Weekly Digest

October continues to be prolific as the government provides key regulation clarity surrounding Web3 gaming. Sega announces an upcoming mobile game. Not to be outdone, Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard opens the door for metaverse and Web3 features in top franchises. Trophy is to help Polygon expand its audience as the sector shows remarkable resilience with $2.3B poured into the industry since the start of the year. BigTime seeing a price surge of over 200%.

Also in our weekly digest:

• Animoca Brands to launch high octane racing with Formula E

• Azuki recruits Ubisoft and Riot Games industry giant

• Alien Worlds continues to grow its game ecosystem

• Last Resort lands on Immutable via it zkEVM tech

• Paradise Tycoon makes its way onto iOS via closed launch

• T1 Esports team rewards thier fans with on-chain assets 

• Rumble Racing Star is nearly here

• StrayShot by BigBallerBrand is now on Skale

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Web3 Gaming News 🎮

• Trophy partners with Polygon Labs to speed up Web3 game onboarding and promote mobile Blockchain gaming

• The French National Assembly has passed the Sorare law, introducing the first dedicated regulatory framework for web3 games

• The blockchain gaming sector has shown resilience in Q3 2023, maintaining its influential position within the dapp hierarchy

• The Sandbox hires Nicola Sebastiani, ex-playstation executive, as its chief content officer to drive the company's creator economy

• Ronin chain releases an NFT gifting portal a simple way to gift Axies

• Sega is developing an upcoming blockchain game based on the Three Kingdoms digital card series for mobile platforms

• Zebedee partners with AdInMo to enhance in-game monetization by rewarding players with Bitcoin Sats for watching ads

• Animoca Brands is launching the Formula E: High Voltage Web3 electric car racing game on October 19

• Last Resort lands on Immutable via its zkEVM tech the next-gen survival MMO you need to be playing

• Paradise Tycoon unleashes a wave of new features including a closed launch on iOS

• Mark Laursen, CEO of Bright Star Studios, discusses the upcoming game Ember Sword, its development, and recent alpha playtest

• Delabs Games, a South Korean web3 game developer, is preparing to launch its racing kart game, Rumble Racing Star

• Boss Fighters players can participate in the Pumpkin Hunt event to earn two Halloween-themed skins by destroying pumpkins in-game

• Synergy Land early access on testnet is active from October 16th. Other games include Phantom Galaxies and Dogami Academy

• Axie Infinity has launched the sixth season of Epic Era, where Lunacians compete for the highest position on the leader board

• iBLOXX Studios, a Dubai-based crypto firm, has partnered with BigBallerBrand for the upcoming PC game StrayShot

• Esports team T1 announces they’re dropping League of Legends NFT collectibles to their fans on an avalanche subnet

• NHN is partnering with Mysten Labs to explore the potential of the efficient and scalable Sui blockchain for a new era of crypto gaming

• The NFT Gaming Company, Inc. plans to launch two new games in Q4 2023, one a multi-player strategy game and the other a puzzle game

• The FRUITS Eco-Blockchain Project is introducing Golden Egg Wonderland, which allows users to win free gold eggs by participating

• The Emperor of Massina announces two major updates for the game: Emperor's Day and an official alpha release in November

• Season six of HV-MTL Forge introduces the Rift Boss mode, allowing players to fight the boss to earn ApeCoin

• Abyss World has postponed its SUI airdrop to Gazer due to a funding crisis and deception by its early main investor, Chainhill Capital

• BigTime, sees a 250% surge but analysts are calling it unsustainable

• Mighty Action Heroes is now officially live worldwide on the Google Play Store via open launch

• Loaded Lions: Mane City has risen to the top five blockchain games by trading volume, with over 6,300 players joining the action

• Alien Worlds is a growing game ecosystem with new features, such as a Game Arena Portal to showcase community-built games

• Axie Infinity is set to release 15.13 million AXS tokens on the horizon on October 20, equivalent to $64.44 million

• The World of Women NFT project is partnering with WS Game Company to launch the Monopoly: WoW Galaxy Edition

• Fantasy Football NFTs by two major companies have surpassed 200 million sales, with explosive growth expected

• Azuki has recruited a new game production manager, boasting previous experience with industry giants such as Ubisoft and Riot Games

• Champions Ascension launches an Early Access Alpha Playtest Event from October 19th to November 8th

• LINE NEXT launches "Sweet Monster Guardians," a web game featuring NFTs and a blend of puzzle and tower defense genres

• Splinterlands is set to release its fifth core expansion, Rebellion, later this year. The set includes 96 cards and a new airdrop system

• Pixels is a pixelated world with over thousands of land plots, offering players the chance to own land and create their farms

• Proxcity is a city-building simulation game on the Base blockchain launched in October, inspired by classic city simulations like SimCity

• Yuga Labs has faced users’ disappointment in its gaming rewards system, which aimed to revive its NFT collections

• Void 2122 is a card game designed to embrace the NFT trend while maintaining feasibility in development

• Owned Plans $1M Campaign; "ZTX" Hits 45K Playtesters; Key Partnerships and launches in Gaming Sphere

Web3 Gaming Trends 🚀

• Web3 gaming must enhance user experience and financialization, as users are less concerned about the game's functionality and value

• Onchain game engine projects are transforming the future of gaming experiences. Some of the main projects include Lattice, Dojo and Keystone

• Don Norbury discusses game economics, including different pricing models and challenges developers face in NFT game economies

• Google Cloud is playing a crucial role in Vietnam's gaming industry, which is currently valued at US$600 million

Web3 Funding News 💸

• Despite crypto market volatility, blockchain gaming projects have attracted $2.3 billion in investments in the first three quarters of 2023

• Web3 gaming projects raised $600 million in Q3, 50% lower than in 2022, according to DappRadar analysts

• Hexacore, a Warsaw-based startup, has raised $3.5 million to develop its flagship Web3 mobile game Pocket Space

• Darewise Entertainment, a subsidiary of Animoca Brands, has raised $3.5 million in token presales for its "Life Beyond" game

Exploring the Metaverse 🛸

• Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard may see more metaverse applications in the office and crypto in gaming

• Yuga Labs has completed a restructuring to focus on its upcoming metaverse project, Otherside

• The Open Metaverse Alliance is seeking a universal standard for creator royalties, a concept that has been a conflict in the industry

• The Sandbox has announced a partnership with Riyadh-based game developer Sandsoft

• Upland has announced that its in-game utility token, Spark, will be tradable on the Ethereum blockchain allowing players to fast-track their virtual construction efforts

Alpha Test, Early Access & Hands-On Gaming ⚒️

Formula E: High Voltage, game launch, 19Oct

Hunters On-Chain developer BoomLand’s $BOOM presale starts, 19Oct

Cross The Ages season 2 Mantris launches, 25Oct

Aavegotchi x The Sandbox launch, 25Oct

Rumble Racing Star open beta launch, 25Oct

Metaverse Football Club mega pack drop, 24Oct

Dojo Game Jam #2, 20-22Oct

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