibilities
In an unusual move for an online multiplayer title, Blast Royale’s full source code has been made publicly accessible under an open license. This means any developer or community group can freely use, modify, and redistribute the game’s code without restrictions.
The studio has pledged to support community-led projects by giving interested developers access to its former team members, who will offer guidance to keep the project alive in new forms. While official development has ended, the open-source release makes it possible for private or community-run servers to sustain the game’s mechanics and design for players who wish to continue playing or experimenting with it.
A Broader Pattern: The Shuttering of Web3 Games
Blast Royale’s shutdown is part of a wider pattern of blockchain-enabled games struggling to maintain operations in the face of multiple market pressures. In recent months, projects like Illuvium: Zero, which adjusted its development roadmap due to funding constraints, Farsite, which paused its planned open-world launch, and Star Atlas, which reduced its team size significantly, have all scaled back or ended core parts of their operations.
Many Web3 titles launched during a period of high optimism around tokenized economies and play-to-earn loops but have struggled to maintain player engagement and investor backing amid volatile token prices and tightening regulatory conditions.
Beyond these crypto-specific challenges, the broader gaming industry has faced severe overcrowding in recent years, with a growing number of titles in nearly every genre and platform. This saturation makes it difficult for individual games to stand out or retain player bases, particularly in competitive segments like battle royales or multiplayer shooters. With only a handful of releases managing to break through and maintain long-term communities, many smaller projects have found it unsustainable to continue.
A Community-Driven Future
While the Web3 gaming sector searches for more viable models, the open-source release of Blast Royale offers a different path: community-led preservation and experimentation. Whether fan-driven efforts will be enough to sustain meaningful player numbers or revive the title’s momentum remains uncertain. For now, however, Blast Royale’s mechanics and creative assets are freely available for anyone interested in keeping its spirit alive — a rare outcome for an online game winding down its official servers.