Crypto and NFT gaming platforms have a busy week ahead, with new game launches, upcoming token airdrops, and a pile of other things, this week is all fun for crypto enthusiasts. Fortnite is launching its new season, revolving around a crypto rug pull, and Deadrop players get refunds for not receiving the products they paid for, is the top news on the crypto gaming platform, creating a buzz over the games.
Fortnite’s New Season
The popular battle game, Fortnite, is coming with its new season, surrounding a pickle criminal rapper named Big Dill, who is on the run following an alleged crypto rug pull and the news host claiming that he had launched a meme coin ‘Dill Bits’. The coin is added as an in-game currency for high-tier haul in Fortnite.
In the marketing video posted on Instagram and TikTok where Fortnite has millions of followers, a person advises people to buy Dill Bits on the black market, to which the host responds not to take financial advice from a pickle. The video went viral and ignited the price of the Dill Bits coin, which launched after the coin was announced to be the in-game currency of Fortnite.
Though the coin has no official ties with the game, the Solana meme coin plunged 4,300% hitting a market cap of $4.78 million following the video. However, declined to $145,000 as the initial attention faded, adding relevance to the news anchor’s claim ‘not to take financial advice from a pickle’.
Deadrop Users Get Refunds
Deadrop is a vertical extraction game developed by Youtuber Dr: Disrespect and his upstart game studio Midnight Society. Following the Midnight Society demise, the Deadrop game was discontinued, and now users have started claiming refunds for early access passes through their banks.
The game studio had sold passes to its users to grant early access to the platform, including $50 NFTs and multiple non-NFT passes at a price ranging from $20 and $30. Users claim that they failed to receive the products they paid for and require refunds.
The buyers of $25 worth of Tower Key, which gave users access to the game early, claim that they didn’t receive the ‘Season o battle pass’ which was expected to be delivered along with the full game, and highlighted that the items were not available for use and were not able to be traded as promised by the platform.
Players have utilized Midnight Society’s abandoned Discord server to spread information on how to successfully get a refund for their purchases. The users received refunds after contacting their banks.
The Midnight Society was shut down at the end of January 2025, following the co-founder Dr Disrespect was fired from the company due to allegations of inappropriate communications with minors.
Bottom Line
Crypto and NFT games offer users an opportunity to play their favorite games alongside earning real-time crypto rewards. The Fortnite game which has millions of players worldwide is launching its new season, following the crypto theme similar to previous seasons. The launch of the meme coin on Solana’s Pump.fun, though it has no official connection with Fortnite ignited the coin’s price, highlighting the game’s popularity. Deadrop game which was shut down recently now allows users to claim refunds for their unreceived products, creating a rush of players on the platform.
