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The Lost Glitches Finds Support Beyond Token Rewards

Background: Debate continued over putting games onchain or returning to the conventional games market. Today: The Lost Glitches announced more than USD 1 million in new support from two distinct sources: a German federal game support program and Arbitrum Gaming Ventures' USD 200 million program. Impact and next steps: The support let the team discuss funding in terms of making a game, but it could not answer whether players would stay.

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Background: Debate continued over putting games onchain or returning to the conventional games market. Projects in the ecosystem were also looking for funding that did not depend solely on token rewards. The Lost Glitches offered a case to discuss.

Today: The Lost Glitches announced more than USD 1 million in new support from two distinct sources: a German federal game support program and Arbitrum Gaming Ventures' USD 200 million program. It was the first game in the ecosystem to bring funding back through a conventional channel.

Impact and next steps: The support let the team discuss funding in terms of making a game, but it could not answer whether players would stay. Some in the group wanted to treat it as proof of a turn toward the conventional market; others noted that the two sources came with different demands. What mattered next was how the resources reached the game.