Odaily Planet Daily News: The Ethereum chain game (Ember Sword) has announced the permanent closure of its game servers and restricted the permissions of related Discord communities due to a lack of operational funds. The project once generated over $203 million in revenue through virtual land NFT sales at its peak in 2021, attracting around 35,000 players, with an advisory team that included industry veterans like former Blizzard Chief Creative Officer Rob Pardo. Despite launching closed beta testing in July 2024 and migrating to the Ethereum Layer 2 network Mantle, it was unable to reverse the decline. Currently, its game token EMBER has a market value of about $80,000, a drop of over 96% from its peak. (Decrypt)