Gaming Chains and Infrastructure

General-purpose L1s often cannot handle game throughput. Dedicated gaming chains and L2s optimize for low fees, high TPS, and developer tooling for studios.

Ronin powered Axie with a centralized validator set. Immutable X and Immutable zkEVM target NFT-heavy titles. Beam offers gaming-oriented subnets. Arbitrum and Base attract teams wanting Ethereum compatibility without mainnet gas.

Account abstraction — session keys, gasless txs, embedded wallets — reduces popup fatigue during play. Vendors like Sequence and Thirdweb bundle chain, wallet, and marketplace so studios ship faster with less blockchain surface area exposed to players.