Illustration of two chains merging into one glowing cyan chain with a passport card and game icons, representing the Immutable X and zkEVM merge

Immutable for Players: zkEVM, Passport and the Games That Run on It

ByNFT Video Games Editorial Team

Immutable is the infrastructure layer behind Gods Unchained, Illuvium and a long tail of Web3 games — and in 2026 it finally became one thing: the old Immutable X was retired and everything now lives on a single zkEVM chain. Here’s what that means at player level.

What Immutable is#

A games-focused Ethereum Layer-2 network plus the account and marketplace layer on top of it. For players, the visible parts are three: the chain where game assets live, Passport (your sign-in), and the marketplace layer where those assets trade.

The 2026 merge: one chain now#

Immutable previously ran two chains — Immutable X (a 2021 NFT trading chain) and zkEVM (a newer, fully programmable chain) — which split assets and confused everyone. That ended in early 2026: Immutable X was officially sunset on February 11, 2026, and remaining funds were automatically migrated to zkEVM between March 5–9, 2026. All assets and activity now sit on one unified chain — better for players: one marketplace, one pool of liquidity, no “which chain is my card on” question.

Passport: the gamer sign-in#

Immutable Passport is the ecosystem’s account layer — a single gamer profile that logs into every Immutable-powered game and marketplace with Google, Apple or email. Gods Unchained sign-up runs through it; so does Illuvium. The point is onboarding without crypto friction: you get a game account first, and the wallet/asset features attach when you need them. For the wallet-security fundamentals, NFTUniverse covers custody properly.

The marketplace layer#

Assets on zkEVM trade through the Immutable marketplace rails and established storefronts like TokenTrove — a single unified pool since the merge. Gods Unchained cards are the everyday example: buy, sell and fuse with a linked wallet. Registry profiles list the relevant marketplaces per game (Gods Unchained, Illuvium).

The games we track on Immutable#

  • Gods Unchained — active TCG; start guide here.
  • Illuvium — early access: Arena is publicly playable and actively patched, but the flagship MMO (Obelisk Rising) targets a December 2026 launch — read the profile before assuming the whole project is released.

What to watch#

The merge removed Immutable’s biggest structural problem, but the ecosystem’s second-track reality stands: its two headline games sit at very different readiness levels — one fully live, one still building toward launch. That’s exactly what status checking is for, and it’s why the registry lists them separately rather than as an “Immutable ecosystem” blanket claim. If you’re deciding where to start, the beginner’s guide puts Gods Unchained among the easiest free entries we track.

Sources#

This guide was verified against primary sources on 2026-09-18.

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