Immutable Chain is moving house. The furniture stays. The foundation doesn't.
On Nov. 6, Immutable said its gaming chain will leave its custom Geth fork for an OP Stack rollup on Ethereum, targeting mid-2027. Accounts, balances, contracts, approvals, and the chain ID carry over. Block time halves from 2 seconds to 1.
The Axelar-based native bridge gets replaced with proof-based withdrawals verified on Ethereum — about 7 days for native exits. Fees rise slightly because data now posts to L1. The public game testnet dies by end of 2026; most studios were already testing on local chains or mainnet anyway.
Same wallets. New scaffolding. Calendar says 2027.