Weekly Digest

December jump starts with decisive moves as premier esports Team Liquid merges esports and Web3 gaming as it partners with Illuvium to fight in the battle arena. Gods Unchained boosts accessibility by launching on Amazon Prime. Influencer/Ronin Streamer Cagy stirs drama, accusing fellow gaming influencer Brycent of unethical behavior. Mocaverse kicks off activation with Pixels metaverse, offering free NFT assets and virtual land and Portal Foundation brings on an ex-GTA co-founder onto their board.

Also in our weekly digest:

• Pantera Capital partners with Merit Circle for Beam

• Forbes enters Web3 and partners with Galxe

• Parallel announces a $25k tournament

• Yat Siu is focusing on government collaboration

• Atari founder on the future of gaming and Web3

• Diga Labs closes a $15M seed round led by L1X

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Web3 Gaming News of the Week🎮

• Esports team Liquid announces partnership with Illuvium for its latest auto battler title Illuvium: Arena

• Aether Games is launched on the Excelsior platform allowing unique vetted early-stage opportunities before public listings

• Pantera Capital is partnering with Merit Circle to strengthen its gaming ecosystem, Beam

• Forbes is partnering with Galxe to launch a new Web3 channel

• Gala Games launches Legacy, a Web3 game that focuses on creativity and community

• Square Enix's first NFT auction for Symbiogenesis saw high demand, with winning bids reaching up to 2 ETH

• Epic Games Store and Immutable a powerhouse of a partnership, we have all the games listed for your convenience

• Spindl the Web3 marketing tracking platform partners with AppsFlyer to enhance blockchain gaming analytics

• Gods Unchained is now accessible on Amazon Prime Gaming, making it easier for new players to join

• NEOPIN has partnered with Project SEED, a blockchain gaming ecosystem in the UAE

• Splitgate will soon allow players to earn Bitcoin through a new Lightning Network integration from fintech startup ZBD

• Wemade has signed an onboarding agreement with Mystic Games, the first Swedish game studio to join WEMIX PLAY

• Wilder World is launching its multiplayer metaverse at Gateway Miami

• Crypto Unicorn's Rainbow Rumble is live, requiring an NFT and RBW tokens for gameplay

• The Sandbox has released version 0.9.7 of its Game Client allowing users to create quests, behaviors, and gating

• Bored Ape Yacht Club supergroup Kingship launches a new gaming experience on Roblox called Kingship Islands

• Influencer Cagy is salty and calls out Brycent

• Sky Mavis and Foonie Magus have partnered to bring Apeiron to the Ronin blockchain network

• Parallel has announced a $25k closed beta tournament featuring top players from the TCG scene

• Elixir Games has announced the strategic acquisition of LitLab Games, creators of 'CyberTitans'

• Mocaverse is launching its first Partner Activation with Pixels, offering free Mocaverse IDs, Realm Points, and NFT land

• The NFT Gaming Company has launched its third game, Battle Fleet AI, for Android and iOS

• AneeMate is set to continue the legacy of Pokémon by offering a similar creature-collecting experience

• Pixelcraft Studios has launched its first public playtest of Gotchi Guardians

• Portal Platform offers unified access points to games and streamlined transactions whilst the foundation announces Jamie King, co-founder of Rockstar Games joining its advisory board

• Spielworks has acquired Wasder.gg, a popular gamified social gaming platform, to strengthen its Wombat ecosystem

• Matr1x is set to unveil their third collection, KUKU, which will offer in-game benefits and a top-level entry into the platform

• The Sandbox Metaverse platform has partnered with Warner Music Group and Notorious B.I.G's estate to create a virtual area in Brooklyn

• Sequence, an all-in-one web3 gaming platform, has launched its new solution, Sequence Builder

• The GODS Staking Claim Page is now live with a major upgrade, making it easier for users to claim their rewards

• Yat Siu, co-founder of Animoca Brands, is influencing the Web3 gaming world by focusing on government collaboration

Web3 Gaming Trends 🚀

• YGG's Web3 Games Summit concluded with five major themes that will shape web3 gaming in 2024

• Web3 gaming can improve on esports economics by blending it with Web3 innovation, SocialFi

• Atari founder Nolan Bushnell discusses the future of video gaming and blockchain technology

• WAGMI Games and entrepreneur Alex Becker are changing the gaming industry with an economically empowering model

Web3 Funding News 💸

• Diga Labs closed a $15M seed round led by L1X, combining L1X's scalable interoperability tech with Diga's gaming ecosystem

• GameOn, a web3 fantasy sports platform, has secured grant funding from The Arbitrum Foundation

• Endless Clouds has raised an additional $2.5M in funding to accelerate the development of its flagship projects

• Brinc has announced new funding partners for its Spring 2024 Web3 and Gaming accelerator programs

Alpha Test, Early Access & Hands-On Gaming ⚒️

My Neighbor Alice alpha season 4 starts, 12Dec

Parallel $25,000 tournament, 8th-9th December

Splinterlands Rebellion card set release, 5Dec

Storm Warfare OpenBeta, 8Dec

Matr1x paid mint, 12Dec

Overworld Genesis mint, 15Dec

BloodLoop first alpha test, 15Dec

Farcana free mint, TBC and soon

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Yoda Labs team