Quick Take
- Cross The Ages begins next closed playtest June 25 ahead of onboarding rollout in Patch 0.26
- Solana migration starts July with staking, NFT tools, and account transfers moving off Immutable X
- Animoca Brands deepens partnership, acquiring CTA tokens and advising on ecosystem expansion
Cross The Ages returns June 25 with its second closed playtest for Blast, the PvP board game mode tied to its growing Web3 universe. The session runs through June 30 and continues the project’s staged testing strategy, this time unlocking all four Blasts and expanding performance tracking ahead of the next major patch.
Access is restricted to KYC-verified players holding Mint Passes. Builds will be available on Epic Games, iOS, and Android for the duration of the test.
While gameplay changes are live, the bigger milestone arrives with Patch 0.26, internally called the Adventure Patch, which is expected to introduce onboarding systems and officially launch CTA’s acquisition campaign. Tutorials, retention loops, and new player flows will be integrated at that point. Until then, Blast remains in closed testing, with design systems validated phase by phase.
Arise, the studio’s multiplayer RPG built on Unreal Engine 5, is also preparing for its next wave of testing. The upcoming session will include crafting, Solana-integrated weapons, and early economic mechanics. Test access will be split between the core CTA community and a partner cohort, with performance-based rewards built in.
As both titles approach broader rollout, CTA’s infrastructure is also shifting. The project confirmed it will begin its migration from Immutable X to Solana in early July. Staking and airdrops on IMX end July 2, followed by a full freeze of NFTs and backend redeployment by the end of the month. All token and asset activity will move to Solana before the end of Season 3.
Meanwhile, Animoca Brands has expanded its strategic partnership with Cross The Ages. The company is acquiring more CTA tokens and advising on tokenomics and ecosystem scaling across both Blast and Arise. The collaboration extends a relationship first established in 2024 and puts CTA alongside other Animoca-backed modular IPs focused on long-term interoperability.
Land sales, a revised whitepaper, and the Season 4 TCG collection remain on the roadmap for later this year. Playtest 2 marks another checkpoint in CTA’s long-view rollout strategy, but Patch 0.26 is where the real shift begins.
