Yoda Labs Monthly Recap

Game on for Web3 in February!

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Yoda Labs
February 29, 2024

February has been fruitful as Heroes of Mavia partners with Coinbase’s Ethereum Layer-2 scaling solution, Base, whilst seeing over a million downloads in just a few days. Shrapnel implements new rules for engagement after discovering illegal tactics used by players. Yuga Labs announces a $1M prize pool for Dookey Dash: Unclogged, which is launching on March 6. Off The Grid secures a spot on the Xbox waitlist, a huge win for Web3 gaming. Heros of Mavia. Popular esports game Valorant integrates a Web3 wallet. Pixels reveals its tokenomics for $MON, and the community is set to get a huge share. And Kepithor Studios has rejoined the Enjin ecosystem.

Also in our weekly digest:

  • Improbable CPO eyes tech collabs with blue-chip NFT collections

  • Gamer ID Forge is working with Avax, Polygon, Ronin Solana and more

  • Champions Ascension chooses Sequence as tech provider

  • Nifty Island is introducing a play-to-airdrop campaign

  • The Parallel trading card game launches its open beta

  • SFII creator unveils Project K, combining NFT tech in mobile gaming

  • Life Beyond launches a new browser-based on-chain game

MetaDos - Game Review and Interview 

Web3 Gaming News of the Week🎮

  • Circle partners with Overdare, a metaverse gaming platform backed by Krafton Inc. and Naver Z

  • Nifty Island is introducing a play-to-airdrop campaign that combines gaming and crypto rewards

  • The Parallel trading card game is launching its open beta on February 29th

  • Eternal Crypt - Wizardry BC is launching a pre-registration campaign with a reward pool of 2M $BC tokens

  • Arbitrum has announced a Web3 gameathon event, Arbitrum Arcade, starting March 11

  • Skrice Studios has launched the Mavia DAO, allowing $MAVIA token holders to participate in community-led governance

  • Gala Games announces Clash Craft Studios as the new developer for Web3 deck building TCG Legends Reborn

  • MetalCore, a Web3-enabled combined arms shooter game, has announced a closed beta phase for its players

  • Aether Games secures exclusive rights for online trading card game based on Jordan's "The Wheel of Time" series

  • MOBOX has announced the upcoming lite paper for Dragonverse Neo, their co-created and co-governed open-world

  • Delabs launches MetaBolts NFT sale, introducing 7,777 character NFTs

  • BigTime is improving gaming with its time-traveling adventure feature and integration of NFTs

  • Yoshiki Okamoto, a renowned game developer, has unveiled Project K using NFT tech in mobile gaming

  • Kepithor Studios has rejoined the Enjin ecosystem with the launch of ENJ Excavators

  • The Merit Circle DAO ecosystem has announced the $BEAM Airdrop and the first alpha quest instructions

  • Blast Royale has been updated to version 0.18, marking the start of Beta Season 8

  • Life Beyond has launched a new browser-based on-chain game called BOTS

  • Off The Grid (OTG) has secured a spot on the Xbox waitlist, marking the first major console release for Crypto Gaming

Rampant activity within Ronin this month

Origins Season 7 Mystic Era has started, featuring a $200,000 prize pool. Additionally, Fight League and MIXI joined Ronin, adding three new games. The Ronin Network's RON token was also listed on Binance. Separately, Pixels announced it will phase out its BERRY token and shift focus to its new PIXEL token, which will launch on Binance Launchpool. Furthermore, Ronin enabled new bridge features for transferring ERC20 and ERC721 tokens. In gaming updates, Wild Forest Season 4 kicked off with premium battle pass quests.

Champions Ascension the Flagship Web3 RPG Powered by Sequence

Champions Ascension, the Web3 arena battler, is setting the bar when it comes to royalty, transactions, and asset management. Champions Ascension, created by Rough House Games, incorporates Sequence's developer dtack, delivering a true progression of digital ownership in addition to exhilarating gameplay with World of Warcraft influences.

Champions Ascension has a unique advantage in its use of Sequence's technology. Sequence makes development easier through seamless integration with Champions Ascension. Additionally, Sequence provides a frictionless, creator-friendly marketplace for Champions Ascension. This is achieved via automated royalty management and intuitive tools offered by the Sequence platform.

This simplicity of use is crucial to creating a vibrant web3 ecosystem where gamers and collectors interact naturally. Champions Ascension, built on Polygon, pushes the limits of the genre by redefining what it means to own in-game items.

  • Improbable Chief Product Officer Rob Whitehead discusses metaverse technology collaborations with blue-chip NFT collections

  • Forge the gamer ID company forms strategic partnerships with Avalanche, Immutable, Polygon, Ronin, Solana, and Sui

  • Polygon teams up with Animoca Brands, Human Institute to develop palm-based ID verification solution

Web3 Funding News 💸

  • Crystal Fun has secured $5 million in seed funding, paving the way for the release of its first AAA game

  • Toronto-based Helika secured $10.8 million in Series A funding to expand its Web3 gaming analytics platform

  • Nibiru Chain secured $12 million in its latest funding round, with investments from Kraken Ventures and ArkStream

  • Flaunt has raised $1.8 million to improve its enterprise loyalty cloud for Roblox and Shopify Plus

  • Overworld has raised $10 million in a seed funding round for its first web3 free-to-play action-RPG, Overworld

  • Ultiverse, an AI-powered platform for Web3 gaming production and publishing, has raised $4 million at a $150 million evaluation

  • Mystery Society raised $3M in a Seed Round, backed by Shima and other VCs

  • Crystal Fun secured a $5M seed round from KuCoin, Comma3, Stratified Capital, Water Drip Fund, and Cypher9 Ventures

Alpha Test, Early Access & Hands-On Gaming ⚒️

Parallel launches open beta, 29th February.

The Machines Arena skins become mintable on Ronin, 29th February

Planet Mojo mint on Magic Eden, 4th March

Metabolts public mint, 7th March

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