Ember Sword尽管筹集了数百万美元，但仍关闭，突出了Web3游戏项目的动荡性。

2025年5月21日，Web3游戏社区因Ember Sword的突然关闭而动摇，Ember Sword是由Bright Star Studios开发的备受期待的基于区块链的MMORPG。

Crypto MMORPG Ember Sword is shutting down despite raising millions and selling out land NFTs, highlighting the volatile nature of Web3 gaming projects.

Crypto Mmorpg Ember Sword尽管筹集了数百万美元并出售了Land NFT，但仍在关闭，强调了Web3游戏项目的动荡性。

Ember Sword, a blockchain-based MMORPG that had promised to combine the magic of massively multiplayer online role-playing games with the economic possibilities of Web3, is shutting down, the studio announced on Monday.

该工作室周一宣布，基于区块链的MMORPG埃伯·剑（Ember Sword）承诺将大量多人在线角色扮演游戏的魔力与Web3的经济可能性相结合。

The game, which launched its token on June 13, 2024, had managed to secure approximately $7.1 million in investor funding and sold 40,000 virtual land NFTs for a realized pledge of $203 million from 35,000 gamers at an average price of $5,274.

该游戏于2024年6月13日推出了代币，该游戏已设法获得了约710万美元的投资者资金，并以35,000名玩家的平均价格以5,274美元的价格从35,000个游戏玩家那里获得了40,000个虚拟Land NFTS。

The land NFTs were part of a broader effort to build a vibrant player-driven economy within Ember Sword. The game was initially launched in May 2023 with a successful land sale that saw technical difficulties due to overwhelming demand.

Land NFT是在Ember Sword中建立充满活力的玩家驱动经济的更广泛努力的一部分。该游戏最初是在2023年5月推出的，由于需求压倒性的需求而成功的土地销售造成了技术困难。

The project also rolled out its Origins Collection NFT launch and offered early access gameplay in December 2024, providing glimmers of hope to the community eagerly awaiting the game’s full release.

该项目还推出了其Origins Collection NFT发布会，并在2024年12月提供了早期的访问游戏玩法，为社区提供了希望的一线希望，热切地等待游戏的完整发行。

However, despite the early traction and community enthusiasm, Ember Sword ultimately could not secure the necessary funding to continue development amid a challenging Web3 gaming landscape.

然而，尽管早期的牵引力和社区热情，但Ember Sword最终无法获得必要的资金来继续发展，而在充满挑战的Web3游戏领域中。

This forced the team to make the difficult decision to shut down the game servers and officially close the Discord channel on Monday, leaving the community without any further updates or support.

这迫使团队决定关闭游戏服务器并在周一正式关闭Discord频道的艰难决定，使社区没有任何进一步的更新或支持。

At least 16 GameFi Projects Are Dead in 2025

2025年至少有16个Gamefi项目死亡

The closure of Ember Sword is not entirely surprising given the bleak statistics surrounding Web3 game failure rates. A 2023 CoinGecko report examined 100 Web3 games launched between 2018 and 2023, finding that a staggering 75.5% failed to reach meaningful success.

鉴于Web3游戏失败率的惨淡统计数据，灰剑的关闭并不完全令人惊讶。一份2023年的Coingecko报告检查了2018年至2023年之间推出的100个Web3游戏，发现惊人的75.5％的游戏未能取得有意义的成功。

Moreover, Chainplay's 2024 report examining 3,279 GameFi projects found that 93% are dead, having either dropped 95% from their all-time high or fallen below 100 daily active users. These projects had an average lifespan of just 4 months.

此外，Chainplay的2024年报告检查了3,279个GameFI项目，发现93％的人死亡，要么从历史最高时期下降了95％，要么跌至100个活跃的用户以下。这些项目的平均寿命仅为4个月。

More specifically, at least 16 web3 games are either paused, shut down, or were set to close in 2025, including: Blade of God, Metalcore, Blast Royale, Nyan Heroes, etc.

更具体地说，至少有16场Web3游戏被暂停，关闭，或者将于2025年关闭，包括：上帝的刀片，Metalcore，Blast Royale，Nyan Heroes等。

Many users label Ember Sword a "pure scam," highlighting the rapid depletion of funds. They also criticize the tendency of Web3 projects to overpromise with "giant projects" that fail to materialize.

许多用户将Ember Sword标记为“纯骗局”，突出了资金的快速耗尽。他们还批评了Web3项目的趋势，因为“巨大的项目”未能实现。

As a result, the price of these project tokens has no bright future. The NYAN token of Nyan Heroes has decreased by 99% in value from its ATH.

结果，这些项目代币的价格没有光明的未来。 Nyan Heroes的Nyan Token从ATH的价值下降了99％。

EMBER, token of Ember Sword, has crashed over 50% in the last 30 days, or down 99% from its peak on June 14, 2024.

Ember Sword的恩伯（Ember）在过去30天内坠毁超过50％，比2024年6月14日的峰值下降了99％。