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January is buzzing with action as tournaments take center stage. Animoca Brands launches a new chess challenge featuring their Anichess game. Aavegotchi reveals plans for three major tournaments for their Battler. Brycent is also getting in on the action via a competitive event around the Three Kingdoms game with token rewards. A number of airdrops are also on the horizon with Apeiron, Nyan Heroes, and the Saga blockchain. User participation through high engagement is hard to ignore.
Also in our weekly digest:
SHRAPNEL supports content creation for other games
Pixelmon launches $MON token pre-sale
Vulcan Forged hosts a two-week gaming competition
Sol Motors Club to integrate real-world driving data
GameStop NFT marketplace shut down
Ronin Network sees an increase in active addresses again
SkyArk Chronicles raises $15M funding led by Binance Labs
A new series has started - Gaming Gems by Yoda Labs
We dissect the gaming gems for you on the progress, gameplay, partners, team, NFTs, ecosystem, tokenomics and the future potential 👀🔮
Dogami backed by Animoca and Ubisoft👇️
Web3 Gaming News of the Week🎮
Aavegotchi announces three major Aavegotchi Battler tournaments featuring a rather large prize pool
Last Remains, the competitive stealth shooter game, is set to launch its public alpha playtests this month
Animoca Brands launches the Anichess Spell Chess Challenge, part of the Moca ID x Anichess Odyssey Activation
Haven's Compass, a tactical first-person shooter built on Unreal Engine 5, partners with Myria
Chain of Alliance, a turn-based party-builder RPG, revealed its roadmap for the first half of 2024
Wemade launches global pre-registration for MADNGINE's MMORPG, 'NIGHT CROWS’
Faraland opens registration for Fair Fight – The Millenia Battle Season 2
Wild Forest launches Season 3: The Power of Battle, featuring a new game mode and mechanics
This Saturday: Brycent to host Live Three Kingdoms Tournament with 160+ $SAGA Airdrop Spots
SHRAPNEL support extends beyond game coverage, aiding content creation for other games with subsidies
Regarding our partnership with @playSHRAPNEL
It’s not just about covering their game. Their team is going to subsidize our ability to make content on games where a game dev might not be able to pay us anything to help them.
Shrapnel is going to help other games 🤝🏻
— Jonah 🎮 (@RealJonahBlake)
Jan 16, 2024
ANIMA's Arrival: Apeiron announces an airdrop campaign for their upcoming token
Nyan Heroes is launching an early access Play-to-Airdrop
Saga Mainnet landing in spring 2024, introducing a 'Play-to-Airdrop' campaign with $SAGA token earnings in testnet games
CyberTitans is entering closed alpha on Jan 22nd on Android and iOS
Pixelmon has announced a community pre-sale for its $MON token
Wombat Exchange introduces "WomPets," a gamified DeFi bribe market aiming to blend DeFi and GameFi
DeNA launches "trivia.tech," a Web3 powered quiz game using Ethereum's L2 solution Base
Crypto hackers exploited a fake Web3 game, MythIsland, to drain funds
Vulcan Forged launches its inaugural Vulcan's Gaming Olympiad, a two-week competition featuring six popular games
Sol Motors Club is to integrate a DePIN device to connect real-world driving data into its game
Guild of Guardians launches regional test launch in Canada
Ubisoft backs Wemix Network, with 39 additional node council partners
Immutable, the leading L2 ecosystem for games, boasts over 200 highly funded games, including 80+ stealth mode games
With over 200 highly funded games building with us, Immutable is the home of web3 gaming.
In the most recent @G7_DAO report, Immutable is the leading L2 ecosystem for games. This report underscores the success of new games and migrated games choosing to build with our one-stop… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
— Immutable (@Immutable)
Jan 15, 2024
Cronos Labs launches its third cohort of its 'Cronos Accelerator Program', focusing on DeFi and GameFi
GameStop's NFT marketplace has been shut down due to regulatory uncertainty in the crypto space
Taki Games has expanded its presence on the Polygon network after a merger with Unite
Morra Games Store is launching early access, offering users the opportunity to purchase in-game assets and trade items
Nifty Island, the Austin-based social gaming platform, launches its first Web3 game to give NFTs more utility
XBorg launches its Beta version of GamerBase, allowing users to create accounts and join gaming communities
StealthEX partners with Phantasma to push Web3 gaming further with integrated exchange solutions
DappRadar is to feature Oasys games and dApps to increase their visibility and accessibility
WEMADE Partners with DIFC Innovation Hub to Launch 'WEMIX PLAY Center': A Global Web3 Gaming Hub in Dubai
Ronin Network has seen the largest increase in active addresses for the second consecutive month
In December, Ronin was the fastest growing chain for the second month in a row ✅
— Ronin (@Ronin_Network)
Jan 17, 2024
Web3 Gaming Trends 🚀
Everdome Unveils 'Creator Templates' for SPACES: Empowering Community with Reusable Templates for 3D Metaverse
Blockchain Gaming set to transform industry with $455.30 value in 2024
NFT game development offers numerous advantages for companies
Blockchain brings reliability and security to games, 23% respondents said blockchain has made games more dependable
Web3 Funding News 💸
SkyArk Chronicles secured $15 million in funding led by Binance Labs
3thix Secures $8.5 Million to monetize Web3 games
UK mobile gaming studio AOFverse secures funding from The Arbitrum Foundation
OKX Ventures Invests in Matr1x: Boosting the Next-Gen Web3 gaming Platform with $20 Million for Developing Matr1x Fire
Alpha Test, Early Access & Hands-On Gaming ⚒️
MixMob public sale, 11Jan
Nifty Island launches play-to-airdrop, 17Jan
Last Remains alpha tests start, 20Jan
Skytopia Mayor Pass mint, 23Jan
See you same place same time next week!
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Yoda Labs team